Mark 6:14-29 Prayers of Adoration & Confession Creator God, you give us life in all its fullness. For crisp Winter mornings, and cool wind on our cheeks, we praise you. For lush green grass and squelching mud, we thank you. For hands that create, and minds that think, and voices that sing, [...]
A reflection on Mark 6:1-13 & Ezekiel 2:1-5 'It is in our difference and diversity that the Body of Christ finds it’s true strength.' with thanks to Monica Melanchthon, Co-ordinator of Studies – Old Testament at Pilgrim Theological College
Jesus sends the disciples out 2x2 to do God's work in the world. Love Makes a Way goes out into the world to engage in 'holy naughtiness', standing up, singing and praying for people who are oppressed. Prayers of Adoration & Confession And now we take some time to quieten our voices, [...]
From the moment doors opened on Saturday 9th June at 12noon, the Olive Way filled with the sound of needles clicking and conversations around communal tables. Over 65 people enjoyed four hours of knitting beanies, scarves and fingerless mitts for KOGO ( Knit One Give One). A KOGO volunteer was laden with four bags of [...]
Prayer Points Assembly meeting this week Ministry Team Culture of Safety program Moderator Stewart Lodge & residents Worship Committee Finance Committee YUCY & YUCY-OG Compassion Ministry D&E program - Mainstream & Margins Synod of VicTas Creatures of the sea BUC News Worship 8th July – We [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Lord God our Healer, Speak now your gentle voice in the quiet places of our heart Speak where there is fear, where there is hardness, Speak where we are tired of compassion, where we are tempted to hate And lift up our voices with you in hope and love. [...]
Ministry Team commissioning During worship on 3rd June our Ministry Team reformed with two new members - Janet Hogan, as our Interim Student Support worker with responsibility for the YUCY (youth group) program and Valentina Satvedi Leydon, as our Student House Support Worker with responsibility for the 10 young adults who live in our [...]
41st Anniversary of the Uniting Church in Australia We lit the Christ Candle recalling the time of Union on 22nd June 1977, 41 years ago Prayers of Adoration & Confession Almighty God, creator of all that is seen and unseen. We rejoice at your strength, wielded on the side of the oppressed and [...]
What are the questions that parables, and the ways of God in the world, raise for each of us? Mark 4:26-34 We welcomed Rev. David Withers, Strategic Framework Minister for the VicTas Synod as our preacher, 18th June 2018
The prophet Samuel says 'Surely this may be the one!' God says 'Don't look at the outside. God looks at the heart.' Samuel 16:1-13 Prayers of Adoration & Confession Eternal God, Creator of all that is good. Your vision for our world is greater than we can imagine. Creation grows in response [...]