St Michael's Uniting Church

Sunday Address
2019-02-03 10:00 - 11:30, 2019-02-10 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 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

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

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

Sunday Address
2019-03-24 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Which Guru Would You Choose?

with Supply Minister
Rev Peter Burnham
10am Sunday 24 March

Sunday Address
2019-03-31 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Metamorphosis – Caterpillars into Butterflies?
with Supply Minister
Rev Peter Burnham
10am Sunday 31 March

Sunday Address
2019-04-07 10:00 - 12:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
The address for this Sunday is:
My Karma Ran Over Your Dogma.
with Rev Peter Burnham

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

Sunday Address
2019-05-05 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Do You Want To Be Well?
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Teresa Duddy (Soprano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Address
2019-05-19 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Clinging to the Wreckage
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Wynnie McCooey (Cello) and Rose Riebl (Piano)

Sunday Address
2019-05-26 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Just Breathe.
Breathe in Peace, Breathe out Love
with Rev Sue Withers
Music: Bruno Siketa (Trumpet) and Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Address
2019-06-02 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Stages of Faith –
Which Style Are You?
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano) and Rhys Boak (Piano)

Sunday Address
2019-06-09 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
The Bible in the Public Space
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Sydney Braunfeld (Horn) and Rhys Boak (Organ)

Mindfulness Meditation
2019-06-30 11:30 - 12:00, 2019-07-21 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

Sunday Address
2019-07-07 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Leaving or Staying – Two Choices in Life
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: The St Michael’s Singers and Rhys Boak (Organ)

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).

Sunday Address
2019-07-28 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Human Growth and a Lesson From the Garden
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Amir Farid (Piano) and Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Address
2019-08-11 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Let’s Get Rid of the Kingdom of God
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano) & Rhys Boak (Piano & Organ

Sunday Address
2019-08-18 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Get Real or Being Authentic
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Helen Bower (Violin) and Rhys Boak (Piano & Organ)

Sunday Address
2019-08-25 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Choices Which Lead to Wholeness
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Zoe Black (Violin), Joe Chindamo (Piano) & (Rhys Boak, Organ)

Sunday Address
2019-09-01 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
The Future of God
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Erica Tandiono (Soprano) and Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Address
2019-09-15 10:00 - 11:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Being True to our Deepest Intuitions
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Rose Riebl (Piano) and Rhys Boak (Organ)

St Michael's Day
2019-09-22 09:30 - 12:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
ST MICHAEL’S DAY
9:30am |
Smoking/Cleansing Ceremony
10:00am |
St Michael’s Day Service:
Forgiveness, Mental Health and Wellbeing with Rev Peter Burnham
With music from:

The Academy of St Michael’s
The St Michael’s Brass Ensemble
The St Michael’s Singers
Joe Chindamo (composer and conductor)
Rhys Boak (Organ)

After Service |
Mingary Pilgrimage (to the sounds of the Celtic Harp)
Wine and Cheese served in St Michael’s Hall

Sunday Address
2019-09-29 10:00 - 11:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Life After Death
with Rev David Dawes
Music: Anna Pokorny (Cello), David Paterson (Piano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Address
2019-10-06 10:00 - 23:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Little Things Do Mean A Lot
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano) & Rhys Boak (Piano & Organ)
