Friends,

the latest MtE Update!

1. Our congregational picnic will be after morning tea on Sunday March 6, again under a shady tree at the Native Gardens section of Royal Park.
2. Our next meeting on our MtE Futures project (buildings, mission), will be after worship on Sunday March 20; papers for this meeting will be distributed to you directly by email next week, and be available for pickup at worship on March 13.
3. Nominations to the next VicTas Synod meeting (June 4-8 2016) are now open, closing March 9. Nominations are open to confirmed UCA members; Craig has more details if you are interested in nominating someone, or being nominated.
4. The Synod’s Major Strategic Review is nearing its end, and is doing the rounds across the synod to give people the opportunity to hear and give feedback on its vision and plans as well as explore its findings and the potential changes for the church. The session to be held in this region is happening next week on Tuesday 8^th March from 6:30pm-9:30pm (with a break) at Heathmont UC. It is an important opportunity to understand the directions the Synod may be taking in the future. More information can be found here and you are invited to register to help with catering.
5. If you took petition forms regarding one of our asylums seeker’s approach to government senators, please return them this Sunday.
6. Our Easter Service times are here.

Other things of potential interest:

1. Brunswick UCA is running a study series on the book of Revelation over 3 weeks in March
2. You are invited to Taizé prayer this Saturday: 5.30pm Saturday, 5th March at Trinity College Chapel (singing practice starts at 4.45pm); Please stay for dinner afterwards in the Trinity College Dining Hall ($10). You can RSVP to the event on Facebook or just come on the day. The following prayer at Trinity College will be at 5.30pm on 2nd April. Heidi, Email: taize.melbourne@gmail.com; Taizé in Melbourne, Australia

Craig

Friends,

the latest MtE Update!

1. Our after church conversation this Sunday Feb 21 will feature Dr John Flett on the topic of “What it Means at the Congregational Level to Engage in Mission” – will be worth hearing, and important for us as we consider future directions in connection with our building “issues”!
2. On Sunday February 28 there will be a “workshop” on the Assembly’s new Code of Conduct for Lay Leaders. This code can be found here. The workshop is intended particularly for those in our congregation who qualify as “lay leaders,” but all are welcome to participate.
3. Our Lenten Studies have begun; Wednesday evenings until March 9, Friday mornings in Hawthorn until March 11; more info is available here. Please note that the Wednesday group was incorrectly advertised; the soup/bread is from 6.30pm and the study from 7.00pm (at St Mary’s Anglican).
4. The deadline for pieces for the next issue of Mark the Word approaches rapidly! Please get in touch with Suzanne if you have something to contribute.
5. Our congregational picnic will be after morning tea on Sunday March 6, again at the Native Gardens section of Royal Park.
6. The most recent Presbytery eNewsletter is here.
7. The most recent Synod eNewsletter (Feb 12) is here.
8. Nominations to the next VicTas Synod meeting (June 4-8 2016) are now open, closing March 9. Nominations are open to confirmed UCA members; Craig has more details if you are interesting in nominating someone, or being nominated.
9. Our Easter Service times are here.

Other things of potential interest:

1. A series of talks at RMIT on “Philosophies of difference”
2. A Unity in Diversity concert (Feb 28)

Craig