Award for service
John Beswick John Beswick has always been a doer rather than a talker. And it is that philosophy which saw the 77-year-old appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Australia Day awards.
School celebration
Last month, staff and students from Penleigh and Essendon Grammar gathered for a morning of celebration to say farewell to one of their beloved chaplains and induct a new chaplain into the role.
Support for ISP regulations
By MARK ZIRNSAK Police throughout the world face a substantial challenge in stopping online child sexual abuse.
Bringing you justice
The Justice and International Mission (JIM) unit is visiting congregations throughout Victoria and Tasmania as part of its congregational-based community organising initiative.
Palm Sunday, centre stage
Cast of Stormy Waters Issues surrounding refugees and asylum seekers have inspired an unusual theatre production coming to Wesley Church on Lonsdale Street on Palm Sunday.
Class of ‘74
L – R: Elaine Oliver, John & Robyn Smith,Brian Giddings, Ton & Frida van Doorn, Bob Ridley.
Yarram welcomes young Tongans
A group of young men (pictured) from the Tupoa High School in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, made a big impact on the Yarram Parish over summer.
Benefit of the doubt
From a very young age, my brothers and I enjoyed playing cricket on the front driveway. Ours was the biggest (and best) game in the street.
Synod wins free speech in Tasmania
The Synod of Victoria and Tasmania was part of a successful campaign to stop the Tasmanian Liberal Government allowing large businesses to silence their critics through the use of defamation laws.
Social issues high on conference agenda
Congress members Aunty Dianne Torrens (Chairperson of NSW/ACT Congress) and her husband Tim performing at a fellowship evening at the UAICC National Conference in Poatina, Tasmania.