Ian at Glenwaverly Sunday 4th of February was a busy day for BUC people wanting to follow our clergy friends into new callings. Three couples from BUC went to Glen Waverley Uniting church to witness the induction of Ian Ferguson into his new placement. There was even a member of Ian's Black Rock congregation [...]
Amelia Ware welcomed us to worship on 4th February. This week we celebrated Holy Communion and we explored prayer, the different ways that we pray and what kind of meaning it holds for us as individuals and as part of the life of our community. Cath acknowledged that many of our young people are [...]
During Notices on 14th January in response to Peter Blair’s reflection ‘The call to discipleship’, Janet Reus-Smit shared her reading of Andy Calder’s Faith column from the Age. Andy shares the article here. Peter and I met in 1980 while participating in a camping program auspiced by Noah’s Ark Toy Library. In that era, [...]
Lenten Study The Discipleship and Education Committee will be running a Lenten study on Tuesday evenings, 7:30-9:00pm for 6 weeks starting 20 February, hosted by Peter & Kath Williams. Further details to come however we will be focussing on the Gospel of Mark. Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage [...]
Jenne Perlstein welcomed us to worship on 28th January. Today’s service gave expression to our commitment to acknowledging sorrow, truth-telling, justice & healing on the Sunday after January 26th, Invasion Day, a Day of Mourning for First Nations peoples. Some resources in this service were taken from Uniting Church Australia, Uniting Aboriginal and Islander [...]
January 26 – Looking for things to do? Day of Mourning – Invasion Day Dawn Service, 5am-7am, Kings Domain Resting Place Share the Spirit – Come together to heal with peace and love. Gates open 11:30am, Performances 1:00-9:00pm Did you know you were born with Syncopated [...]
Amelia welcomed us to worship on 21st January. We explored Jesus’ call to follow him and share the good news, and what that might mean for our community. Watch the service again on Youtube Cath talked about the good news offered in Mark's gospel Watch Daniel's reflection Read the Order of Service Prayers [...]
Preachers in January 21/1 – Daniel Broadstock, member of the congregation 28/1 – Rev Cath James January 26 - Looking for things to do? Day of Mourning - Invasion Day Dawn Service, 5am-7am, Kings Domain Resting Place Share the Spirit - Come together to heal with [...]
Helen Burnham welcomed us to worship on 14th January. We explored the many ways God calls us. In 1 Samuel we heard how God calls the boy Samuel, who knows nothing of God, calls him to the difficult life of a Prophet. And in the Gospel reading from John, we heard Jesus as he [...]
Preachers in January 14/1 – Peter Blair, Olive Way pastor 21/1 – Daniel Broadstock, member of the congregation 28/1 – Rev Cath James First Nations Focus BBQ Join us at Kirkdale Park at the end of Victoria Street, Brunswick East on the edge of the Merri [...]