Greetings … In our worship service last week, Peta shared about the valuable work of MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship), and the opportunity to support them through the Fuel for Father’s Day campaign.  Since it’s inception 12 years ago, this campaign has funded the fuel needed for 140 minutes of flight time every single day for…

Greetings … We have now reached what we might call the interval in the 2024 Olympic Games.  Our able-bodied athletes are returning home and our paralympians are about to compete on the world stage.  I, for one, love the olympics.  Every four years I enjoy watching the competitors from all nations, in sports I might…

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, Uniting in Prayer 2024 runs for 35 days during May and June and is an opportunity for the whole of the Uniting Church to come before God as we discern out future together.  One way to participate is through the daily shared prayer.  These prayers are drawn from people across the breadth of the…

Greetings, This coming Sunday is Pentecost, the day when Christians around the world celebrate the formation of the church, the day when the Holy Spirit came and called people into community as Christ’s body and blessed them. This day is a special day in the church calendar and we mark it by reading again the…