Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, Saturday is Anzac Day, a significant day for many in our country, a day when we pause to remember the service and sacrifice of many men and women who have defended our nation in times of conflict, as well as providing support in peace-keeping missions throughout the world. Yet…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, Easter is over, or so the shops would have us think.  The vast array of chocolate eggs have gone from the shelves and the holidays are passed, and so we can also be tempted to put Easter behind us for another year.  But the reality is as people of…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, After Jesus’ resurrection, the disciples gather behind closed doors, unsure of what they might find outside, a little nervous of the reception that awaits them, possibly doubting what to believe. As Charissa Suli, Uniting Church President, reminds us, it is into this reality Jesus comes …    He stood…

Easter Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, A poem, entitled Birdsong, by Rev Sarah Speed, for this day when we celebrate that Jesus is risen …    Every morning the sun rises, majestic and steady.   She is greeted in all her strength with the joyous cacophony of birdsong.   I like to believe this holy chorus…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community,Some thoughts about Palm Sunday from one in the crowd … Risking hope in a man acting like a pretend messiahin a procession of sorts, installed on a donkey,insulting the empire along a way strewn with palm branches,and a band of clowns hailing the one who comes in the name…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community,I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for your kind words after sharing the news last Sunday, that I have accepted a Call to Ministry in another Uniting Church. After nearly completing seven years at Koonung Heights, this has not been an easy decision to make, but…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community,Life is often unpredictable. Even when we have a lot of boundaries in place, things have a way of changing quickly, and suddenly the things that we thought we knew become uncertain. As creatures who like routine and feel comfortable when we are in control, this can be quite unsettling.…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, We have now entered the Season of Lent – a time when, traditionally, new converts prepared for their baptism on Easter Sunday, studying what was central to Christianity.  Lent is still a time of preparation for people of faith, and we are again invited to look at ourselves. This…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, This coming Saturday is Valentine’s Day.  Like any day, some of us probably enjoy it, while others find it difficult or irrelevant, but whatever we think about it, Valentine’s Day is a time when we celebrate love and friendship. Last Sunday we spent time Commissioning those who have roles…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, Welcome to the first edition of Community News for the year, one of the signs that things are ramping up again. I wonder what God has in store for us in 2026, and what opportunities await. On Saturday the Church Council gathered together for a retreat / planning day.…