St Michael's Uniting Church

Thursday Organ Recital
2019-03-28 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-04-04 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-04-11 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-05-09 13:00 - 13:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Enjoy a magical moment at the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital.
Weekly Organ recitals are held at St Michael’s Uniting Church every Thursday lunchtime.
They give our visitors a moment to take a break and soak up the beauty of this remarkable church and its grand organ and the excellence of our musicians.
Free entry.
Doors open at 12.30pm.

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

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
2019-04-07 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

'Saving Jesus' with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-04-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Session 3:
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.

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

Mindfulness Meditation
2019-04-14 11:30 - 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. See your Order of Service and St Michael’s website for dates.
All welcome

Easter at St Michael's: Holy Week Meditation
2019-04-15 12:30 - 13:00, 2019-04-16 12:30 - 13:00, 2019-04-17 12:30 - 13:00, 2019-04-18 12:30 - 13:00 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia

Thursday Organ Recital
2019-04-18 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Enjoy a magical moment at the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital.
Today St Michael’s organist and Manager of Music will be performing the Organ Recital.
This lunchtime organ recital Thursday 18th April will feature a work which is most poignant given the recent fire in Notre Dame de Paris: ‘Prière à Notre-Dame’ by Léon Boëllmann.
A note: the St Michael’s organ and the Notre Dame de Paris organ are almost the same age (St Michael’s is 1866/7 and the Notre Dame organ was opened early in 1868).
The two instruments were built by the two most respected organ builders of the 19th Century, William Hill of London, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll on the respective sides of the English Channel before the St Michael’s organ was shipped to Australia.
Free entry.
Doors open at 12.30pm.

Easter at St Michael's: Maundy Thursday Service
2019-04-18 18:30 - 19:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Maundy Thursday
Holy Communion and Tenebrae Service –
A Service of Communion, Readings and Hymns.
with Rev Peter Burnham

Easter at St Michael's: Good Friday Service
2019-04-19 09:00 - 10:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Good Friday
The Cross That Speaks
with Rev Peter Burnham

Easter at St Michael's: Easter Sunday
2019-04-21 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Easter Sunday
Who Will Roll Away the Stone?
with Rev Peter Burnham

Earth@Peace Public Forum: Impossible Dream or Necessity?
2019-04-23 19:30 - 22:30 | St Mary’s College, University of Melbourne, 871 Swanston Street, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
Join us for an evening exploring the most critical issues of our time with leading scholars and practitioners from diverse backgrounds.
Presentations will be followed by Q&A and lively conversation among panel members.
The public forum will be moderated by Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri OAM, La Trobe University.
Panel Members:
Dr Heather Eaton
Heather Eaton is a Full Professor in Conflict Studies program at Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada.
Dr. Eaton has engaged with inter-religious responses to the ecological crisis, the relationship among ecological, feminist and liberation theologies, and connections between religion and science.
She has also been involved in conferences, workshops, teaching and publishing in these areas.

Nyadol Nyuon
Nyuon is a lawyer, community advocate, writer, and accomplished speaker.
Nyuon arrived in Australia as a refugee from Ethiopia, and is passionate about social justice, human rights, and cultural diversity.
Behrouz Boochani
An outspoken Kurdish-Iranian writer and advocate, Boochani has been detained on Manus Island since 2013, and is author of the widely acclaimed No Friend But The Mountains, which was recently awarded the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Prize.
He will be joining the forum by video link
Sister Patricia Fox
Fox has worked in the Philippines for 27 years, advocating land reform, culturally sensitive education of indigenous peoples, decent jobs and housing for the urban poor, freedom of political prisoners, and justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings.
Dr Chandra Muzaffar
Dr Chandra Muzaffar is one of Asia’s leading public intellectuals, an internationally known advocate for human rights, and a Malaysian political scientist.
His last academic position was professor of Global Studies at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
General Admission: $20 (Concession: $15). Entry is by cash on the night.
Registration Essential: REGISTER NOW

Earth@Peace: Cultural Evening
2019-04-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Centre for Theology and Ministry, 29 College Crescent, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
An evening of poetry, singing, music and performance based on themes from the Earth@Peace 2019 conference. This event is organised in collaboration with the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW). It commences with the launch of William Kelly’s Just Art exhibition, followed by a reading from Tony Birch. A choir and instrumentalists will join members of ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons), and there will be poetry readings responding to William Kelly’s artworks. Drinks and nibbles provided.
Beginning with
William Kelly: Just Art Exhibition launch
Artist, pacifist and social activist William Kelly OAM presents drawings, sculptures, prints and a board game, which engage themes of war, peace and justice.
Launched by Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri OAM.
the exhibition will run for six weeks from 26th April 2019.
Followed by
A Celebration
An evening of cooperation and responsiveness in words and music featuring:

MC: Jenny Grounds, Medical Association for the Prevention of War
The Brunswick Rogues choir led by Emily Hayes
Melbourne and Regional Victorian Poets responding to works by peace artist William Kelly
Harpist Cath Connelly
Novelist, poet and scholar, Tony Birch
Tilman Ruff from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Tickets: $10 (Paid at door).
Registration essential. REGISTER HER28

ANZAC Day Organ Recital
2019-04-25 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Kate Louise Macfarlane is a coloratura soprano who specializes in Baroque and Modern classical repertoire. After completing a Master of Music degree in Cologne, Germany, Kate sang several world-premiere opera roles at Theater Aachen, in addition to Olympia (Tales of Hoffmann), Serpetta (La Finta Giardiniera), and Taumännchen (Hansel and Gretel). Recent performance highlights include Belinda in Dido and Aeneas for State Opera of SA, and her one woman show La Virtuosissima Cantatrice in the 2018 Cabaret Fringe Festival. Kate is currently writing a PhD in Musicology at the University of Melbourne, and will appear later in 2019 singing German Baroque arias with Ensemble Galante.

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.

Lunchtime Organ Recital - Hans Uwe Hielscher
2019-05-02 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
World renowned organist and composer Hans Uwe Hielscher performs at St Michael’s
The Program:
Intrada
Christopher Tambling (1964–2015)
Intermezzo
Théodore Salomé (1834–1896)
Cantabile
Enrico Pasini (1935–)
Scottish Rhapsody
Hans Uwe Hielscher (1945–)
About our visiting Organist:

Hans U. Hielscher has been organist at the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden (Lutheran Cathedral of Nassau), Germany, since 1979. His studies were at the Detmold State Academy of Music and in Paris/Rouen, France. He also studied carillon at The Nederlandse Beiaardschool in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Hans has presented more than 3,500 organ recitals around the globe, his concert tours have taken him to all European countries, the United States (61 US tours), Bahamas, Israel, Iceland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok. He has been featured on radio and TV broadcasts, 22 CD recordings on the Motette, Wergo, IFO, Lade labels and is the author of the books Alexandre Guilmant – Life and Work, Famous Organs in the USA, The Organ of Wiesbaden Marktkirche.
He is a published composer of some 50 works for organ. Hans has been honored by the French government in Paris for his worldwide engagement in French organ music and nominated Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1985.

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)

Mindfulness Meditation
2019-05-05 11:30 - 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

Sunday Address
2019-05-12 10:00 - 11:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Black Holes in Our Minds and Hearts
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Rose Riebl & Rhys Boak (Piano 4 Hands)

Thursday Organ Recital
2019-05-16 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Enjoy a magical moment at the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital.
Weekly Organ recitals are held at St Michael’s Uniting Church every Thursday lunchtime.
They give our visitors a moment to take a break and soak up the beauty of this remarkable church and its grand organ and the excellence of our musicians.
This Thursday 16 May, Colins Jenkins will be performing at the Lunchtime Organ Recital Series.
Free entry.
Doors open at 12.30pm.

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)
