Sunday Gathering with Rev Lauran Mosso
2023-05-21 10:00 - 11:15 (Australia/Melbourne) | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Art: Contemplation, detail of the doors of the Nativity Façade entrance, Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Barcelona.
Photo by Rev. Lauren Mosso.
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
Seventh Sunday of Easter – 21 May 2023, 10am
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
Guest minister: Rev Lauren Mosso
Music in church: Edwina Cordingley (Cello) Rhys Boak (Organ)
Music online: Dr Kim Tan (Flute) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Repair, Reuse, Refashion - Loving the wardrobe you already have
2023-05-21 11:45 - 12:45 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Australians put 260,000 tonnes of clothing into landfill each year. That’s 10kg per person! Only 7,000 tonnes of textiles are recycled.
Repair is an act of care in a careless fast-fashion industry.
It focuses our mind on placing value on the resources and blessings we already have.
St Michael’s actively supports ecological justice, including providing practical sessions.
Ange Tang holds her first practical workshop focusing on repairing your favourite clothing.
Do you have missing buttons or holes in a favourite jumper?
Bring items needing hand-repair and you can learn appropriate mending techniques to return your favourite clothes to use.
If you have your own sewing kit you are welcome to bring it, otherwise supplies will be provided.
The workshop is open to everyone, regardless of skill level.
Come along, slow down for a relaxing hour and revive an item you love.
Facilitator: Ange Tang

Thursday Lunchtime Organ Recital
2023-05-25 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Make an organ recital part of your lunch plans and join us for the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital series this Thursday.
The recitals series feature St Michael’s organist, Rhys Boak.
The Program this Thursday:
1. Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
2. Minuetto and Allegro – W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) transc. R. Goss-Custard
3. Consolation No.3 – Franz Liszt (1811-1886) arr. Faulkes
4. Toccata – Wesley Jordan (b. 1943)
Recital starts at 1pm (doors open at 12:30pm).
Free event.
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Sunday Gathering - in Church and Online
2023-05-28 10:00 - 11:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Art: Invasion by John “Munnari” Hammond A’Hang © Presented to NCCA 14-7-1994
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
Pentecost – 28 May 2023, 10am
“Do good, seek Justice”
Guest minister: Rev Deacon Sandy Boyce
Music in church and online: Dr Joel Brennan (Trumpet) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)

WomanSpace - The Poetry Group
2023-05-28 11:45 - 12:45 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Please join us for a warm, welcoming, inclusive space for womankind, to discuss poems and share new thoughts about them.
This session we will be discussing some of Dr Macnab’s poetry.
Facilitator: Pamela Blood
Where: The Wellbeing Studio, Level 1 (upstairs from the Hall)

Cancelled - Lunchtime Organ Recital
2023-06-01 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Unfortunately, the Lunchtime Organ recital scheduled today, Thursday 1 June has been cancelled.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Make an organ recital part of your lunch plans and join us for the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital series this Thursday.
The recitals series feature St Michael’s organist, Rhys Boak and guest artists.

Free event.

Sunday Gathering with Rev David Dawes
2023-06-04 10:00 - 11:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Art: Sunrise by David Dawes
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
First Sunday after Pentecost – 4 June 2023, 10am
“Reconciliation – be a voice for generations”
Guest minister: Rev David Dawes
Music in church: Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)
Music online: The St Michael’s Singers, conducted by Rhys Boak & Rhys Boak (Piano)

A Celebration of Life Service for Rev Dr Francis Macnab
2023-06-04 14:30 - 15:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
The Celebration of Life service for Rev Dr Francis Macnab will be livestreamed.
Please visit the Livestream here or to write a message of condolences.

Thursday Lunchtime Organ Recital with Jennifer Chou.
2023-06-08 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Make an organ recital part of your lunch plans and join us for the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital series this Thursday.
The recitals series feature guest organist, Jennifer Chou.

Recital starts at 1pm (doors open at 12:30pm).
Free event.
Download our flyer here

Lunchtime Organ Recital with Jennifer Chou
2023-06-08 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Photo: Jennifer Chou by Heidi Victoria
Make an organ recital part of your lunch plans and join us for the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital series this Thursday with guest artist Jennifer Chou.
Recital starts at 1pm (doors open at 12:30pm).
Free event.
About Jennifer Chou
Jennifer Chou began her role as the Associate Organist at Scots Church in February 2023, after having been the Director of Music at Toorak Uniting Church for 11 years. She has taught the organ for the Australian Catholic University, since 2015 she teaches the organ for Melbourne High School.
As a recitalist, Jennifer has given organ concerts in major Australian town halls and Cathedrals. Overseas, she has appeared as soloist in places including the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and the Westminster Abbey in London, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, the International Bamboo Organ Festival in the Philippines, and many more.
Jennifer obtained a Master of Music degree in organ performance and church music at Northwestern University USA where her teacher was Wolfgang Rübsam, she furthered her studies in Paris and Toulouse with world sought after teachers including Susan Landale, Michel Bouvard and Jan Willem Jansen. She was awarded the Premier Prix d’Orgue à l’unanimité to conclude her studies in the Cycle de Perfectionnement in Toulouse. She won Special Mention Award in 2003 at the Biarritz International Organ Competition.

Sunday Gathering - In church and online
2023-06-11 10:00 - 11:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Art: Compassion for Earth by Mary Southward
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
Second Sunday after Pentecost – 11 June 2023, 10am
“Touch the Earth lightly”
Minister: Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music in church: Zoe Black (Violin), Joe Chindamo (Piano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)
Music online: Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano), The Nuovo String Quartet led by Sussanah Ng, & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Take action on climate change and divest from fossil fuels
2023-06-11 11:45 - 12:45 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
As stewards of the environment, many of us are concerned about how we can reduce our environmental impact and take action on climate change.
While, it may seem like a daunting task, there are some actions that we can all do to contribute to taking action on climate change. Divesting from fossil fuels is one of them. Learn how about the different ways you can divest from fossil fuels at home with facilitator, Jess Hand.
We will be accessing a few websites in this workshop so if you can, please bring a laptop or tablet/iPad.
St Michael’s is committed to ecological justice through its Environmental Action Plan and supports the Uniting Church Assembly’s plan to achieve net zero emissions.
In St Michael’s Uniting Church after morning tea

Lunchtime Organ Recital
2023-06-15 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-06-29 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-07-27 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Make an organ recital part of your lunch plans and join us for the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital series this Thursday.
The recitals series feature St Michael’s organist, Rhys Boak and guest artists.
Free event.
Doors open at 12:30pm
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Sunday Gathering - In church and online
2023-06-18 10:00 - 23:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Art: Compassion for Earth by Mary Southward
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
Third Sunday after Pentecost – 18 June 2023, 10am
“A God who can dance and laugh: finding a new family”
Minister: Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music in church: Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)
Music online: Francesca Hiew (Violin), David Paterson (Piano), Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

WomanSpace - The Poetry Group
2023-06-18 11:45 - 12:45 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Please join us for a warm, welcoming,
inclusive space for womankind, to discuss poems and share new thoughts about them.
Facilitator: Pamela Blood
When: Sunday, 18 June | 11:45am
Where: The Wellbeing Studio, Level 1
Please meet Pamela Blood at the Russell Street entrance of the church at 11.30 – 11.35

Lunchtime Organ Recital
2023-06-22 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Make an organ recital part of your lunch plans and join us for the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital series this Thursday.
The recitals series feature St Michael’s organist, Rhys Boak and guest artists.
Free event.
Doors open at 12:30pm
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Program for Thursday, 22 June with Rhys Boak (Organ)

Fantasia in G BWV 572 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Ave Maria – Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
Chant du soir – Marco Enrico Bossi
Scherzo in G minor – Marco Enrico Bossi

Sunday Gathering - In church and online
2023-06-25 10:00 - 11:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Dancing Pentecost Artist unknown
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – 25 June 2023, 10am
“Finding community, choosing belonging
(46th Anniversary of the Uniting Church”
Minister: Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music in church: Giuseppe Modugno, Italy (Piano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)
Music online: Zoe Black (Violin), Joe Chindamo (Piano), Dr. Joel Brennan (Trumpet) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Repair, Reuse, Refashion - Loving the wardroe you already have
2023-06-25 11:45 - 12:45
Australians put 260,000 tonnes of clothing into landfill each year. That’s 10kg per person! Only 7,000 tonnes of textiles are recycled.
Repair is an act of care in a careless fast-fashion industry.
It focuses our mind on placing value on the resources and blessings we already have.
St Michael’s actively supports ecological justice, including providing practical sessions.
Ange Tang holds a practical workshop focusing on repairing your favourite clothing.
We will be holding a live mending clinic providing mending solutions/suggestions for everyone’s to-be-mended items.
Ange will also select one or two projects to mend on the day to demonstrate a range of techniques.
If you want an invisible mend – please bring your own matching thread/patches.
Ange is more than happy to provide fabric patches, interfacing and threads for those adventurous enough to have a visible mend done.
If you are happy to just get on with a mending job of your own, please bring it and sew along with us – it’s all about sharing skills/techniques/styles.
Also provided are a number of small embroidery hoops to lend, tools/sewing kits and thread to share. Ange will also have an iron and her trusty sewing machine.
If you have your own sewing kit you are welcome to bring it.
The workshop is open to everyone, regardless of skill level.
Come along, slow down, and enjoy a relaxing hour and revive an item you love.
Facilitator: Ange Tang

Sunday Gathering - in church and online
2023-07-02 10:00 - 11:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
2023 National NAIDOC Poster by Bobbi Lockyer
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – 2 July 2023, 10am
“Getting out of our comfort zones”
Minister: Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music in church: Edwina Cordingley (Cello) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)
Music online: Dr. Elyane Laussade (Piano), Michelle Nelson & Meredith Connie (Guitars) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Gathering: In Church and online
2023-07-09 10:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Art: Pentecost. artist unknown
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – 9 July 2023, 10am
“How important is a theology of disability?”
Litany: Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Sermon: Rev Andy Calder
Music in church and online: Dr. Joel Brennan (Trumpet) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Q & A with Andy Calder: Disability and Church
2023-07-09 11:30 - 12:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Disability and the Church:
Q & A with Andy Calder
Rev Dr Andy Calder will be holding a Q & A session in the church after service about his reflection, Disability and the Church, and the Synod Disbility Action plan.
We hope you can stay and attend.

Sunday Gathering - In church and online
2023-07-16 10:00 - 11:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – 16 July 2023, 10am
Feast of Mary Magdalene – “Mary – the Tower”
Minister: Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music in church: Hoang Pham (Piano) & Rhys (Organ)
Music online: Peter Sheridan (Flute) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)

Living the Questions 2.0 Restoring Relationships
2023-07-16 11:45 - 12:45 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Explore the biblical foundations, theological grounding, and spiritual practices at the heart of Progressive Christianity in these DVD-based discussion series.
Join us for Session 8: Restoring Relationships
If you would like to receive the optional background reading, please phone or email the office and they will be happy to email or print you a copy.
Facilitator: Neil Blood

Thursday Organ Recital
2023-07-20 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia

Sunday Gathering - In church and Online
2023-07-23 10:00 - 11:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Sunday Gatherings are in church at 10am.
For those unable to attend, online services still continue and are available Sunday afternoon.
Watch the Online Gathering here
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – 23 July 2023, 10am
“Living a Curious Life”
Guest Minister: Rev David Dawes
Music in church: Joe Chindamo Trio & Rhys Boak (Organ)
Music online: Amir Farid (Piano), The Susie Ng Quartet & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Meditation
2023-07-23 11:45 - 12:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Regroup. Refocus. Revive.
A calming meditation session to help you reset.
Held after the Sunday Gathering.
Facilitator: Ann Kinnear

Sunday Gathering in church and online
2023-07-30 10:00 - 11:15 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia

Lunchtime Organ Recital
2023-08-03 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Make an organ recital part of your lunch plans and join us for the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital series this Thursday.
The recitals series feature St Michael’s organist, Rhys Boak and guest artists.
Today’s recital program will played by guest organist Chris Trikilis
Free event.
Doors open at 12:30pm
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