Category Archives: local events

Welcome to John & Jean

. . . and Emily and Katie! The Church of All Nations looks forward to extending a warm welcome to the Evans family, due to arrive in Carlton in January.
Rev. Dr John Evans will be formally inducted as our new Minister of the Word on Sunday 20 January at 7:30pm. A community welcome [...]

Good Food Program needs goodwill & more this Christmas

CAN’s tremendous new food security initiative, the Good Food Program, brings fresh fruit and vegetables physically and financially within reach of Carlton’s public housing tenants. Low-cost and non-profit, this weekly market situated on the Housing Estate creates a vibrant, stronger community, enjoying particularly strong support from women and home-carers from the Horn of [...]

Alternatives to Empire conference: Sat 17 Nov.

People of all faiths or no particular faith are invited to create a shared spiritual and moral vision of a new economic, political and cultural order; rejecting greed, domination and violence while respecting human rights and the environment.
This one-day conference in central Melbourne will address the fundamental questions of human existence: Who are we? [...]

Praxis 07 - think, act, reflect

An exciting Uniting Church event for young and old, Praxis 07 is a weekend gathering at Shoreham 30 Nov-2 Dec. for those who long for a more interconnected Christian spirituality of social action and theological reflection. It is a space to share ideas and stories, to be fueled by teaching that with equip and [...]

Walk Against Warming: Sunday 11 November

Now that we have an election date, we also have a date for this community day of action on climate change. Whoever forms the next government, they should know how we feel about the future of our planet.
Meet at the State Library at 1pm on Sunday 11 November. Further details here.