You’re most welcome to join us at our Christmas celebrations this year!

Sunday December 24 (Advent 4, morning worship): a service of Advent carols and readings with Eucharist, 10am.

We have no Christmas Eve (night of the 24th) services at Mark the Evangelist, but commend the Christmas Eve service at St Mary’s Anglican Church: (11.30pm Christmas Eve Midnight Mass; there is also a family service there at 5pm on Christmas Eve), or Wesley Uniting Church, Lonsdale Street at 9pm.

Christmas Day (Sunday 25th): Worship with Eucharist, 9.30am

Normal services will continue, 10am, on December 31 and throughout January; see the calendar for details

ALL SERVICES at MtE are presently being live-streamed from the designated start time, and are available later as a recording: details from streaming link on the Home Page

 

News

1. News from the Justice and International Mission (November 30)
2. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Nov 29)
3. This Sunday 3 December the focus text will be Isaiah 64.1-9, with parts of Psalm 80; more details and background on the texts for the week are here.
4. The MtE Events Calendar
5. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

News

1. Most recent news from the Synod (Nov 23)
2. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Nov 22)
3. This Sunday November 26, the focus text will be Matthew 25.21-46; more details and background on the texts for the week are here.
4. The MtE Events Calendar
5. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Advance Notice – Other

• Music and Breath: Aspiring to the Human — December 1

News

1. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Nov 15)
2. The most recent Presbytery newsletter (Nov 17)
3. This Sunday November 19, the service will be led by Peter Blackwood!
4. The MtE Events Calendar
5. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Other things which might interest

1. Act for Peace (Christmas Bowl) Gaza Appeal
2. Simone Weil Lecture on Human Value — November 23

News

1. This Sunday we’ll have a hymn-learning session following morning tea, which will include the first installment on a new communion setting and a few short pieces for use in our Advent worship (Dec 3+). Please stay if you can!
2. Most recent news from the Synod (Nov 9)
3. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Nov 8)
4. This Sunday November 12, we will hear just one text — Joshua 24: 1-3a, 14-25. Before Sunday, take some time to consider: What is “wrong” with these texts? How would you fix them? More details and background on the texts for the week are here.
5. The MtE Events Calendar
6. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Other things which might interest

1. Act for Peace (Christmas Bowl) Gaza Appeal

News

1. The Dalton McCaughey Library (CTM) is hoping to display Christmas nativity scenes from around the world, borrowed from the Pilgrim/UCA and Trinity communities in locked display cabinets on the main floor of the Library, from Monday, 6 November – Friday, 1 December 2023. If you have such a scene you’d like to share with the library, let Craig know or contact the Library directly.
2. Most recent news from the Synod (Oct 26)
3. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Oct 25)
4. This Sunday Oct 29, our focus text this week will be 1 Thessalonians 2.13-20, a text which ou lectionary skips in its current attention to this letter; we will also hear Matthew 22.34-40. Before Sunday, take some time to consider: What is “wrong” with these texts? How would you fix them? More details and background on the texts for the week are here.
5. The MtE Events Calendar
6. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Other things which might interest

1. Act for Peace (Christmas Bowl) Gaza Appeal
2. November 1: A public lecture on the Song of Songs

News

1. There will be no MtE worship at the CTM on October 22; we will visit Church of Al Nations for a combined service at 10.00am — 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton
2. Act for Peace (Christmas Bowl) Gaza Appeal
3. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Oct 18)
4. The most recent Presbytery newsletter (Oct 18)
5. The MtE Events Calendar
6. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

News

1. The Church Council has resolved that the wearing of masks will no longer be expected in gathered worship on Sundays; members are free, of course, to wear them if they would like.
2. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Oct 4)
3. Our focus text this week will be Matthew 21.33-46; take some time to consider: If you were reading this scripture for the congregation this morning, where would you place the emphasis in order to bring out the central point? More details and background on the texts for the week are here.
4. The MtE Events Calendar
5. Previous sermons and services (recordings)

Advance Notice – Other

• Worship on Sunday October 15 will be in the CTM chapel, on account of a conference taking place in our usual worship space.
• The next quarterly conversation will be Thursday October 19, 1.30pm at the North Melbourne Library.
• There will be no MtE at the CTM on October 22; we will visit Church of Al Nations for a combined service at 10.00am

News

1. This Sunday October 1, after morning tea, we’ll have a look at the “Act 2” process of reflection towards renewal in the UCA. This process will have consequences for future structure, governance and resourcing of the church. Our session on Sunday will include a ten minute summary video from the Assembly and time for questions and discussion — up to 30 minutes, perhaps. The latest report on the process is here (54 not quite rivetting pages!), and a more manageable executive summary is here. Please have a look at the latter at least, before Sunday.
2. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS kicks in this Sunday Oct 1– late comers will be welcomed to morning tea!
3. News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (Sept 20)
4. A new study group series starts next week!
5. Most recent news from the Synod (Sept 28)
6. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Sept 27)
7. The most recent Presbytery newsletter (Sept 21)
8. Our focus text this week will be Matthew 21.23-27, and we’ll also hear Philippians 2.1-11; take some time to consider: What makes this text strange? How might this text “strange” us? More details and background on the texts for the week are here.
9. The MtE Events Calendar
10. Previous sermons and services (recordings)

Worship

1. Our COVID policy for worship continues to be as follows, to be reviewed again by the church council in October.
2. Mindful of the health-vulnerability of some members of our congregation and the uncertain state of play with respect to the pandemic, the church council has decided that we will continue to wear masks in worship, except for those who need to remove them when leading the worship, and for morning tea, or who have an exemption from wearing a mask.

Advance Notice – Other

1. The next quarterly conversation will be October 19, 1.30pm.
2. There will be no MtE at the CTM on October 22; we will visit Church of Al Nations for a combined service at 10.00am

News

1. TOMORROW in Melbourne: Join the Walk for Yes!
2. There will be a discussion of Statements from the Soul: The Moral Case for the Uluru Statement from the Heart at the Dalton McCaughey Library (CTM) on Tuesday, 19 September from 1-2 p.m. in the library, led by a member of Pilgrim Theological College faculty. Given the short notice, reading this might be an issue, but the conversation will be valuable nonetheless! All are welcome!
3. A new study group series from the end of September
4. Most recent news from the Synod (Sept 14)
5. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Sept 13)
6. Our guest worship leader and preacher this week is Rev Rob Gotech; the focus texts will be Romans 14.1-12 Matthew 21-35; More details and background on the texts for the week are here.
7. The MtE Events Calendar
8. Previous sermons and services (recordings)

Worship

1. Our COVID policy for worship continues to be as follows, to be reviewed again by the church council in October.
2. Mindful of the health-vulnerability of some members of our congregation and the uncertain state of play with respect to the pandemic, the church council has decided that we will continue to wear masks in worship, except for those who need to remove them when leading the worship, and for morning tea, or who have an exemption from wearing a mask.

Advance Notice – Other

1. The next quarterly conversation will be October 19, 1.30pm.
2. There will be no MtE at the CTM on October 22; we will visit Church of Al Nations for a combined service at 10.00am