MtE Update – July 3, 2025
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Coming Soon!
- This Sunday July 6 our focus text will be John 14.8-13!
- Quarterly Conversation on the Quarterly Essay: Friday July 25, 11.00–12.30, in the library at the Center for Theology and Ministry. (Some parking may be available onsite, but plan to park in the surrounding streets, just in case…). Catch a coffee at the CTM cafe before the meeting (although coffee not allowed in the library), and then stay for lunch afterwards!
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News
- The Share Winter Appeal is now open
- Most recent Assembly news (June 27)
Advance Notice – Other
Justice and International Mission Convention 2025: Christian Community and the pursuit of Common Good
Saturday 12 July, 9 am – 4:15 pm at the Centre for Theology and Ministry, 29 College Crescent, Parkville
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4
When Jesus said, “Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me,” (Mt 25:40) he was inviting us to seek the Common Good. Jesus saw a common good as fulfilling God’s will that we love and serve others, creating a society where all people are valued and treated with dignity, and where justice and peace prevail. The common good is a collective responsibility, where people live in harmony, sharing resources, offering help, and showing kindness to one another in ways that build up the community, and not just for individual gain.
Political and financial inequality across the globe and in Australia is increasing, resulting in people on lower incomes believing that the democratic system does not work for them. The increase in these inequalities also erodes trust and social cohesion in our society, and increase the growth in racism. It also makes it harder to address problems that require whole of society and international cooperation, such as climate change and pandemics.
The problem of the erosion of trust and social cohesion is enhanced by the spread of disinformation and misinformation in the online world. The ability of generative artificial intelligence to create realistic video material will increasingly make it more difficult to tell the truth from lies in the online world.
The Convention will examine what we, in the Christian community, can do to reverse these trends and rebuild a commitment to the common good in our society.Cost: $50 Metropolitan/ $30 Concession and Rural and Regional, $10 online (morning sessions only) (Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea included); more details https://victas.uca.org.au/event/justice-and-international-mission-convention-2025/
Wesley Centre
MtE is a sponsor of the Wesly Centre
- Wesley Conversation #6 – Ethics, Technology, and the Human Person with Prof. Glen O’Brien, Dr Kristel Clayville, and Dr Emmanuelle Burton 24th July, 12.30 – 1.30pm, at Wesley Uniting Church
- 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.
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