MtE Update – May 22, 2025
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Coming Soon!
- This Sunday May 25 we’ll continue with John’s Gospel (outside the lectionary), returning to another reading of John 2.13-25, with a reflection on the housing crisis from the perspective “my Father’s house”.
- Congregational AGM this Sunday, following morning tea.
- Second Quarter Studies 2025 – A Public Faith – underway!
- The MtE Events Calendar
News
- Most recent Assembly news (May 21)
- Uniting Church in Australia affirms solidarity with suffering Palestine
- Most recent Synod News (May 15)
- Most recent Presbytery News (May 18)
Wesley Centre
MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre
- Wesley Conversation #4 – Thursday May 15: The Ethics of AI & Human Rights with Ed Santow, former Human Rights Commissioner and author of “Machines in Our Image: The Need for Human Rights in the Age of AI. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other new digital technologies are developing at lightning speed and changing almost every part of our world, from media to education to health care and the economy. The opportunities are real, and so are the risks. How can we make sure that the most vulnerable among us are protected from the potential harms of AI? In this conversation, former Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow will discuss the need to put human rights at the centre of our efforts to control these powerful and pervasive new technologies. Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/169SHbxYHN/
- These ‘Conversations That Matter’ are held in Wesley Church, 130 Lonsdale St, on the third Thursday of the month from 12.30 – 1.20pm. BYO lunch or coffee.
Advance Notice – Other
- Screening of “The Other“, Sunday 15 June, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm at the Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton. Ticket Prices: $20, $15 concession, purchased from https://events.humanitix.com/the-other-screening
- The Other is an award-winning documentary filmed from 2017-2024, including post the 7 October Hamas attack and during the subsequent war. The Other focuses on Israeli and Palestinian peace-builders, anti-occupation activists, artists, academics, ex-fighters, bereaved parents and many more living the reality on the ground. Whether in non-violent co-resistance, peace-building, or shared community, we witness those who have only known each other through hate, bloodshed, inequality, and war, transcend beyond those narratives and belief systems. They teach us that unlearning deep-seated conditioning is possible and that we can liberate ourselves from generational trauma, hatred and fear—no matter how ingrained and legitimate those fears are. Among those featured are Ahmed Helou, a Gazan ex-Hamas member turned peace activist who has since lost 60 family members in Gaza. View a trailer here: https://weuncoverfilms.com/theother/. (The screening is jointly organised by the Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania; Brunswick Uniting Church; Mark the Evangelist Uniting Church and Pax Christi Victoria.)
Other things which might interest
- Previous sermons and services (video recordings)