St Luke's Mt Waverley

Tag: Social Justice

  • Connecting with the Tent of Nations

    Connecting with the Tent of Nations

                Tonight at St Luke’s, we’ve been hearing from the Daoud Nassar from the Tent of Nations, with friends from other congregations and the community. Daoud, who heads up this centre of peacemaking that is also a working farm, hosts camps for children from across Palestine and Israel and around the…

  • Lent – 13th reading for discipleship reflections

    Catching up today – here goes! Reading: Mark 6:30-52 The section titled the feeding of the five thousand begins with the disciples reporting on their successful mission, and Jesus trying to get the disciples away together for some quiet time, because they ‘had no leisure even to eat’. Here is Jesus wanting to bring some Sabbath…

  • West Papuan Guests share their song and struggle

    West Papuan Guests share their song and struggle

          At St Luke’s we were blessed on Sunday the 12th of October by the singing and story of people from the Federal Republic of West Papua. Jacob Rumbiak, foreign minister, spoke of the aspiration of West Papuans for statehood, self-determination, and freedom. Guided by his Christian faith, and the Christian faith of…