MtE Update – August 21, 2025 - Congregation of Mark the Evangelist

MtE Update – August 21, 2025

Posted on 21 August 2025 by CraigT

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This Sunday August 24, our focus text will be John 11, with particular attention v.25: “I am the resurrection and the life”.
Monday Movies at the Nova. This group got off to a shaky start last week! Those there thought we’d continue to give it a go, trialling the first Monday of the month from September (Monday September 1). As the weekly movie schedule is only published on the prior Thursday, advice of movie and time chosen will be late in that week, but will aim in the time zone of a 1000-1030 start, with coffee/toasties in the Nova’s own cafe for those interested to stay and discuss the film.
The MtE Events Calendar

Craig has begun to publish various odds and ends on a new Substack page, Faith after Faith. This an experiment in making such things as Sunday sermons, with further commentary, more widely accessible, as well as an attempt to construct a space for reflection on being Christian in a “post-” era: and not least after the death of God in Western culture. Substack sites and posts sit around waiting for whenever people think to go looking for them, or it’s possible to subscribe for free to receive notifications of when new stuff is posted.
Third quarter studies are now underway!
The most recent post from the Synod Justice Unit (August 15): Mending Our Social Fabric: Learning from Palestinian and Israeli Women Peacebuilders
Most recent Presbytery News (August 17)
Most recent Synod News (August 21)

Quarterly Conversation on the Quarterly Essay: Friday October 17, 11.00–12.30, in the library at the Center for Theology and Ministry.

21st August -The Ethics of Making Progress: The How and Why of Policymaking, with former MP Jenny Macklin. Making Progress (with Joel Deane – pictured) tells the stories behind transformational initiatives such as the Apology to the Stolen Generations, paid parental leave and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, as well as pension reforms that lifted one million Australians out of poverty. In this conversation, Jenny Macklin will discuss the values that animated her political career, and the lessons she learned about how good policy happens.