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Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday December 22 will be a cycle of Advent readings and carols.
• Christmas Day service 9.30am; regular service times on December 29 and through January
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

Hotham Mission Christmas Appeal

As we are fast approaching Christmas and the end of the year, the team at Hotham Mission would like to share some of the work we have been doing during 2024. Thanks to the hard work of staff and our many volunteers, HM’s work with the local community is still running smoothly, despite an office relocation and significant staff changes. Our regular programming throughout the year includes

• supporting 30 kids from Prep – Year 6 through our Monday and Friday Homework Clubs The program is so successful and popular we had to cap attendance and have a waitlist..
• a weekly Young Women’s program (15 – 25 year olds) and an additional monthly book club, supported by the City of Melbourne Library staff.A Food Program which supports 100 local households per week through schools and other local organisations with essential food items in times of need, and some assistance to over 100 students per week through the school breakfast programs of Mount Alexander College and University High. 
• the Renshaw material aid program, which assisted around 100 local High School students to access essential study materials like books and electronic devices.
• Our partnership with the Uniting – Asylum Seeker Project to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers

As we approach Christmas and the end of the year we will be providing over 100 Christmas Boxes to local people who are in need. And celebrating the end of the school year with the kids who we regularly work with, across all our programs. And in January 2025 we will have some holiday programs, prior to the start of regular programming for the year.  

If you are interested in assisting Hotham Mission with a tax-deductible donation, you can do so via Give Now, and if you are interested in volunteering or would like to know more, please contact the team on Ph: (03) 9326 8245 or E: programs@hothammission.org.au

From the team at Hotham Mission, we thank you for your ongoing interest and support and wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Advance Notice

• Quarterly Conversation February 7
• Lenten Studies 2025 – details now available for early book orders!

Other things which might interest

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

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Coming Soon!

• The readings for this Sunday’s service (Advent 3C) are avaiable here.
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Most recent Assembly news (Dec 11)
• Most recent Synod News (Dec 12)
• News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (Dec 4 [late October Edition!])

Hotham Mission Christmas Appeal

As we are fast approaching Christmas and the end of the year, the team at Hotham Mission would like to share some of the work we have been doing during 2024. Thanks to the hard work of staff and our many volunteers, HM’s work with the local community is still running smoothly, despite an office relocation and significant staff changes. Our regular programming throughout the year includes

• supporting 30 kids from Prep – Year 6 through our Monday and Friday Homework Clubs The program is so successful and popular we had to cap attendance and have a waitlist..
• a weekly Young Women’s program (15 – 25 year olds) and an additional monthly book club, supported by the City of Melbourne Library staff.A Food Program which supports 100 local households per week through schools and other local organisations with essential food items in times of need, and some assistance to over 100 students per week through the school breakfast programs of Mount Alexander College and University High. 
• the Renshaw material aid program, which assisted around 100 local High School students to access essential study materials like books and electronic devices.
• Our partnership with the Uniting – Asylum Seeker Project to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers

As we approach Christmas and the end of the year we will be providing over 100 Christmas Boxes to local people who are in need. And celebrating the end of the school year with the kids who we regularly work with, across all our programs. And in January 2025 we will have some holiday programs, prior to the start of regular programming for the year.  

If you are interested in assisting Hotham Mission with a tax-deductible donation, you can do so via Give Now, and if you are interested in volunteering or would like to know more, please contact the team on Ph: (03) 9326 8245 or E: programs@hothammission.org.au

From the team at Hotham Mission, we thank you for your ongoing interest and support and wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Wesley Centre

MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre

• The Wesley Centre December 2024 E-News

Advance Notice – Other

• Lenten Studies 2025 – details now available for early book orders!

Other things which might interest

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Our second quarter 2025 study groups will use Miroslav Volf’s Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

MtE’s study groups seek to be ecumenical in participation, with people from MtE, Parkville’s St Carthages, Carlton’s Church of All Nations and Kew Uniting Church often being among those participating. 

At least two online (Zoom) groups are planned on Wednesday evenings (7.45pm) and Friday afternoons (1.30PM), for seven-eight weeks (one week per chapter).

These studies will commence on Wed May 14 and Friday May 16, and run for 7-8 weeks.

Participants should get their own copies of the book. Amazon will be the quickest, but it is also available at other places more cheaply if you get early.

You might also be interested in:

• Quarterly Conversations on the Quarterly Essay
• Third Quarter Studies 2025 – DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED
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Please register your intention to join the Second Quarter discussions below, so that you can receive the Zoom link for groups!

PLEASE REGISTER BELOW

 

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Coming Soon!

• Our guest preacher this Sunday December 8 will be Robyn Whitaker, who teaches at Pilgrim College and is the director of the Wesley Centre (of which MtE is a financial supporter). We continue to seek to get the new A/V system to work as intended; any feedback on this from remote viewers is welcome!
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

Hotham Mission Christmas Appeal

As we are fast approaching Christmas and the end of the year, the team at Hotham Mission would like to share some of the work we have been doing during 2024. Thanks to the hard work of staff and our many volunteers, HM’s work with the local community is still running smoothly, despite an office relocation and significant staff changes. Our regular programming throughout the year includes

• supporting 30 kids from Prep – Year 6 through our Monday and Friday Homework Clubs The program is so successful and popular we had to cap attendance and have a waitlist..

• a weekly Young Women’s program (15 – 25 year olds) and an additional monthly book club, supported by the City of Melbourne Library staff.

• A Food Program which supports 100 local households per week through schools and other local organisations with essential food items in times of need, and some assistance to over 100 students per week through the school breakfast programs of Mount Alexander College and University High. 

• the Renshaw material aid program, which assisted around 100 local High School students to access essential study materials like books and electronic devices.

• Our partnership with the Uniting – Asylum Seeker Project to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers

As we approach Christmas and the end of the year we will be providing over 100 Christmas Boxes to local people who are in need. And celebrating the end of the school year with the kids who we regularly work with, across all our programs. And in January 2025 we will have some holiday programs, prior to the start of regular programming for the year.  

If you are interested in assisting Hotham Mission with a tax-deductible donation, you can do so via Give Now, and if you are interested in volunteering or would like to know more, please contact the team on Ph: (03) 9326 8245 or E: programs@hothammission.org.au

From the team at Hotham Mission, we thank you for your ongoing interest and support and wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

1. Most recent Assembly news (Nov 27)
2. Most recent Synod News (Nov 28)

Other things which might interest

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Our Lenten Studies for 2025 will use Rowan Williams’ Christ on Trial: How the Gospel Unsettles our Judgement. 

FROM THE PUBLISHER

In this book the former Archbishop of Canterbury looks in depth at the trial of Jesus, using it to teach readers how to face the challenges of life in today’s trying times.

Bringing the biblical accounts of Jesus’ trial vividly to life, Rowan Williams highlights what can be learned about Jesus from each of the four Gospel portraits. Mark shows a mysterious figure revealed as the Son of God. Matthew describes the Wisdom of God tried by foolish men. Luke presents a divine stranger. John speaks of the paradox of divinity submitting to judgement. These discussions are followed by a reflection on Christian martyrdom and a meditation on tyranny, freedom, and truth. 

Throughout the book, Williams draws not only from the Bible but also from fiction, drama, and current events, pointing out ways in which society today continues to put Christ on trial. Even more, he argues that all Christians stand with Jesus before a watching world. Though we may not be directly confronted with death, we are nevertheless called daily to respond to the falsehood of such lures as power, influence, and prestige.

The study groups seek to be ecumenical in participation, with people from MtE, Parkville’s St Carthages, Carlton’s Church of All Nations and Hawthorn’s Habitat Uniting Church being among those participating. (Let us know if you would like to join our online ones!)

At the moment, two online (Zoom) groups are planned from Wednesday March 5 (7.45pm) and Friday March 7 (1.30PM), for six weeks (one week per chapter). (We are, however, hoping to be able to offer other groups in co-operation with other congregations — these will be added to the page here as they are confirmed). (Let us know if you would like to offer a parallel series of studies on this text we could advertise!)

Participants should get their own copies of the book. Amazon will be the quickest, but it is also available at other places more cheaply if you get early. The version of the book (cover) on this page is the “reference” version; the older blue-covered edition has the same pagination if you can find a cheap secondhand copy; the black-covered edition is probably also the same pagination, but unconfirmed! 

You might also be interested in:

• • Quarterly Conversations on the Quarterly Essay
  • Second Quarter Studies 2025 – A Public Faith

Please register your intention to join the Lenten discussions below, so that you can receive the Zoom link for groups!

PLEASE REGISTER BELOW

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Coming Soon!

• For worship on Sunday November 24; a shared luncheon follows the service. AND we’re still working on the new A/V system and our service streaming. Particular apologies to those who are accessing the service online, for which the audio has been quite problematic.
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Most recent Assembly news (Nov 19)
• Most recent Presbytery News (Nov 19)

Other things which might interest

• Thursday 28th November at 7:30pm Melbourne time. ‘Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Holy Land: Out of the depths, I cried to you oh Lord’. This online event is being organised through the Uniting Church Assembly’s Working for Justice Circle. Register here for the connection details.

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)