Timeless tale

Film |The Jungle Book |PG Review by ROS MARSDEN Keen to “forget your worries and your strife”? Then treat yourself to a night at the cinema to see the 2016 version of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.

Tales from the past

Book | Out of the Ordinary: Twelve Australian Methodist Biographies | editors: Patricia Curthoys and William W. Emilsen.

Diamond wedding celebrations  

John and Margaret Williams celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on 20 March with a large gathering of family and friends. The couple are members of Mountview Uniting Church in Mitcham.

Prison preachers

Book | Opening the Doors: A Prison Chaplain’s Life On The Inside | Paul Gill Review by GARY DAVIDSON Author Paul Gill served as senior prison chaplain and coordinating chaplain at Western Australia’s Casuarina Pris

Subversive faith

Book | Seeing – Remembering – Connecting:  subversive practices of being Church | Karen L.

Farewell

Famed writer, Annie Dillard wrote in her bestselling novel Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: “Time is the one thing we have been given and we have been given to time.” Well my time as moderator has almost given out.

Synod Snaps – May

Synod Snaps brings you images from throughout the church and beyond. Croxton Congregation in Thornbury, Victoria hosted a dinner party on 18 March.

A helping hand for farmers

TIM LAM Like many young men in Australia, Peter Johns wanted to attend university and pursue a career in an industry of his choice.