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!
2. News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (May 3)
3. The most recent Synod eNews (April 29)
4. The most recent Presbytery News is here (April 28)
5. This coming Sunday May 9 we continue to focus on the Sunday selections from Acts, this week from Acts 10n. Some comment on the readings for this week can be found here.

1. New Testament STUDY GROUPS have begun — Wednesdays April 21 and Fridays April 23. 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!
2. REMINDER — it is now mandatory that attendance at MtE services is registered electronically; you can make this easier for the door steward by having the ‘Service Victoria’ app installed on your smartphone and scanning yourself in. If you can’t do this, we’ll have a system in place to add you to the attendance list!
3. News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (April 20)
4. Check out what’s happening at Hotham Mission
5. Please note the change of time for Audrey Larsen’s funeral – now to be at 10.30am on Monday April 26.
6. This coming Sunday April 25 we continue to focus on the Sunday selections from Acts. Some comment on the readings for this week can be found here.

Old News

1. Religion in the University – a one-day symposium at Newman College, Parkville; details

1. Please note that it will be mandatory from April 23 that attendance at MtE services is registered electronically; you can make this easier for the door steward by having the ‘Service Victoria’ app installed on your smartphone and scanning yourself in. If you can’t do this, we’ll have a system in place to add you to the attendance list!

1. New Testament STUDY GROUPS commence next week, Wednesday April 21 (7.45pm) and Friday April 23 (1.30pm). 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!
2. The next meeting of the newly-forming UCA CBD Justice Action Coalition will be next Tuesday April 20 at 7.30pm via Zoom — contact Craig if you’ve not already received the meeting link (different from last time!)
3. The MtE AGM will be conducted following worship this Sunday April 18.
4. The most recent Synod eNews (April 15)
5. This Sunday April 18 we continue to focus on the Sunday selections from Acts. Some comment on the readings for this week can be found here.

Old News

1. Religion in the University – a one-day symposium at Newman College, Parkville; details

1. STUDY GROUPS — Commencing Wednesday April 21 and Friday April 23. 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. Join with members from 5 or 6 other congregations for great conversation and learning together!
2. Religion in the University – a one-day symposium at Newman College, Parkville; details.
3. This coming Sunday April 11 we move into the Easter-season readings. For this present Easter season, we will be looking mainly at the Sunday selections from Acts. Some comment on the readings for this week can be found here.

Advance Dates

1. AGM — April 18, following worship

1. Our Holy Week and Easter services details are here, including TONIGHT night, Friday morning, Saturday morning and Easter Day. Please note that only the Good Friday and Easter Day services will be live-streamed. Our focus texts on Good Friday will be Mark 15 and Job 23; on Sunday (Easter) the texts will be Job 38 and Mark 16.1-8. Maundy Thursday will feature a reading of St John’s Passion, and Saturday’s service will be a sequence of readings, psalms and hymns.
2. The most recent Synod eNews (April 1)

Old News

1. The next study series will be a survey of the New Testament, commencing online after the Easter school holidays, Wednesday night and Friday afternoons. This is a great course using online video (lectures), complemented by printed transcripts. Details of the NT studies can be found here. We are also looking at the possibility of running an online series again on the Old Testament if there is interest

Advance Dates

1. AGM — April 18, following worship; papers available from April 4.

1. News from the Justice and International Mission (March 23)
2. Our Lenten studies finish up this week. The next study series will be a survey of the New Testament, commencing online after the Easter school holidays, Wednesday night and Friday afternoons. This is a great course using online video (lectures), complemented by printed transcripts. Details of the NT studies can be found here. We are also looking at the possibility of running an online series again on the Old Testament if there is interest
3. Our Holy Week and Easter services details are here
4. This coming Sunday March 28, being Passion/Palm Sunday, will feature a reading of the Passion of the Christ according to St Mark, with psalms, hymns, prayers and Eucharist. Some comment on this text (Mark 14-15) can be found here.

Old News

1. AGM — April 18, following worship

1. The most recent Synod eNews (Mar 18)
2. The most recent Presbytery News is here. (March 16)
3. See the Hotham Mission home page for information about a new program for young women, at Kensington.
4. This coming Sunday March 21 we will give Job a rest in view of the baptism to be celebrated, and hear several of the readings set for the day; details and some comment can be found here.

Old News

1. Lenten study details are now finalised (with a recent, slight change t the presenters!): Wednesdays 10, 17 and 24, and Fridays 12, 19 and 26, and possibly others. The Friday series will be online — easy to get to, and a great conversion! The audio recordings and other materials are available via the above link.

Advance Dates

1. AGM — April 18, following worship