Apr 15, 2020 | EXPERIENCING FAITH, INSPIRING, NEWS, WORSHIP
“When the unexpected happens you begin to live.” I do not recall who first wrote that but it is essential truth. When our individual, daily lives follow a pattern with which we have become so familiar, then it is arguable whether we are living or just...
Apr 15, 2020 | ACTIVITIES, EXPERIENCING FAITH, INSPIRING, NEWS
Easter Sunday Flowers Early Easter Sunday morning saw Penguin Uniting Church member Lynn Templar put up a floral cross in front of the one of the most picturesque Uniting Churches in the country, just over the road from the ocean. Lynn’s comments below indicate...
Jan 13, 2020 | EXPERIENCING FAITH, NEWS
Happy New Year! I hope that Christmas was a blessing to you and your families. Even after four years I still cannot get my head around the idea of celebrating Christmas in the summer. Swimming in the sea on Boxing Day sounds bizarre. But this is what we did with our...
Oct 21, 2019 | EXPERIENCING FAITH
In the recent film “Yesterday”, Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in a small town in England. One night, there is a massive (but brief) global power outage. In the darkness, Jack is involved in an accident while riding his bicycle, an accident which results...
Jul 24, 2019 | EXPERIENCING FAITH
This year’s Synod meeting was held at Box Hill Town Hall, Melbourne from 6-9 July. The Synod met to hear reports, proposals and other matters that concern the general oversight, direction and administration of the Church’s life. The theme for this meeting of the Synod...
Jul 1, 2019 | EXPERIENCING FAITH
The following Minute of Appreciation was presented by Beryl Osborne at the 1 June Presbytery Meeting with Cliff and family in attendance. It gives me much pleasure, on behalf of Presbytery, to say thank you to Clifford Arthur Walker for 15½ years of service, that is...