1. Worship this Sunday July 4 will be gathered in the church, with masks to be worn for the duration of the service (and while in the church); no service of morning tea until further notice.
2. An important congregational meeting to consider further our congregation’s future accommodation and ministries will be on Sunday July 18, commencing after worship and continuing to mid-afternoon (11.30-2.30/3.00pm). Documentation for the meeting will be distributed from July 4.
3. The New Testament study groups return next week (Wed 7th, Fri 9th).
4. Interested in the themes of faith and science? These online presentations might be of interest (past and forthcoming)!
5. This Sunday July 4 we continue our series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, this Sunday with a focus on the theme of hope. For more information, see the series page.

Old News

1. Please consider supporting the Friends of Vellore fundraiser to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response in India; UPDATED (June 17) donation details are here.
2. For those interested in Taize, Northcote UCA’s monthly service will be held the afternoon of July 3; details.  

1. Worship this Sunday June 27 will remain as last week — gathered in the church, with masks to be worn for the duration of the service (and while in the church); no service of morning tea until further notice.
2. An important congregational meeting to consider further our congregation’s future accommodation and ministries will be on Sunday July 18, commencing after worship and continuing to mid-afternoon (11.30-2.30/3.00pm). Documentation for the meeting will be distributed from July 4
3. The most recent Synod eNews (June 24)
4. News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (June 23)
5. The Hotham Mission End of Financial Year Appeal has now been launched. If you can support HM in this way, this is possible via the HM website.
6. The New Testament study groups will take a week’s break next week (Wed 30th, Fri 2nd), and return the week after.
7. For those interested in Taize, Northcote UCA’s monthly service will be held the afternoon of July; details.  
8. Please consider supporting the Friends of Vellore fundraiser to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response in India; UPDATED (June 17) donation details are here.
9. From June 27 the focus texts for Sunday worship will be taken from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. For more details, see this dedicated post. This week we will hear again Ephesians 1.1-14, looking this time at the longer second section of this passage.

1. Worship this Sunday June 20 will return to the church, although we’re back to masks on for the duration of the service (and arrival/departure), and so also won’t be serving morning tea again until further notice. Sigh…
2. The Hotham Mission End of Financial Year Appeal has now been launched. If you can support HM in this way, this is possible via the HM website.
3. From June 20 the focus texts for Sunday worship will be taken from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. For more details, see this dedicated post. We begin this week with Ephesians 1.1-14.
4. Hotham Mission in the news!

Old News

1. Please consider supporting the Friends of Vellore fundraiser to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response in India; UPDATED (June 17) donation details are here.

Advance Dates

1. Our congregational meeting to consider further our congregation’s future accommodation will be on Sunday July 18, commencing after worship and continuing to mid-afternoon; more details to come!!

1. Worship this Sunday June 13 will be a pre-recorded service (no gathered congregation). While some congregations will gather, the decision to pre-record was taken to simplify preparation in view of the uncertainty prior to the government announcement of the relaxation of C19 constraints. Check-in for the service from 10am via the MtE website homepage or direct from our YouTube channel from 10am on Sunday. At this stage, worship for June 20 can be expected to be back in the church.
2. News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (June 10)
3. The Hotham Mission End of Financial Year Appeal has now been launched. If you can support HM in this way, this is possible via the HM website.
4. From June 20 the focus texts for Sunday worship will be taken from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. For more details, see this dedicated post
5. The most recent Synod eNews (June 10)
6. This coming Sunday June 13 worship will be led by Robert Gribben and Peter Blackwood; some textual and podcast commentary on the readings are here.

Old News

1. Please consider supporting the Friends of Vellore fundraiser to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response in India; donation details are here.

Advance Dates

1. Our congregational meeting to consider further our congregation’s future accommodation has been shifted to Sunday July 18, commencing after worship and continuing to mid-afternoon; more details to come!!

1. Worship this Sunday June 6 will be a live-streamed service without a gathered congregation [that is, we cannot gather as a congregation at the church this week!]. You can access this from the green ‘Live Stream Sunday Service’ image-link at the top of our home page, or direct from our YouTube channel from 10am on Sunday.
2. For those interested in exploring Taize’s style of worship, Northcote UCA is conducting a monthly service: info.  
3. An online event which may interest some: Imagining a better world
4. The following was mentioned in a recent congregational conversation and may be of interest to some members ‘You might have seen the Morrison Government wants to hand $50 million in public money over to gas corporations to frack the Northern Territory. But Traditional Owners have been saying no for over a decade, and have written a letter to Parliament demanding they put an end to fracking once and for all. [There’s a online petition you can contribute to:] http://getup.to/pKrqVhB7ehn9jux
5. This coming Sunday June 6 our guest preacher is Rob Gallacher; some textual and podcast commentary on the readings are here.

Old News

1. Please consider supporting the Friends of Vellore fundraiser to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response in India; donation details are here.

Advance Dates

1. Our congregational meeting to consider further our congregation’s future accommodation has been shifted to Sunday July 18, commencing after worship and continuing to mid-afternoon; more details to come!!

1. Worship this Sunday May 30 will be a pre-recorded service available from our YouTube channel around 10am. We’ve had some website issues lately so go to the YouTube channel directly if the website is not operating.
2. The planned ecumenical Service of Christian Unity for this Sunday May 30 is postponed on account of the C-19 restrictions presently in place — to be held sometime soon!
3. For those interested in exploring Taize’s style of worship, Northcote UCA is conducting a monthly service: info.  
4. The most recent Synod eNews (May 27)
5. The most recent Presbytery News is here (May 26)
6. This coming Sunday May 30 is Trinity Sunday; some textual and podcast commentary on the readings are here.

Old News

1. Please consider supporting the Friends of Vellore fundraiser to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response in India; donation details are here.

Advance Dates

1. Our congregational meeting to consider further our congregation’s future accommodation has been shifted to Sunday July 18, commencing after worship and continuing to mid-afternoon; more details to come!!

1. There will be an ecumenical Service of Christian Unity on Sunday May 30, 6pm at St Mary’s Anglican Church, 430 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne, incorporating at least the congregations of St Mary’s, Mark the Evangelist and the West Melbourne Baptist Church. You are most welcome – encouraged! – to attend!
2. News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (May 18)
3. Please consider supporting the Friends of Vellore fundraiser to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response in India; donation details are here.
4. This coming Sunday May 23 is Pentecost; some commentary on the readings are here.

Advance Dates

1. Earlier advice of a congregational meeting on June 27 is now awaiting confirmation — the date may need to be delayed a few weeks. This meeting will be to consider further our congregational, and will commence after worship and continue to mid-afternoon; more details to come!!

1. The most recent Synod eNews (May 13)
2. Please consider supporting the Friends of Vellore fundraiser to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response in India; donation details are here.
3. This coming Sunday May 16 we will pick up the celebration of Ascension (today, May 13); the readings are here.

Other things of interest

1. New Testament STUDY GROUPS have begun — Wednesday evenings and Friday afternoons. This is a great course on the New Testament from a contemporary scholarly perspective, using online video (lectures), complemented by printed transcripts. Details of the discussion groups and how to register can be found here (registration helps!). Join with members from 5 or 6 other congregations for great conversation and learning together — late starters most welcome!

Advance Dates

ADVANCE notice of a congregational meeting June 27 to consider further our buildings and futures project