MtE Update – August 29, 2025
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Coming Soon!
- This Sunday August 31, Robert Gribben will be leading worship at MtE; the lectionary readings are here
- Monday Movies at the Nova. This coming Monday, Sept 1. The selected movie is Irena’s Vow. Showing at 11.50am. Meet upstairs in the foyer to buy tickets at 11.30; is coffee available in the cafe next to the box office, and you can stay for a toastie lunch and conversation in the cafe afterwards if you can. A WhatsApp group has been set up for communication around this in future.
- The MtE Events Calendar
News
- The most recent post from the Synod Justice Unit (August 26)
- Mending Our Social Fabric: Learning from Palestinian and Israeli Women Peacebuilders
- Most recent Assembly news (August 21)
- Mending Our Social Fabric: Learning from Palestinian and Israeli Women Peacebuilders
- Recent posts on Craig’s Faith after faith:
- Last week’s sermon
- Reflections on this weekend’s Synod meeting: (A tale of two Synods?, The church between convenience and necessity and On the sustainable church)
- Death by aphorism — a long-term project
Advance Notice
- Quarterly Conversation on the Quarterly Essay: Friday October 17, 11.00–12.30, in the library at the Center for Theology and Ministry.
Wesley Centre
MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre

- 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.
Other things which might interest
Previous sermons and services (video recordings)
