News

1. Lent and Easter at MtE
2. The most recent Presbytery News (Feb 28)
3. A three-week Lenten Studies series will commence face-to-face from Wednesday March 16 and online from Friday March 18. Details are here!
4. CHECK OUT what’s happening at Hotham Mission
5. The most recent Synod eNews (Feb 24)
6. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Feb 23)
7. This Sunday March 6, we begin a series of Lenten reflections on disciple and mission. Our focus text will be the set gospel reading most weeks. This week’s gospel text will be Luke 4.1-13. See also below!!
8. For most of the Sundays in Lent, we’ll adopt a different approach to the hearing-the-Word part of the liturgy. The proclamation time will take the shape of a kind of communal discernment in response to a statement about what it means to be Christians at mission in the world. These statements will be heard as recorded audio in the service, followed by a brief guided conversation. After this, we will hear the gospel as colour to what we have heard and said together, a short reflection from the “preacher” for the day. We will then proceed to the Eucharist. Everything we expect from a worship will – hopefully – still be present, but the space will be more interactive, with the seating re-arranged over Lent to make for better conversation. The audio comes via our subscription to www.theworkofthepeople.com.

Worship

1. Our COVID policy for worship will be reviewed at Church Council this week; until then, the follow still applies:
2. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
3. 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 throughout February, 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. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.

Advance Notice

1. March 20: Bible Readers’ workshop after worship
2. April 10: The Passion of the Christ according to St Luke
3. May 1: Congregational AGM

News

1. Following worship on this Sunday February 27, we will run a short workshop on preparing and presenting the prayers of the people. This will focus on a couple of aspects of leading prayers in worship. Those who lead the prayers of the people, and anyone else who is interested, are encouraged to attend! The session will be finished by 12.15.
2. Ash Wednesday Service, next Wednesday March 2, 6.45pm in the church
3. CHECK Out what’s happening at Hotham Mission
4. The most recent Synod eNews (Feb 24)
5. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Feb 23)
6. This Sunday February 27, Transfiguration Sunday, our focus text will be from Luke 6. Backround on this text and others set for the day can be found here

Worship

1. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
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 throughout January, 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. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.

Advance Notice

1. March 20: Bible Readers’ workshop after worship

Lenten Studies

Once again we are joining in a Lenten study series with St Mary’s Anglican Church, North Melbourne, and other ecumenical friends. See here for details!

Services

Check the MtE homepage if there is any doubt as to whether the services will be gathered or online.

Ash Wednesday — Wednesday March 2, 6.45pm (Gathered only, not live-streamed)

Sunday services will be at the normal time – 10.00am. 

Passion Sunday — April 10 — We have usually had a reading of the passion narrative of the year’s appointed gospel on this Sunday.

Maundy Thursday — April 14 — A Tenebrae service, 7.30pm (Gathered only, not live-streamed)

Good Friday  — April 15 — 10.00am (Gathered and live-streamed)

Easter Vigil — Saturday April 16 — 8.00pm (Gathered only, not live-streamed)

Easter Day — 10.00am (Gathered and live-streamed)

North Melbourne: The Congregation of Mark the Evangelist, St Mary’s Anglican and other ecumenical friends!

Utilising audio and video material from www.theworkofthepeople.com, our Lenten 2022 studies will look at the question of the purpose of the church.

Over three sessions we will hear 6 church leaders reflect on their understanding and experience of the mission of the church, and reflect in response on our own experience, share a little and pray a little.

The sessions will be conducted:

• 1 – In the church space/hall of Mark the Evangelist, 4 Elm Street, North Melbourne from 7.30pm on Wednesdays March 16, 23, 30
• 2 – Online (Zoom) on Fridays at 1.30pm, March 18, 25 and April 1

IT WILL HELP us if you can register your interest for the Wednesday night groups; you will need to register your interest for the Friday group in order to receive the Zoom link for that discussion.

We hope you can join us for what will certainly be stimulating discussions!

PLEASE REGISTER BELOW

News

1. Following worship on Sunday February 27, a workshop on preparing and presenting the prayers of the people. This will focus on a couple of aspects of leading prayers in worship. Those who lead the prayers of the people, and anyone else who is interested, are strongly encouraged to attend. The session will be finished by 12.15.
2. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Feb 16)
3. This Sunday February 20 our focus text will be on Luke 6.27: Love your enemies. Backround on this text and others set for the day can be found here

Worship

1. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
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 throughout January, 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. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.

Advance Notice

1. February 27: Intercessors workshop after worship
2. March 2: Ash Wednesday Service
3. March 20: Bible Readers’ workshop after worship

News

1. Worship this week will be at 10am as usual but will be shortened in view of the congregational workshop to follow.
2. The most recent Synod eNews (Feb 10)
3. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Feb 9)
4. The most recent issue of Crosslight (February)
5. This Sunday February 13 we’ll continue to prepare for our futures workshop, which will follow the service. Our focus in recent Sundays has been on readings from the Genesis creation stories to consider the context we’re in, our responsibilities, and so the kind of decision we’re to make about our future. Our focus text this week will be Genesis 2.25-3.10, complemented by Psalm 130.

Worship

1. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
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 throughout January, 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. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.

Advance Notice

1. February 27: Intercessors workshop after worship
2. March 20: Bible Readers’ workshop after worship

News

1. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Feb 2)
2. Two resources coming from the recent city UCA churches’ justice coalition:

“Set them free” video – for potential circulation to congregation members via local email groups

A Vision for a Just Australia – Uniting Church Australia

1. This Sunday February 6 we’ll continue to prepare for our scheduled conversation about our congregational future on Feb 13, Our focus for these Sundays will be three readings from the Genesis creation stories to consider the context we’re in, our responsibilities, and so the kind of decision we’re to make. Last week we considered the “deep” and the “void” in Genesis 1.1-5, next week we’ll look at Genesis 2 (“Eve and Adam”) and on February 13 from Genesis 3 (“naked”).

Worship

1. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
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 throughout January, 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. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.

News

1. Welcome to the first MtE Update for 2022!
2. The most recent Synod eNews (Jan 27)
3. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Jan 26)
4. This Sunday January 30 we’ll take most of the set readings for Epiphany 4C. In antcipated of our scheduled (for the time being, at least!) conversation about our congregational future on Feb 13, we’ll take three readings from the Genesis creation stories to consider the context we’re in, our responsibilities, and so the kind of decision we’re to make. The focus text this week will be Genesis 1.1-5 (“deep and void”), next week from Genesis 2 (“placed”) and then from Genesis 3 (“naked”). See here for comment on the other readings this week.

Worship

1. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
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 throughout January, 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. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.

Advance Notice

1. February 13: Futures workshop following worship

1. Christmas Day services
2. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
3. Mindful of the health-vulnerability of some members of our congregation, the church council has decided that we will continue to wear masks in worship throughout December and January, 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. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.
4. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Dec 22)
5. This Sunday December 26 will be Christmas 1; we’ll take, however, a Christmas Day reading (John 1.1-14) and compelementary texts in Psalm 130 and Genesis 3 to reflection on the incarnation.

Advance Notice

1. February 13: Futures workshop following worship

1. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
2. Mindful of the health-vulnerability of some members of our congregation, the church council has decided that we will continue to wear masks in worship throughout December and January, 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. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.
3. Christmas Day services
4. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Dec 15)
5. This Sunday December 19 is the fourth Sunday of Advent – a cycle of Advent carols and readings.

Advance Notice

1. February 13: Futures workshop following worship