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.…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community,Over Advent, when we support Christmas Bowl, Peta Lowe has been sharing some stories about how this program assists people around the world. Here is the last offering from the Christmas Bowl resource, looking at the work of the Christmas Bowl in Pakistan.‘In drought-affected Umerkot, in Pakistan, girls like Anaya…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, Over Advent, when we support Christmas Bowl, Peta Lowe has been sharing some stories about how this program assists people around the world.  These are from the Christmas Bowl resource. ‘This week, in our series on the Christmas Bowl, we turn our attention to Indonesia. Here, the Christmas Bowl…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, Over Advent, when we support Christmas Bowl, Peta Lowe is going to share some stories about how this program assists people around the world.  These are from the Christmas Bowl resource. ‘This week, our focus is on the work of the Christmas Bowl in Jordan. Nurturing hope and peace…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, Over Advent, when we support Christmas Bowl, Peta Lowe is going to share some stories about how this program assists people around the world.  These stories come from the Christmas Bowl resource. ‘This week we will learn something about the work of Act for Peace in Ethiopia.  This work…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, This Sunday is the last in our liturgical year – Reign of Christ or Christ the King Sunday.  For this week let me share a poem written by Jeff Schrowder. The Kingdom is among you (Luke 23:33-43) Often the Teacher spoke about the kingdom of God,near, even within:a realm…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, Our world is constantly changing and has from the beginning of time. The Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, is attributed as saying: “The only constant in life is change.”  He continued: “Everything changes and nothing remains still, and you cannot step twice into the same stream.” History tells us of continuous…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community,This coming Sunday we are fortunate to have Jeff Wild with us for worship. Jeff will be our guest preacher/presenter on behalf of Act for Peace. According to their website, Act for Peace is the international humanitarian agency of the National Council of Churches Australia. From humble beginnings over 75…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, In recognition of All Saints Day and All Souls Day this coming weekend, the offering of a prayer from Rev Julia Seymour. For all the saints, who from their labours rest,             the saints gone too soon before the fullness of their grace was fully known by human minds.…

Greetings to the Koonung Heights Community, Last Sunday, Elizabeth and I were lucky enough to receive an invitation to go out to lunch. It would have been easy to say ‘no,’ to head home and get back to work, but instead we said ‘yes,’ and I’m so glad we did. We visited a new restaurant,…