Yarra Presbytery will this Sunday ordain our ‘inspiring‘ Dr Avril Hannah-Jones.
Avril was a long-time student of Melbourne University with a law degree and doctorate in Uniting Church history. She was a member at Church of All Nations when she began training for ordained ministry. She recently spent 5 months studying ecumenical spirituality with the World [...]
by Rev. Dr John Evans
Matthew 21:23-32
Rev. Jason Kioa, the Moderator of the Victorian and Tasmanian Synod, chose as his theme for the recently completed synod meeting, “Engaging Community”.
This theme was played out in the meeting – which concluded late Wednesday afternoon – in several ways. It was the theme of the opening worship at St [...]
by Rev. Dr John Evans
Exodus 14:19-31
Matthew 18:21-35
Do you ever have one of those days when everything seems to go wrong?
This happens to me, and it usually concerns some relatively small domestic project, like fixing a squeaking door or some such. First of all, you don’t quite have the right tool, and so you improvise. [...]
by Rev. Dr John Evans
Exodus 12:1-14
Romans 13:8-14
Matthew 18:15-20
Last Friday week I stood in a cark park at Fulham – a hamlet, just this side of Sale. One way I looked out there were cows grazing – roaming free. The other way there was a high fence, razor wire and humans in large enclosed areas, and [...]
by Rev. Dr John Evans
Exodus 3:1-15
Matthew 16:21-28
The reading from Exodus today is a pivotal, foundational passage for all of Scripture. It is a basic passage in understanding the story, the history of God. It is essential to our faith.
This reading tells us how God is to be known and named. God is to be known [...]
