St Michael's Uniting Church

Mingary-Cairnmillar Event: Flexing the resiliency muscle
2021-10-14 15:30 - 16:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Zoom
Mental Health Week event – Flexing our resiliency muscle in these challenging times
As part of Mental Health Week, join us for an interactive one-hour presentation on supporting mental well-being in these uncertain times and maintaining our resiliency and hope.
This online event will cover:

Why is resilience so challenging during Covid?
How this affects our stress arousal.
What we can do about it.

This event will be presented by Elise Wald, Clinical Psychologist at The Cairnmillar Institute, in collaboration with St Michael’s Church (The Mingary Cairnmillar Counselling Service) as part of Mental Health Week, 9th-16th October 2021.
The event is free. Places are limited.
Click here to register
For more information contact: The Cairnmillar Institute: 1800 391 393 or email reception@cairnmillar.org.au

Shining a light on asylum in Australia with Sr Brigid Arthur & Pamela Curr OAM
2021-10-24 14:00 - 15:15 | Online
Shining a light on asylum in Australia
Presenters: Sr Brigid Arthur & Pamela Curr OAM
Hosted by Rev Dr Margaret Mayman (St Michael’s) and Rev Alistair Macrae (Wesley) for the Inner Melbourne UCA Justice Coalition
Learn about the realities of life for asylum seekers living in the Australian community.
Hear from people seeking asylum and the people who support them to survive.
Find out about actions we can take to make a difference.

Zoom link:
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Meeting ID: 932 3504 2878

St Michael's Sunday Zoom Cuppa
2021-10-31 11:15 - 11:45 | Zoom
Keep in touch with friends at the St Michael’s Zoom Cuppa.
Last session: Sunday 31 October | 11:15am to 11:45am.
Follow the the Online Gathering @ St Michael’s at 10am and get connected from 11:15 to 11:45 am.
Join Margaret and Council members for some time together then enjoy some conversation in ‘breakout rooms’. There will be a starter question to get your group going,
Everybody is welcome. If you know someone who doesn’t have a computer or smart phone, let them know they can join by landline.
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Women's Poetry Discussion Group
2021-11-24 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
The second session of the Poetry Discussion Group will be held via Zoom.
We will continue our discussions of some of the poems we have found to be meaningful and inspirational during our long lockdowns.
Please join us to share our experiences of some of these poems.
Register with the church office: office@stmichaels.org.au for Zoom details.
Facilitator: Pamela Blood

Mens Discussion Meeting
2021-12-01 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
Fr. Martin Fleming, the Priest at St Ambrose Church Woodend, will give a talk on his experience as an Australian Army Chaplin over 15 years, attaining the rank of Major. He deployed on Operations with the 1st Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) group to Somalia in Jan 1993 for 4 months on a peace making mission. It was called Operation SOLACE, assisting the humanitarian aid agencies to deliver food and development aid and keeping Biadoba in Central Somalia relatively peaceful.
He will reflect as a religious/spiritual person being in a very male dominated military context and culture.
Fr. Martin will talk for about 30 mins and there will be a Q & A session afterwards.
Who: Men, including those who are Gender Fluid, Non Binary, Transmen. You do not need to be a member of the St Michael’s U.C. congregation.
Register to be sent the Zoom link via the St Michael’s office: office@stmichaels.org.au
