Jun 23, 2022 | EXPERIENCING FAITH, NEWS
Today’s Gospel marks a turning point in Luke’s story of Jesus. He is going to Jerusalem because the time is drawing near for him to be taken up into heaven. He responds resolutely to God’s plan, cost him what it may. The disciples he wants to be with...
Jun 9, 2020 | COVID-19, EXPERIENCING FAITH
As we approach Easter, we realise that life as we know it has changed. The world is now a village, with all of us threatened with a deadly virus. What can we do with this situation? How can we use it well? To be clear, I do not believe that COVID-19 is God’s way of...
Jun 9, 2020 | EXPERIENCING FAITH, GROWING, MISSION
This year we have been unable to gather and share in a common learning opportunity face to face in Refresh (planned for May 2020). An alternative learning opportunity is to engage in a series of video inputs around the gospel of Matthew that Uniting Church minister...
Jun 9, 2020 | EXPERIENCING FAITH
Growing in the love and knowledge of Jesus Christ is transformational. It may be a long time since we have intentionally reflected on this and pondered our heart for God. When all the distractions and activities are removed, there is time to wonder, read, pray,...
May 26, 2020 | EXPERIENCING FAITH, GROWING, NEWS, Uncategorized
As Christian communities around Tasmania, the Uniting Church is committed to reconciliation and renewal – of the whole creation, of our relationships with palawa, the First Peoples of Tasmania, and in particular our growing relationship with Leprena, the Uniting...
Apr 27, 2020 | ACTIVITIES, EXPERIENCING FAITH, INSPIRING, MISSION, WORSHIP
In her Easter message, Moderator Rev Denise Liersch reminded us to look to Jesus for a way forward during this time of seismic upheaval. The congregations and faith communities in the Presbytery of Tasmania have many ways of being Church during this ‘non-contact’...
