Jesus goes up a mountain to pray
A time of imaginative reflection and invitation to pray with Jesus on the mountain. Rev Cath James https://youtu.be/ww9eS_d9KZA?t=1118
Sunday worship 16/8, Pentecost 12
Saide Cameron welcomed us to worship on 16th August. We welcomed Dan Broadstock as our preacher. Dan is a former member of our congregation, a regular preacher and is a chaplain at Penleigh-Essendon Grammar, a Uniting Church school. Responding to the readings from Genesis and Romans Dan explored peace and reconciliation also drawing on [...]
Olive Press 16/8/26
Including Prayer Points Christmas Eve Pageant planning The worship committee has started talking about the Christmas Eve Pageant and we need your help. Come along after worship on 16th August for a conversation about the pageant and how we might tell the story of Jesus’ birth [...]
Sunday Prayers 16/8
Ministry Team Ministry & Mission Review The people of Columbia following the earthquake Ecumenical Neighbours Assembly President – Charissa Olive Arts Collective Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre Property Committee Hospitality Ministry Communications Ministry Book & Coffee Groups UCA Assembly Creatures of the air From the Assembly News Join us in prayer for For [...]
Sunday Worship 9/8, Pentecost 11
Cath James welcomed us to worship on 9th August. Our worship was offered as a more reflective service. Instead of a ermon we were invited into a time of imaginative reflection about the story of Jesus and Peter walking on the water. We spent some time together in silent prayer and there was an [...]
Olive Press 9/8/26
Including Prayer Points Communications Review - extended!!! The invitation to participate in and contribute to the major review of our Communications ministry has been extended until 16th August. We have a small number of responses and are grateful to everyone who has completed the survey. [...]
Christmas Eve Pageant 2026
BUC hosts a pageant on Christmas Eve to tell the story of Christ’s nativity in response to what we are seeing, noticing, experiencing in our community and in the world around us. For many years we have been blessed through the creativity of people within the congregation to offer a unique telling and exploration [...]
Celebrating our Gardens
A conversation with Merri, BUC Gardens Co-ordinator Merri Bathe quietly and joyfully started taking an interest in the gardens out the back of the church building between the cottage and the Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre earlier this year. The inspiration for this was quite simply – there was space and garden beds. Merri has [...]
Acting for Peace & Justice
In conversation with Ruthann Richardson, Act for Peace Chief of Engagement After worship on 12th July Ruthann and Saide hosted a conversation in the Olive Way to share stories about the work being done by Act for Peace and what we as BUC are doing in relation to justice and peace. The full report [...]
Yoorrook through a Covenanting Lens
On Sunday 5th July 2026 we were privileged to have Timothy Molineux, a social justice officer with Discipleship and Advocacy team from Synod, visit Brunswick Uniting Church. Timothy, helped write the Uniting Church's submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission, and he has engaged with Covenanting for over 10 years, across 2 Synods and 3 [...]