Worship Online
3 October 2021
As we transition into the new Manningham Uniting Church & Community Centre and to remain COVID safe, we will be worshipping online. This coming Sunday we will be worshipping online – live via zoom @10am. For the link to access the service please email info@manninghamuc.org . For those unable to join at this time, the reflection will be available here the following day.
26 September 2021
Rev Swee Ann Koh leads us in this weeks reflection after Bill shares the bible reading
19 September 2021
Rev Swee Ann Koh leads us in this weeks reflection after Josh shares the bible reading
12 Sept 2021
Join us online at 10am via zoom or watch the reflection here after Sunday. For the link to access the service please email info@manninghamuc.org
Sharing Your Space
MUC Connections Fundraiser
Help 26 newly released refugees as they start a new life in Melbourne Connections seeks your help in raising funds to support 26 detainees who were released from Melbourne’s Park Hotel and MITA (Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation) last month (August 2021). These refugees were brought to Australia from PNG and Nauru under the Medevac legislation so that they could receive treatment for health problems. After being released from closed detention they are now starting a new life, but have very…
DREAM STAGES
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…
New homes for Westfield drive goods
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…
The Challenge of Change
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…
