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. Rev Evelyn Payne –affectionately known as ‘Rev Ev’ – was farewelled and Janet Munroe, former chaplain at MLC, was inducted into the role.
The Justice and International Mission (JIM) unit is visiting congregations throughout Victoria and Tasmania as part of its congregational-based community organising initiative.
Denisse Sandoval (pictured) has been working with the JIM unit since October last year.
With a background in community organising and mobilisation in the USA and Chile, she is excited about the challenges offered by her new ...
Issues surrounding refugees and asylum seekers have inspired an unusual theatre production coming to Wesley Church on Lonsdale Street on Palm Sunday.
Stormy Waters takes the audience on a journey through 200 years of Australian history, charting changing attitudes towards asylum seekers.
In the play, four actors narrate and sing, bringing to life characters who play out the asylum seeker ...
When 19 Uniting Church ministers, partners, and special guests gathered at Belmont Uniting Church their theme was “memories and thanksgiving”.
The occasion was the 40th anniversary of their ordinations in 1974, along with a colleague (Pecelli Ratawa) who was ordained 50 years ago.
Following a meet and greet over morning tea Sister Miriam guided the group in reflecting on their ...
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.
Accompanied by their local church minister Rev Vivieni Paeaand and their rugby coach, the group of 16 boys was given the opportunity to experience another culture and earn a little money for their college. The ...
Above the exit of a church a sign reads: “You are now entering the mission field”.
It is meant to remind congregation members that when they leave the building they are to go out and lead a Christian life.
A life that is in the example of Christ and perhaps an example others would like to follow.
DAVE Dye’s The Anzac Legend is an extremely well-researched illustrated graphic novel that describes the initial landing at Gallipoli. At 218 pages, it represents years of work.
Since retiring from military service in 2011, Dye has worked solidly on visualising the conflict in a way that is accessible to readers familiar with Anzac stories, but with little understanding of the ...
In September last year, Central Mallee co-operative parish sponsored a visit by Grant Lock, author of Shoot Me First, and his wife, Janna. Released in 2012, Shoot Me First is a first-hand account of the 24 years the couple, along with their three children, spent working for NGOs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Avenel-Nagambie Uniting Church craft group (pictured) raised $2960 last year for a range of charitable and community care appeals.
The dedicated craft group makes handmade cards and other crafty items which are sold at the Nagambie Lakes community market each month.
The group’s organiser, Heather Parkinson, said they have been active for several years and regularly meet at ...
Seven-year-old Nicholas Pyle has been saving five cent pieces for an entire year to buy a special Christmas gift for a child he has never met. Nicholas thought long and hard about which gift he wanted to buy. In the end he chose to save for his favourite books, a Roald Dahl series, so he could give it to another ...
The Geelong City Ministers group is taking Christmas to the city this year.
All around Geelong in shop windows little wise men, or wise guys, will be hidden and everyone is invited to join in the Scavenger Hunt for all 120 of them.
Parishioners of nine churches including Wesley Uniting Church, All Saints’ Anglican Parish and St Mary’s Basilica have ...
The Swedish Church in Melbourne has celebrated St Lucia’s Day for many years at their Toorak Church. This year, they are bringing the traditional Scandinavian celebrations to Toorak Uniting Church.
St Lucia’s Day is celebrated on the 13 December. The feast originally coincided with the Nordic winter solstice, and centred around the struggle between light and darkness. Dating back ...
