MtE Update – June 2 2017

 

  1. At worship this Sunday, to mark Pentecost, we will welcome some from the other congregations who share our buildings – including Rev Dr Ken Luscombe of the Eighth Day Baptist community as our preacher.
  2. Our next MtE-Habitat reading group begins next week! Five studies using Walter Brueggeman’s “Praying the Psalms (Second Edition): Engaging Scripture and the Life of the Spirit 

    Wednesdays May 31 – June 28, 7.30-9.00pm, Mark the Evangelist, North Melbourne (venue TBA depending on numbers – Check with Craig)

    Fridays June 2 – June 30, 9.30-11.00am, Habitat Uniting Church (Augustine)

    Options for obtaining the book include (click on the links):

    Koorong [Quick – from within Australia]

    Kindle [instant]

    Book depository [Usually within a week from the UK]

    [You can see the proposed dates and books for other series this year here.]

  3. We’ve been invited as a congregation to join with St Mary’s Anglican North Melbourne for a Evensong service on Sunday June 11, 6.00PM. In addition to the theme of Trinity Sunday the service will connect to the 500th anniversary this year of the start of the Reformation; Robert Gribben will be the preacher.
  4. Hotham Mission is holding an art exhibition, The Weight of the World, in a couple of weeks’ time; the details are here — please consider attending if you can!
  5. The latest Pilgrim College news (June) is here.
  6. If you’d like to do some background work on this coming Sunday’s readings (Pentecost A), see here.

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