Greetings … I’d like to share with the introduction from a study series The Call to Discipleship: Six Lenten studies on what it means to follow Jesus.  The series is written by Rev Dr Christopher Walker, Uniting Church Minister.  We are now in the Season of Lent, a time in the Christian year that begins…

Greetings … On Sunday we celebrate Valentine’s Day … a day when we sometimes see shops decked out in red hearts and retailers encouraging us to spend on flowers, chocolates, jewellery, cards or a meal to share with that special someone.  Valentine’s Day seems to be less about love and more about commercial enterprise. Love…

Greetings …… and welcome to the first Community News of Activities are beginning again, so please make sure that you have a read of what’s going on and mark any significant dates in your diary. Isaiah 40:31 reminds us that “those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength”. I hope that after Christmas…

Greetings … After themes of Hope and Peace in the first two weeks of Advent, our theme for this week is Joy.  Joy should be an easy thing for us, yet as we grow older we sometimes relegate joy to the background and instead are satisfied with happiness or contentment.  Yet joy is all around…

Greetings … Last Sunday our Advent theme was Hope … a hope that, even while we remember Jesus coming as a baby at Bethlehem, Jesus Christ will also come again.  This week our theme is Peace … the cradle of peace in Bethlehem so long ago and the peace that comes to us when we…

Greetings … and Happy New Year!  This coming Sunday marks the beginning of the Season of Advent, a time for Christians when we are called to start our preparations for Christmas and the birth of Jesus, Immanuel, God with us. Yet Jesus comes not only in the vulnerability of a tiny baby, but also in…

Greetings … On Sunday 15 March we celebrated in worship together at the church. We rejoiced with Nick and Miranda Heather who brought Lane for baptism.  Rev Deacon Gavin Blakemore shared with us about the work of Uniting.  We enjoyed a cuppa together after the service, cleaned up, shut the doors, locked up and went…

Greetings … At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh months in 1918, the armistice (laying down of arms) was signed to end the First World War.  This coming Tuesday we will remember the sacrifice made by men and women not only in World War I, but also in the many wars…

Greetings … It is good to be back with you from Study Leave.  I would like to thank those who stepped up to make this possible, particularly Ray Michelle for his work taking the services each week. I’m sure that you found the messages helpful … I know that I did. This coming Sunday, 1…

GreetingsMost of you have heard of my tales of woe with my new dog that arrived in June, called Murphy. Only to have a permanent mate soon after – Mixon, which could have been double trouble, but I think it has halved it. Despite spending a chunk of my childhood onfarms, I have never really…