Category: Music

  • Announcements 8th September

  • Announcements 18th August

  • Holy Week Labyrinth

    On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week, a labyrinth will be available in the Church to facilitate personal reflection, prayer and meditation. Anyone who is interested is invited to come and walk the labyrinth. Labyrinths have been used by Christians for centuries as a kind of pilgrimage – a physical and spiritual journey which…

  • Flinders Quartet Concert

    Flinders Quartet Concert

    Flinders Quartet performed a marvellous concert today, featuring a brand new work from Melbourne composer, Matthew Laing. The work, called ‘Out of Hibernation’ explored the experience of existence and change from animal and human perspectives and it was a delight to hear Matthew speak about the work, as it deepened the experience for the audience.…

  • Flinders Quartet Concert – 23rd February 2pm

    Flinders Quartet Concert – 23rd February 2pm

    Flinders Quartet is coming to St Luke’s Uniting Church at 2.00pm on the 23rd of February 2019 to play Schumann’s String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41, No. 3, Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 64, No. 3, and a brand new commission from Melbourne composer Matthew Laing. The performance is a prize orchestrated by 3MBS…

  • West Papua Dinner and Entertainment – Saturday 4th November 5.45-9pm

    West Papua Dinner and Entertainment – Saturday 4th November 5.45-9pm

    Come celebrate West Papuan culture and raise funds to help raise West Papua’s voice to the United Nations. Cost $30 waged, $15 unwaged. Guest Speaker: Rev Peter Woods, Missionary, artist, activist ” Where is God in the West Papuan struggle?” Tickets can be booked online for waged, or unwaged, or by contacting the office of…

  • Blessing of the animals and Preschool service – Sunday 22nd October 9.30am

    Blessing of the animals and Preschool service – Sunday 22nd October 9.30am

    They say ‘never work with children or animals’, but at St Luke’s we’re breaking all the rules and celebrating our Preschool and Blessing our Animals on the same day! On Sunday the 22nd of October  at 9.30 am, there’s bound to be fun for all ages as we connect with children’s spirituality and bless the animals…

  • Happy Birthday UCA!

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  • The Lord’s my shepherd I

    The Lord’s my shepherd I

    Once a month at St Luke’s we have ‘Music Sunday School’,[1] in which the class is taken by a music educator and music-making is the way we engage with the text of the day. It ranges from experimental sound-making to instrumental music to karaoke! At the moment we are tapping into our musical heritage by exploring…

  • If ye love me

    If ye love me

    In our composer-focussed service on 14 May, one of our musicians shared this thought about polyphonic music (that is, music with more than one interdependent vocal line): What I love about singing a cappella [unaccompanied] is the feeling of being part of a polyphonic instrument. Everybody else involved is coming from a slightly different angle;…