By Rev Sandy Brodine
The Younger Generations team had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Dave Gregory to Melbourne as part of his Science and Faith Converse tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Dave, formerly an astrophysicist and President of the Baptist Union in the UK, is passionate about science and faith and particularly about how we can use these discussions ...
By Damien Tann
Fire and Pomonal are not uncommon associates.
In 1939 on Black Friday, the orchards and tobacco plantations were burnt out; in 2006 the town survived as an island of green amid the blackened devastation of the Mt Lubra fire.
Then in February this year, 46 houses (plus sheds, fences, and equipment) were destroyed.
By Laurie Gregg
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” declared Rev Deacon Judy McLeod at a combined churches service to celebrate 150 years of Poowong settlement last month.
“Here in the dense rainforest of Poowong, the first public building established in 1878 was the Poowong Methodist Church,” Judy said.
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By Norm Wearne
The following are some memories of the 70 years that have passed since my accreditation as a lay preacher at the age of 20.
I need to be careful, because I resonate with Mark Twain’s confession that “the older I get, the more I remember things that aint so”.
By Rev Alex Sangster
“Waaaa waaa waaa waaaaaaaaaaaaa.”
Crow comes with me to the funeral of my friend Margaret. Literally, he is there. He is always there. Crow hops on one claw.
Going to visit people who are dying is kind of part of the drill, like core business.
“Hatches, matches, dispatches – that’s what we do,” I was ...
By Cathy Withiel
A concert of sacred vocal music by Bach, Bruckner, Fauré, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Rossini, Schubert and others this Sunday (April 21) will support Uniting AgeWell’s Music For David program.
‘I Heard a Voice from Heaven’ celebrates the exquisite beauty of some of the finest vocal music ever composed, featuring Catherine Koerner (soprano), Dannielle O’Keefe (mezzo-soprano), Jack Jordan (tenor) and ...
Can you describe what your new role within eLM will entail?
David Kim, Multicultural Ministries Co-ordinator
The main role of Multicultural Ministries Co-ordinator entails the strengthening of culturally and linguistically diverse communities to actively engage in the wider Church by enhancing multi and intercultural ministries within the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.
By Andrew Humphries
Mardie Townsend often talks to her son Paul.
And that’s when the tears come.
After all, a parent should never have to bury their child.
“When we are at Bonnie Doon, I often go for a walk and when I walk past Paul’s cairn I say (in my head), ‘hi Paul’, and he replies (in my head) ...
By Talitha Fraser
Koonung Heights Uniting Church Minister Rev Heather Hon considers herself extremely fortunate to be part of such a warm and generous congregation.
That warmth and generosity is displayed on a regular basis as congregation members contribute to the wellbeing of their neighbours, outreach mission projects, and the broader Church in caring, generous and faithful ways.
By Andrew Humphries
In the summer of 2019-20, Australians watched on in horror as large parts of the country were destroyed by fire.
Images which showed people trapped on the beach at Mallacoota with nowhere to go made their way around the world.
Four years later, some sense of normality might have returned to Mallacoota but, like so many other ...
By Andrew Humphries
On the streets of St Kilda, Uniting Church Minister Rev Alex Sangster gets a daily glimpse of why missional work is so important in the lives of so many people.
At the 101 Engagement Hub on the corner of Carlisle and Chapel streets, Alex, her fellow St Kilda South Port Uniting Church Minister Rev Deacon John Tansey ...
By Cathy Withiel
Three mornings a week, Verley MacGregor runs into the waves at Mount Martha with a gathering of women friends, all howling like wolves.
Verley is a member of Sea Wolves, a group of up to 80 fun-loving women who arrive at the beach early, form a circle and hold hands.