St Michael's Uniting Church

Sunday Address
2019-01-27 10:00 - 11:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
St Michael’s is a unique church in the heart of the city. Unique for its relevant, contemporary preaching that embraces and inner wellbeing as its core message.
This week the Guest Minister is Rev Dr Graeme Gibbons.
The Sunday address is entitled: Say sorry more, I don’t feel better yet.
Music by Dorthe Zielke (Trumpet), Søren Johannsen (Organ) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday services include a mix of traditional and modern presentations interspersed with inspirational music performed by world-class musicians.
St Michael’s affirms and encourages the best expression of humanity, not only through the Sunday service but through our programs and our commitment to counselling. We believe faith, spirituality and a meaning to life are vital ingredients for our health and wellbeing and that there is a need to get hold of a more authentic religious understanding.
Sunday services commence at 10am.

Sunday Address
2019-02-03 10:00 - 11:30, 2019-02-10 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
St Michael’s is a unique church in the heart of the city. Unique for its relevant, contemporary preaching that embraces and inner wellbeing as its core message.
This week the Supply Minister is Rev Peter Burnham
Music by Rhys Boak on the Organ

Sunday services include a mix of traditional and modern presentations interspersed with inspirational music performed by world-class musicians.
St Michael’s affirms and encourages the best expression of humanity, not only through the Sunday service but through our programs and our commitment to counselling. We believe faith, spirituality and a meaning to life are vital ingredients for our health and wellbeing and that there is a need to get hold of a more authentic religious understanding.
Sunday services commence at 10am.

Sunday Address
2019-02-17 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
This week the Supply Minister is Rev Peter Burnham will speak on:
Radical Inclusion – The Emerging Christian Way.
Music by Rhys Boak on the Organ

Sunday services include a mix of traditional and modern presentations interspersed with inspirational music performed by world-class musicians.
St Michael’s affirms and encourages the best expression of humanity, not only through the Sunday service but through our programs and our commitment to counselling. We believe faith, spirituality and a meaning to life are vital ingredients for our health and wellbeing and that there is a need to get hold of a more authentic religious understanding.
Sunday services commence at 10am.

Sunday Address
2019-02-24 10:00 - 23:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
CHURCH LEADERSHIP – LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF THE WAY.
Council Commitment Service
with Supply Minister
Rev Peter Burnham

Sunday Address
2019-03-03 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Wells … Pools of Possibility
with Supply Minister Rev Peter Burnham

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-03-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
Session 1: Sunday 3 March, 12pm
Session 2:Sunday 10 March, 12pm
Session 3: Sunday 17 March, 12pm
The format for each 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Sunday Address
2019-03-10 10:00 - 12:00 | VIC
This Sunday, Rev Peter Burnham speaks about:
Moving Beyond Adolescence in Our Faith

H.O.P.E - Healing Our Planet Earth
2019-03-10 12:00 - 14:30 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
The Tarkine in Motion
For those not able to venture into the wilderness you will experience a virtual reality by seeing the The Tarkine in Motion courtesy of The Bob Brown Foundation. The beauty of this scenic northwestern Tasmanian wilderness inspired a group of artists of many mediums to spend last Easter in various Tarkine ecosystems, from jagged coast and button grass plains to rainforest rivers with time-lapse photography.
Last weeks at the innovative Sustainable Living Festival expressed one strong message from our world’s eminent scientist Sir David Attenborough, who is still passionate about Earth-care at 90 years old:
“The one thing that we all have to do, in a way that covers every aspect of our life is simply not to waste.
“Don’t waste plastic, don’t waste food and don’t waste power.
“Live within our means, without inflicting damage on the planet; that IS a possibility. And that’s what we should all be aiming at.”
Convener: Sally Clarke

Sunday Address
2019-03-17 10:00 - 11:30 | VIC
This Sunday, Rev Peter Burnham speaks about:
“Consider the Lillies,”
The New Faith and the Environment

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-03-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
Session 1: Sunday 3 March, 12pm
Session 2:Sunday 17 March, 12pm
Session 3: Sunday 7 April, 12pm
The format for each 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Positive Living
2019-03-31 11:45 - 12:45 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Positive Living with Roz Rimes
Life’s Not a Dress Rehearsal So Let’s Savour with Zest
Roz, Flash and Rafa will delight you with a zestful performance.

Sunday Address
2019-04-14 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Religion is Not a Retreat From Life.

with Supply Minister
Rev Peter Burnham

Sunday Address
2019-04-28 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
A Q & A With Emeritus Prof Joseph Camilleri –
A Just And Ecologically Sustainable Peace.

with Supply Minister
Rev Peter Burnham

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-04-28 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Session 4:
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
The format for this 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Mindfulness Meditation
2019-05-05 11:30 - 12:00, 2019-06-02 10:30 - 12:00 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Presenter: Karen Ellis
Karen has been running weekly half-hour group sessions in the Chapel at Epworth Richmond Hospital since 2013 open to all.
She is currently on staff in the Pastoral Care Department at Epworth in the area of grief and loss.
Meditation has been an important part of Karen’s life for 40 years.
Sessions at St Michael’s will be held twice monthly.
All welcome

Mindfulness Meditation
2019-05-19 11:30 - 12:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia

Positive Living
2019-05-26 11:30 - 12:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-06-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Session 5:
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
The format for this 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-06-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Session 6:
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
The format for this 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Spirituality - Mingary Program
2019-06-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Only the start of something special.
The decline of church membership and attendance over the past century does not reflect a diminishing need for people to have a spiritual dimension in their lives.
St Michael’s has always promoted spiritual wellbeing, and Mingary was a first step to providing alternative ways to nourish the Spirit and Soul.
Spirituality has a positive impact on Wellbeing.
Please join Rev Peter Burnham and Richard Siegersma, as they explore the opportunities to enhance the spiritual dimension in our lives.
Dr Lisa Miller wrote in the New York, Best Seller -‘The Spiritual Child’ –
“Science now tells us that this spiritual faculty is inborn, fundamental to the human constitution, central in our physiology and psychology. Nothing radically lowered the risk for depression like a shared spirituality. Spirituality links brain, mind, and body.”

Nearly 70% of Uniting Church congregations are over 50! Where have all the people gone? We must find appropriate, evidence-based ways to nourish the Soul, so more people have the Fruits of the Good Spirit in their lives and want to show them. Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-control.
You can help.
Come along and join Rev Peter Burnham and Richard Siegersma to explore and be part of an inspiring and insightful conversation about a fantasy for the future.

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-07-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Session 7:
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
The format for this 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Mindfulness Meditation
2019-07-14 11:30 - 12:00 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Presenter: Karen Ellis
Presenter: Karen Ellis
Meditation has long been part of Karen’s life, with 40 years of personal practice.
For the last 10 years, her interest has extended to sharing this with others for health and wellbeing, including in her role on staff in a large acute hospital, working in the area of grief and loss.
She participates in ongoing study and has completed meditation teacher training.
Sessions at St Michael’s will be held twice monthly with dates being advertised in the Order of Service, our website and other media.
All welcome

Sunday Adress
2019-07-21 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
What To Do When Living Hurts.
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Christopher Busietta and Rhys Boak (Organ)
Guest Artist: Melbourne born Christopher Busietta is currently principal lyric tenor in the opera ensemble of Stadttheater Bremerhaven.
He began his professional work in Australia in 2004 as a soloist in concert and oratorio with local choirs and orchestras in Melbourne, and as a professional chorister with Opera Australia and Victorian Opera. He then went on to become a principal tenor with Opera Australia’s (OzOpera) primary schools company, touring Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Cinderella as well as singing leading roles for Lyric Opera of Melbourne and iOpera.
After winning the 2009 German Australian Opera Grant, he relocated to Germany, singing roles with Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (ensemble member in 2009/10), Theater Augsburg (ensemble member from 2010-2017), Stadttheater Bremerhaven (ensemble member from 2018) as well as performing as a guest artist with Theater Aachen, Landestheater Niederbayern, Theater Magdeburg, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (Munich)and Oper Frankfurt.
Amongst the many operatic roles in his repertoire are Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Don Ottavio, (Don Giovanni), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Belfiore (La Finta Giardiniera), Witch (Hänsel und Gretel), Basilio (Le Nozze di Figaro) and der Steuermann (Der Fliegender Holländer).
In 2017, he won the Augsburger Theaterpreis (Theatre Prize) for Opera.
Amongst other music theater roles, he has also performed as Marius in Les Misérables, Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Freddy in My Fair Lady, Woof in Hair and Curt in Blues Brothers – the latter two shows broke Theater Augsburg’s box-office records at the open-air theatre (Freilichtbühne).
He graduated from the Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music in 2006. He also holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Monash University (Clayton).

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-07-21 12:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Session 8:
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
The format for this 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-07-28 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Session 9:
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
The format for this 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-08-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Session 10:
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
The format for this 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Mindfulness Meditation
2019-08-18 11:30 - 12:00 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Presenter: Karen Ellis
Meditation has long been part of Karen’s life, with 40 years of personal practice.
For the last 10 years, her interest has extended to sharing this with others for health and wellbeing, including in her role on staff in a large acute hospital, working in the area of grief and loss.
She participates in ongoing study and has completed meditation teacher training.
Sessions at St Michael’s will be held twice monthly with dates being advertised in the Order of Service, our website and other media.
All welcome

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-08-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Session 11:
Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
The format for this 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.
