Sermon reflections
Sermon 5/6 – Creation in Balance
A reflection on Psalm 104:24-34, 35b The reflection begins at 21:08 in the video.
Sermon 29/5 – Release to the Captives
A reflection on Acts 16:25-34. I focus on the theology of prisons and the scandal of Australia's indigenous incarceration rates Reference: Jennings, Willie James. Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible (Belief: a Theological Commentary on [...]
Sermon 22/5 – Using Wealth Faithfully
A reflection on the story of Lydia from Acts 16:11-15 The reflection begins at 23:50 in the video NOTE: I include this video illustration in which can't be live-streamed on YouTube for copyright reasons. [...]
Sunday Prayers
Sunday Prayers, 12/6
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Watch or 4:20 Let us pray: Creating God, You created Wisdom in the beginning When there were no depths, and before the mountains had been shaped When the earth was [...]
Sunday Prayers, 5/6
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Watch or 6:13 Creator God, through the ages you speak your living Word The earth and sea are full of your creatures, big and small Wonderful, glorious, amazing beyond our [...]
Sunday Prayers, 29/5
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Watch or 10:10 God Divine, One Spirit of this earth and creation, we praise you for your love known here on this country through the ancient peoples who have nurtured, [...]
Ministry Stories
Worship 12/6 – Trinity Sunday
Kirsty Bennett welcomed us to worship on 12th June, Trinity Sunday. As we recognised the unity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in the one God, we celebrated Wisdom, for [...]
Worship 5/6, Pentecost Sunday
Saide Cameron welcomed us to worship on 5th June, Pentecost Sunday. We celebrated the gift of the Holy Spirit as told in Acts 2 and sung by the Psalmist in Psalm 104. We also celebrated [...]
Worship, 29/5, Reconciliation Sunday
Jenne Perlstein welcomed us to worship on 29th May. Today in National Reconciliation Week we are asked to, “Be Brave. Make Change.” First Nations people are asking everyone to make change beginning with brave [...]
Our Stories
Farewell Dave Hall
On Sunday 1st May Dave Hall concluded three years of ministry as our Children, Youth & Young Adult Pastor and 25 years in various roles with the Uniting Church including coordinating the National Christian [...]
Praying for freedom and healing
On Thursday 7th April, the Park Hotel-Prison (in which dozens of people had been detained in torturous limbo for over a year) finally stood empty, and almost all of those who found themselves locked [...]
Holy Week 2022
Inspired by Rita Broadway's artwork during Lent we explored Christian pacifism and non-violence, redemption and transformation, witnessing to truth, the horror of war and asked the questions ‘Where is paradise? and Who belongs there?’ [...]