delivered 18 July 2010 by Rev. Dr Wes Campbell Amos, 8:1-12 Psalm 52 God’s judgement and grace Colossians 1:15-28 Paul’s message of reconciliation Luke 10:388-42 Martha and Mary Paul writes: Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God; in him the fullness of God was pleased to make a home. In the name of the [...]
12 April, 2010 – 11:05 am
Designed by Melbourne’s great architect Joseph Reed in a distinctive Romanesque style, our church in Palmerston St is almost as old as the congregation itself, now celebrating its sesquicentenary. David Johnson has prepared a carefully researched and illustrated chronicle of the history of the church buildings on this site. This material is not included in [...]
Church of All Nations’ anniversary dinner on Saturday night was a splendid occasion, its centrepiece being the book launch, by former minister John Rickard, of our ‘collective memoir’, The Need is the Call: 150 years of service in Carlton. Contact the church for your own copy of the book for $20 (add $5 for postage). [...]
The Church of All Nations will celebrate this great landmark with exhibitions, tours, a new book, a dinner, a church service and more. Please join us at any or all of these events where we look back at the vibrant history of the church’s presence in a changing context and we look forward in faith [...]
21 December, 2009 – 10:36 am
Christmas far from being the season of peace, joy and goodwill, is often the season for being trite, silly and insincere. Standing in a shop, paying over hard-earned money, for a gift the recipient may not want, certainly does not need, all while Silent Night is belted out on the PA system is bizarre! During [...]
20 December, 2009 – 8:14 pm
You are very warmly invited to join us for one or more of these our special events this Christmas: Monday 21 December 11:15am – CAN Centre service in the church 12 noon – Christmas community lunch, including distribution of toys by Carlton police Wednesday 23 December 7:45am – service of Holy Communion in the Fullerton [...]
1 November, 2009 – 8:40 pm
delivered 1 November 2009 by Rev. Dr Wes Campbell Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44 Hallowe’en Pumpkins have been on sale in the supermarket. In our street we were encouraged to join in trick or treat. Are you turned off by the crass American commercialisation? What is Hallowe’en, anyway? Holy evening? All Souls? All Saints’ Day? Some [...]
27 October, 2009 – 9:19 pm
delivered 25 Oct. 2009 by Rev. Dr Brian Howe & Dr Andrew Turner Brian: Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and others have sparked a debate around science and religion, atheism versus faith, stimulating a public interest in religion not seen since the ‘death of god’ controversy in the 1960s. Richard Dawkins is his book The God [...]
18 October, 2009 – 7:31 pm
Early on Saturday morning, 17 October 2009, a group of CAN members was joined by several adult literacy teachers in the Ruth Sugden Tower room, first for a delicious breakfast and then to listen to Snoeks Desmond from Durban, South Africa. Snoeks is an early childhood development and family literacy expert who spoke about her [...]
3 October, 2009 – 11:10 pm
We are all encouraged to give to the Uniting Church’s International Disaster Appeal which is jointly for survivors of the recent catastrophic events in Samoa, Tonga, Niue, the Philippines and Indonesia. Many members of the Church of All Nations have close personal connections and knowledge of the places and people affected. How many Australians do [...]
