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Fresh juicy Bowen Special Mangoes (which are more formally known as Kensington Pride Mangoes) are back on again after interruption last year through Covid.  We make $5 profit each box which goes to support asylum seekers and refugees in Australia and EARS Inc which brings help to the hearing impaired people in the Developing World. This year there have been unprecedented crop failures throughout Australia resulting in a 60% – 70% reduction mango crops because of warmer weather.  So this…

So, what now? But before we think about that, what happened to dream stage 1? Did it turn out as dreamt way back in the mid 00’s of the 21st century? Was the dream just about promoting connections or did it consider that once linked, it would generate its own life journey and end up at this point. More likely the former I’d reckon. So, what now? Hang on a minute, haven’t we almost arrived, and shouldn’t we take the…

On Saturday 26 June, Westfield Dr (WFD) was open to congregational members who came and helped themselves to kitchen or office equipment or furniture, which won’t be needed in MUC’s new building. In exchange they donated funds to MUC Connections’ fundraiser for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. There was a great response and the total is already over one thousand dollars. Thanks to everyone for their generosity! Other items have found a variety of new homes: The Allen Organ was…

As I began thinking about the ‘challenge of change’I remembered my mother’s quote: “A change is as good as a holiday.” No doubt, being part of the ‘post-war’ generation when my mother had four young children, holidays would have been few and far between, and could have been a distant ‘dream’. Keeping a positive attitude through tough times was difficult, I feel sure. Change in times of acute circumstances were necessary, and maybe some of you can identify with that…