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.
By Robyn Whitaker
This month, Christians around the world will celebrate Easter, a time of year when we reflect on what it means to find light, hope, and new life in an often dark, difficult, and unjust world.
Next month we launch the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy.
By Rev Jay Robinson, Minister and Chaplain
In the first year of my first placement, I was in conversation with a member of staff at Monash University where I was the chaplain.
We were talking about Easter and just what we were each doing at this time.
The university was closed over the Easter period, which was unusual as the ...
The Easter period, moving from Good Friday to Easter Sunday, takes us through the grand themes of death and resurrection, cross and hope.
Earlier in Lent when we heard the stories of Jesus telling his disciples that he was going to suffer, be rejected, killed, and after three days, rise again, we also heard Peter taking him aside and rebuking ...
Rev Michele Lees, Minister, Echuca Moama Uniting Church
Monday
Monday is my official day off, although today began with a brief phone call from our church treasurer. We needed to sort out a financial issue which we spoke about yesterday. Monday is his day in the church office, so I understand that sometimes these calls are needed.
By Bill Loader
How can I know the loneliness of being without enough food, looking at my malnourished child, knowing it is too late?
How can I imagine the fear of random acts of violence, the bullying, and the violations on people not allowed a voice?
I can see more now than any previous generation. I can video scenes of ...