Explore how you can lead fun engaging worship within the beauty of God’s Creation With Tanya Walker (Leader of Sharing the Journey) and Rev Mat Harry (Co-Leader Selah Walk) you will learn:-  A basic liturgical framework to springboard from  3 Distinct Approaches to Outdoor Worship  How to plan for the Outdoors  And be inspired to […]
ADVENT UNLEASHED is an invitation to put aside a domesticated, sugary Christmas story and let the biblical narratives break open their good news and their difficult words for out times. Advent brings apocalyptic words of rupture as well as words of promise. The Incarnation is not a the coming of a meek and mild God, […]
Rev Dr Monica Melanchthon will be speaking on "Reading the Bible with Marginal Communities: Values and Implications for a multi cultural Church", in a Zoom forum on Tuesday October 11, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. All are welcome to attend. Cost is $10. The Synod Intercultural Forum is a forum for members of the Uniting […]
John Rickard is leading four studies on the Uluru Statement on Sunday afternoons at St David's Uniting Church, Oakleigh, October 2, October 16, November 6, and December 4. Due to sickness the first session planned for last Sunday was postponed to October 2, with an ext. The Uluru Statement was made in 2017, and not much progress has […]
You're invited to join a four week conversation for people who are keen to start something new. Pioneers, or as we're calling them, Mission Catalysts, are the innovators who experiment with new faith communities and contextual expressions of church. Many of them are not church workers, or they are not ordained. In PPE we're fostering […]
This meeting will be our last Presbytery in Council meeting in 2022. The first half of the meeting will focus on ways in which the church joins in climate action. The second half of the meeting will mark the conclusion of placement for Presbytery Minister Team Leader Duncan Macleod.
Duncan Macleod, Kelly Skilton and Lauren Mosso will be inducted/commissioned in their ministry with Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Tuesday March 7, at Yuma Hall, Centre for Theology and Ministry. Exact time to be confirmed. Duncan begins as Executive Officer, eLM, on February 1, 2023. Kelly Skilton begins as Intergenerational Ministry: Digital and Innovation, eLM, […]
The first meeting of the Presbytery in 2023 will be held on Saturday March 18, in person and online. The meeting will include an overview of work in 2022, the commissioning of the Standing Committee for 2023, and celebration of the work of congregations in South Melbourne, Port Melbourne and St Kilda. Venue is to […]
Port Phillip East Presbytery is holding the first round of 2023 Code of Ethics workshop for people serving in ministry roles, this time focused on Relationship with Colleagues. Ministers, Candidates, Pastors, Chaplains and Lay People engaged in ministry in the VicTas Synod are required to attend two Code of Ethics workshops each year. We call […]
Six sessions learning about the nature of worship, planning and leading worship Offered by Synod eLM (equipping leadership for mission) including "live" online learning workshops on Zoom, online learning materials, and the option of assessment which is conducted by designated presbytery leaders. This training is designed for lay people, including those wishing to prepare for […]
Mount Waverley cluster Adult Growth & Development Group has organised two Zoom Seminars about the book, 'THE CHURCH AS SALT' by Rev Dr Sally Douglas. Sally is a Uniting Church minister, associate lecturer and honorary research associate at Pilgrim Theological College. The Seminars will be on Thursday, 7th and 14th of September at 7.30 […]
Don't miss this opportunity to join with other Uniting Church Lay Preachers, Lay Leaders and Worship Leaders in exploring ways to enhance your work in the ministry of preaching. Conference costs $20 for in-person (refreshments and lunch provided at CTM), $10 for Zoom. Conference cost is subsidised by the Synod Lay Preachers' Association. Date: Saturday […]
