Sharing what we care about – UPDATED
Join us for the Sydney Road Street Party on Sunday 5th March.  Visit the story again to find out what we are sharing and how you can support our presence at this massive community event.

With Jesus to the Cross
A Discussion Group – Lent 2023. You are invited to a series of reflective discussion sessions during the season of Lent (What is Lent?). Tuesday evenings during Lent – February 28, March 7, 14, 21, 28

Pop-Up Op Shop
Join in the fun and mystery of the Pop-Up Shop, hosted by Helen and Valmai.  We are FUNdraising for the Olive Way program.  The Op Shop will be set up in the West End of the Hall from 26th February through to 19th/26th March.

Church Camp
Planning is underway for our annual Church Camp.  The Pastoral Care Community Team is delighted to announce that Amelia Ware will be this year’s coordinator.  She needs more people on the committee.   Check out stories from previous camps and be inspired.  Everything is up for grabs – theme, dates, times and most importantly location.  Send Amelia a message – ‭0428 143 800‬.

March Olive Branch
Please send your contributions (stories, reflections, photos, news, information) to the next edition of our monthly newsletter to saide.cameron@bigpond.com by Monday 20th February.

Walking Together Group
The vision and mission statement of the Uniting Church in Victoria & Tasmania begins “Following Christ, walking together as First and Second Peoples…”  In this spirit, BUC has formed a “Walking Together” group to learn, reflect, pray and act together on our relationship with First Peoples.   Find out about the Voice Campaign – Frequently Asked Questions.
If you’d like to join us, visit our Facebook Group or contact Claire Foley, Jenne Perlstein

Climamania #16
NDIS Advocacy & Creativity Workshop, 18th February, 2-5pm at Brunswick UC. This training is aimed at NDIS service providers assisting people who may be eligible to access, or are accessing the NDIS, under the psychosocial disability stream.

Lent 2023 McKinney Lecture
Standing in Solidarity with the suffering and injustice of the Palestinian People A public lecture sponsored by Banyule Churches Together featuring Brother Peter Bray FSC Thursday 23rd February. Br Peter Bray is an eloquent and informed speaker, who makes regular trips back to Australia from his role in Bethlehem. Particularly at this time of increased oppression and restrictions on Palestinians, he will have important and insightful perspectives. A good chance to learn and think about how to act in solidarity with our Palestinian brothers and sisters.

Climate Action News

Climate Action News  – read about the upcoming Synod Discussion Paper, Climate Action 23/2 on Zoom, a Conversation Group

Website feature

Pages on the website are updated regularly.  This week we are featuring the Church Camp page. Here you can read about previous church camps. We hope the stories inspire you to join this year’s Camp Committee.  Have a look and let us know what you think, responses to saide.cameron@bigpond.com