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New Year’s at St Luke’s
Join us at 11.30 pm on New Year’s eve at High Street Road Uniting Church for a reflective entry into the New Year, and on Sunday the 1st of January 2017 for a start to the year that challenges and inspires.
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Christmas at St Luke’s
You are warmly invited to join us at St Luke’s to celebrate Christmas. With family-focused and traditional services, there is something for everyone. Enquiries to James on 0425 747 850
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Praise God from whom all blessings flow
In Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, there’s a moment at which the previously sickly Colin becomes freshly aware of his blossoming vitality and he can’t help calling out: “I’m well! I’m well! I feel – I feel as if I want to shout out something – something thankful, joyful!” Responding almost as impulsively as…
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Election 2016 – Meet the candidates
On Wednesday night the 22nd of June at 8.15 pm , St Luke’s Uniting Church (map) will host a ‘meet the candidates’ event for the federal electorate of Chisholm – Stefanie Perri (ALP), Julia Banks (LNP) and Josh Fergeus (Greens). You’re warmly invited to come along to meet the people who want to represent you,…
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Hearing the Hurt
As I finish my preparations for the Hearing the Hurt service tomorrow morning, I’m glad to have found a great article from Relevant Magazine which deals with some of the unhelpful responses we can have to someone expressing that they have been hurt by the Church. You can read it here Most of the examples fall…
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The Messenger – Spring Edition is here!
In full-colour glory, the Spring Edition of The Messenger is now available! Be sure to check out David Langley’s account of his visit to East Timor as part of a Monash Friends of Vemasse trip earlier this year. Messenger Spring 2015 colour 150 dpi If you missed the Winter Edition of The Messenger, it’s available…
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Hearing the Hurt
On Sunday the 18th of October, St Luke’s is hosting its first ever ‘Hearing the Hurt’ service and invites anyone from the community who’s been hurt by the church and who would like to hear a ‘Sorry’ from our part of the church to take part in receiving that word. If you wish to, there will be…
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Local Voices Songwriting Workshops
Last Sunday marked the conclusion of the Local Voices Songwriting Workshop series, and what a great experience it’s been! All of the participants shared an interest in music and song, though only a couple had any musical training. The workshops’ design allowed everyone to discover their inner poet and composer. Through creative thinking exercises and a…
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Remembering a musical life
Memorial for Aileen Penman It is nearly 12 months since Aileen Penman, long time organist at St Luke’s and devoted member of the congregation, died. The Worship Ministry Group has been deliberating about a suitable memorial remembering her faithful provision of music in this congregation for more than 20 years. A brass light to…
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Lent – 16th reading for discipleship reflections
These posts seem to be marked more by absence than presence. I’ll persist in hope. Reading: Mark 8 The saying goes that there are none so blind as those who will not see. In this chapter, Jesus is dealing with the blindness of his disciples, the Pharisees, the disciples again, and in the middle a…