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• The readings for this Sunday’s service (Transfiguration C) are available here; we’ll be thinking about what the Transfiguration of Jesus means for how God is present to us.
• This Sunday March 2 there will be a hymn-learning session, following morning tea, including learning a short new communion setting.
• On Wednesday March 5 we will be joining the Pilgrim College community for an Ash Wednesday service, 1.15-2.00pm in the CTM Chapel
• Lenten Studies 2025 start next week – details and registration! – 24 signed up so far…
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Most recent Assembly news (Feb 26)

Wesley Centre

MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre

• Thursday 20^th March – The Ethics of Voting: a free public forum hosted by The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy. What are the big issues facing Australia this election? Whose interests do we have in mind when we vote? What is our moral obligation to others?  With a Federal Election coming up, you are invited to join The Wesley Centre for a public conversation on the ethics of voting. This is part of the Wesley “Conversations that Matter” series – free, lunchtime events in Melbourne’s CBD. Join us to hear Robyn Whitaker in conversation with John Pesutto, Liberal member for Hawthorn and former Leader of the Opposition in Victoria, and Bronwyn Pike, former Labor MP and current CEO of Uniting VicTas, about the state of our democracy, the big issues this election, and the values behind the politics. 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.

Other things which might interest

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

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Coming Soon!

• The readings for this Sunday’s service (Epiphany 7C) are available here; we’ll focus on the reading from Luke this week. We will welcome Pilgrim College student and UCA ministry candidate Sione Hehepoto as our preacher this week
• Next Sunday March 2 there will be a hymn-learning session, following morning tea.
• Lenten Studies 2025 – details and registration!
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• From the Synod Justice Unit (Feb 17)
• Most recent Synod News (Feb 20)
• Most recent Presbytery News (Feb 14)

Wesley Centre

MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre

• Wesley Conversation #2 – The Ethics of Voting, with Bronwyn Pike, AM – CEO of Uniting VicTas and Victorian State Member of Parliament for Melbourne from 1999 to 2012, including 11 years as a Minister for Housing, Aged Care, Community Services, Health, Education and Skills.

Other things which might interest

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

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Coming Soon!

• The readings for this Sunday’s service (Epiphany 6C) are available here; we’ll focus on the reading from Luke this week.
• This SUNDAY Feb 16 there will be a workshop on leading the intercessions in worship, following morning tea; rostered intercessors particular encouraged to attend, but all welcome!
• Lenten Studies 2025 – details and registration!
• The MtE Events Calendar

Wesley Centre

MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre

• Latest news from the Wesley Centre (January eNews)
• Feb 20 — “The ethics of housing” — The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy is hosting a series of ‘Conversations That Matter’—lunchtime conversations with experts on the big questions facing society, from housing to politics to bioethics and AI. How do we solve the housing crisis?  At the start of an election year in which housing is front of mind for many voters, join us for a free lunchtime conversation about the ethics, economics, and politics of housing, with Brendan Coates from the Grattan Institute, and Kristie Looney from Uniting Vic.Tas. BYO lunch or coffee. Event Link – https://www.facebook.com/share/18VcmV1RNe/

Other things which might interest

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

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Coming Soon!

• Quarterly Conversation February 7
• The readings for this Sunday’s (Feb 9) service (Epiphany 5C) are available here – although our guest preacher, Daniel Broadstock, will pick up last week’s epistle reading, 1 Corinthians 13.
• NEXT SUNDAY Feb 16 there will be a workshop on leading the intercessions in worship, following morning tea; rostered intercessors particular encouraged to attend, but all welcome!
• The MtE Events Calendar

Advance Notice

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

News

• Who owns the Holy Land? Public Forum Feb 13
• From the Synod Justice Unit: Community Tax Summit Feb 20-21
• Most recent Synod News (Feb 6)

Wesley Centre

MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre

• Latest news from the Wesley Centre (January eNews)
• Feb 20 — “The ethics of housing” — The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy is hosting a series of ‘Conversations That Matter’—lunchtime conversations with experts on the big questions facing society, from housing to politics to bioethics and AI. How do we solve the housing crisis?  At the start of an election year in which housing is front of mind for many voters, join us for a free lunchtime conversation about the ethics, economics, and politics of housing, with Brendan Coates from the Grattan Institute, and Kristie Looney from Uniting Vic.Tas. BYO lunch or coffee. Event Link – https://www.facebook.com/share/18VcmV1RNe/

Other things which might interest

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

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Coming Soon!

• The readings for this Sunday’s service (Epiphany 4C) are available here – our focus on Sunday will be Psalm 71.
• The MtE Events Calendar

Advance Notice

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

Wesley Centre

MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre

• Latest news from the Wesley Centre (January eNews)
• Feb 20 — “The ethics of housing” — The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy is hosting a series of ‘Conversations That Matter’—lunchtime conversations with experts on the big questions facing society, from housing to politics to bioethics and AI. How do we solve the housing crisis?  At the start of an election year in which housing is front of mind for many voters, join us for a free lunchtime conversation about the ethics, economics, and politics of housing, with Brendan Coates from the Grattan Institute, and Kristie Looney from Uniting Vic.Tas. BYO lunch or coffee. Event Link – https://www.facebook.com/share/18VcmV1RNe/

Other things which might interest

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Lenten Studies – see here for details!

Services – all at the Centre for Theology and Ministry

Ash Wednesday — Wednesday March 5, TIME TBC in the CTM chapel (gathered only, not live-streamed)

Passion Sunday — April 13 — 10.00am. A reading of the Passion narrative (according to St Luke), with Eucharist

Holy Week services, 12.30pm Monday 14thth, Tuesday 15thth, Wednesday 16thth and Thursday 17th in the CTM chapel; 20 minutes or so!

Maundy Thursday — April 17 — A Tenebrae service around St John’s Passion, in the CTM chapel, 7.30pm (gathered only, not live-streamed)

Good Friday  — April 18 — 10.00am (gathered and live-streamed)

Easter Vigil — Saturday April 19 — 8.00pm (gathered only, not live-streamed)

Easter Day — Sunday April 20 — 10.00am (gathered and live-streamed)

Normal service times on Sundays (10.00) after Easter

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Coming Soon!

• The readings for this Sunday’s service (Epiphany 3C) are available here – our focus on Sunday will be 1 Corinthians 12. We will gather in a newly painted worship space this week!
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• The Uniting Church welcomes ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas
• Most recent Synod News (Jan 23)

Advance Notice

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

Wesley Centre

MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre

• Feb 20 — “The ethics of housing” — details and book to attend

Other things which might interest

• Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

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• 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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