Greetings … Each one of us will have times when we need to rely on others for assistance.  Often our family, friends and community can assist, but not everyone is so fortunate to have help on hand when it is needed. Uniting Vic.Tas is the community services organisation of the Uniting Church, which strives, through…

Greetings …It seems that the Olympic Games has caught our attention again, particularly the performance of our Australian athletes who, according to many of the commentators I have heard, are all supposed to be bringing home medals, preferably gold ones. Are these games going to be the ‘most successful games ever’ that we are hoping…

Greetings … … and my thanks to each and every one of you who have sent my family and I words of welcome on our return from overseas.  These messages have been truly appreciated and are a measure of your care for all of us. We had a special time away, and for the last…

Greetings, This prayer of praise, written by Matt Julius, is an offering for Uniting in Prayer 2024.  It is based on Psalm 139. God has searched us, knows us, loves us God has searched our souls God of generous embrace you know us fully, closely and afar   our path, our way, our road ahead   our…

Greetings, World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5 June. This year the theme is ‘accelerating land restoration, drought resilience & desertification’. This prayer is offered by Rev Gordon Scantlebury. Lord, our God,    our human brokenness overflows into land, sea and sky.Forgive us, O God.  Restore and heal us, we pray. Our urban…

Greetings, When we celebrate Communion this Sunday, we will be reminded once again that we are the Body of Christ.  It will be special this Sunday to be joined by neighbours from Surrey Hills Uniting Church, who are looking for a new worshipping home.  Whatever their decision, and whether you are joining us in person…

Greetings, Last week I spent a couple of nights in Bendigo.  It was a great short break away, and lovely to have a day to sight-see with Elizabeth.  We visited the Chinese Dragon museum, rode on the Talking Tram and went down a goldmine, but the main reason for our visit was to meet a…

Greetings, For another year we have again journeyed with Jesus to Jerusalem.  We have been on edge as we witness his arrest.  We have been uncomfortable to hear again how his friends denied him, and themselves, knowing that we may have done the very same.  We have stood in horror at the foot of the…

Easter Greetings, There is a rumour … Death is not the end,   Life has a way of returning.Do you believe it? There is a rumour …He is not here,   he has gone before us.Do you believe it? There is a rumour …The stone has rolled   And the tome is empty.Do you believe it? There is…

Greetings, An offering on Palm Sunday for the week we are to travel through.                      Amidst the fluttering of palms,                      the cheer of crowds,                     the clop of hooves on stone,                     the flap of robes,                     comes the One,                     Jesus of Nazareth,                     teacher, healer, leader,                     for just such a moment as this.                      Faces turned,                     quizzical,…