Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday, August 25, our focus text in worship will be Ephesians 6.10-20, “Principalities and powers”
• Third Quarter Online Studies are now underway — Jesus and the Powers — details
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Have a look and see what Hotham Mission is up to…
• News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (Aug 15)
• Most recent Assembly news (Aug 21)
• Most recent Synod News (Aug 22)
• Most recent Presbytery News (Aug 16)

Advance Notice

• September 9, 7.30pm: Wesley Conversation Event: a conversation with the Reverend Dr Garry Worete Deverell about “Doing Theology in an Aboriginal Frame. Garry is a Trawloolway man and leading Indigenous theologian. Come along for what should be a rich and enlightening conversation. CTM Café, 29 College Cres, Parkville @ 7:30pm Conversation @ 8pm. Drinks and Nibbles Provided. OR ONLINE – via our friends at Sonderverse will be providing a live stream. Look for OddSonder on the page below and join the Twitch stream. https://www.sonderverse.org/calendar RSVP Here – https://www.facebook.com/share/VDAKbigb4uj1uo2n/
• September 12, 6.30pm: Northey Lecture at the CTM: Rejecting Eurocentric Christianity: Embracing Hopelessness

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1. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday, August 18, our focus text in worship will be Psalm 34
• Third Quarter Online Studies are now underway — Jesus and the Powers — details
• “Unveiling” of the MtE Midwives and Mission Sculpture, 1030am Tuesday August 20 in Yuma Auditorium – more details and to indicate you’re coming (for catering purposes) – HERE
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Most recent Assembly news (Aug 14)

Advance Notice

• September 9, 7.30pm: Wesley Conversation Event: a conversation with the Reverend Dr Garry Worete Deverell about “Doing Theology in an Aboriginal Frame. Garry is a Trawloolway man and leading Indigenous theologian. Come along for what should be a rich and enlightening conversation. CTM Café, 29 College Cres, Parkville @ 7:30pm Conversation @ 8pm. Drinks and Nibbles Provided. OR ONLINE – via our friends at Sonderverse will be providing a live stream. Look for OddSonder on the page below and join the Twitch stream. https://www.sonderverse.org/calendar RSVP Here – https://www.facebook.com/share/VDAKbigb4uj1uo2n/
• September 12, 6.30pm: Northey Lecture at the CTM: Rejecting Eurocentric Christianity: Embracing Hopelessness

Other things which might interest

1. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday, August 1, our focus text in worship will be the death of David’s son Absalom, 2 Samuel 18.5-15
• Third Quarter Online Studies — Jesus and the Powers — details, begins this week, Wed August 7 and Fri 9
• “Unveiling” of the MtE Midwives and Mission Sculpture, 1030am Tuesday August 20 in Yuma Auditorium – more details and to indicate you’re coming (for catering purposes) – HERE
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Most recent Assembly news (Aug 7)
• Most recent Synod News (Aug 8)

Advance Notice

• September 12, 6.30pm: Northey Lecture at the CTM: Rejecting Eurocentric Christianity: Embracing Hopelessness

Other things which might interest

1. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday, August 4, our focus text in worship will be Nathan’s accusation of David, 2 Samuel 11:26 – 12:13a
• Third Quarter Online Studies — Jesus and the Powers — details, begins next week, Wed August 7 and Fri 9
• “Unveiling” of the MtE Midwives and Mission Sculpture, 1030am Tuesday August 20 in Yuma Auditorium – more details to come
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Most recent Assembly news (July 31)
• Most recent Synod News (July 25)

Advance Notice

• September 12 Northey Lecture at the CTM: Rejecting Eurocentric Christianity: Embracing Hopelessness

Other things which might interest

1. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday, July 14, our focus text in worship will be Psalm 85
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Most recent Assembly news (July 10)
• Most recent Synod News (July 11)

Advance Notice

• For those with a heart for Israeli-Palestinian relations — a conversation on July 31: Two Truths One Heart, Two Peoples One Land
• Church in Ordinary Time: A Wisdom Ecclesiology July 18
• The Wesley Centre invites you to a public lecture by Professor Grace Ji-Sun Kim about her new book When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a more Just Christianity. This event will be held at Wesley Church, Lonsdale Street, on Sunday 28th July from 3.30-5pm.  Details and RSVP here
• Early Christians as Readers (Free public lecture) July 29

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AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2024

Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies

(N T Wright and Michael F Bird)

From Wed Aug 7 — 7.45pm for 7 weeks

and Fri Aug 9   — 1.30pm for 7 weeks

You can find this book in many places, here and Amazon

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their prophetic voice and to keep from being used as political pawns? Or should Christians be actively involved, seeking to utilize political systems to control the levers of power?

In Jesus and the Powers, N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird call Christians everywhere to discern the nature of Christian witness in fractured political environments. In an age of ascending autocracies, in a time of fear and fragmentation, amid carnage and crises, Jesus is king, and Jesus’s kingdom remains the object of the church’s witness and work.

Part political theology, part biblical overview, and part church history, this book argues that building for Jesus’s kingdom requires confronting empire in all its forms. This approach should orient Christians toward a form of political engagement that contributes to free democratic societies and vigorously opposes political schemes based on autocracy and nationalism. Throughout, Wright and Bird reflect on the relevance of this kingdom-oriented approach to current events, including the Russian-Ukraine conflict, the China-Taiwan tension, political turmoil in the USA, UK, and Australia, and the problem of Christian nationalism.

AND Some of you might also be interested in MtE’s discussion group on the Quarterly Essay (gathered group at the CTM, Parkville); the next one is Friday October 18 (advance notice!)

Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday, July 7, worship will be led by Robert Gribben and Matt Julius 
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Most recent Assembly news (July 3)

Advance Notice

• The Wesley Centre invites you to a public lecture by Professor Grace Ji-Sun Kim about her new book When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a more Just Christianity. This event will be held at Wesley Church, Lonsdale Street, on Sunday 28th July from 3.30-5pm.  Details and RSVP here. 

Other things which might interest

1. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday, June 30, our focus text will be Mark 5.21-43
• EOFY! If you would like to make a tax-deductable donation to support Hotham Mission’s work, here is the place to do it! 
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Most recent Assembly news (June 26)
• Most recent Synod News (June 27)

Advance Notice

• The Wesley Centre invites you to a public lecture by Professor Grace Ji-Sun Kim about her new book When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a more Just Christianity. This event will be held at Wesley Church, Lonsdale Street, on Sunday 28th July from 3.30-5pm.  Details and RSVP here. 

Other things which might interest

1. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday, June 23, our focus text will be Mark 4.35-41
• Study groups finish next week:
  • The Holy Land and the crisis in Gaza – Wed June 26 or Fri June 28
• NEXT WEEK: Quarterly conversation on the Quarterly Essay: Wednesday June 26, 1.30pm at the CTM
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (Apr 30)
• Most recent Assembly news (June 19)
• Most recent Synod News (June 13)
• Most recent Presbytery News (June 14)

Advance Notice

• The Wesley Centre invites you to a public lecture by Professor Grace Ji-Sun Kim about her new book When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a more Just Christianity. This event will be held at Wesley Church, Lonsdale Street, on Sunday 28th July from 3.30-5pm.  Details and RSVP here. 

Other things which might interest

1. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)

Coming Soon!

• Worship this Sunday, June 16, our focus text will be Mark 4.30-34
• Study groups have returned:
  • The end of liberal civilisation – TOMOROW Fri June 14
  • Come Back When You’ve Found Something True – Wed June 19 or Fri June 21
  • The Holy Land and the crisis in Gaza – Wed June 26 or Fri June 28
• Next Quarterly conversation on the Quarterly Essay: Wednesday June 26, 1.30pm at the CTM
• The MtE Events Calendar

News

• Craig has a piece this week on ABC Religion and Ethics: The twilight of the secular: does theology still have a place in the public square?
• Most recent Assembly news (June 12)

Advance Notice

• Next Quarterly conversation on the Quarterly Essay: Wednesday June 26, 1.30pm at the CTM

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1. Previous sermons and services (video recordings)