St Michael's Uniting Church

Organ Recital
2017-08-10 13:00 - 13:30, 2017-08-17 13:00 - 13:30, 2017-08-24 13:00 - 13:30, 2017-08-31 13:00 - 13:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Every Thursday at 1 pm, the St Michael’s Carillon is sounded and the grand organ comes to life for a free 30 minute recital. Now into their tenth year, these recitals are well attended by the public.
Performed by organist Rhys Boak, and visiting artists, brings the joy and beauty of live music to many Melbournians and visitors.
Please check your orders of service or our Facebook page each week to see who will be performing the following Thursday.
Music has an important role to play in the functioning of society and has had for many thousands of years. No human culture appears to be without music. Singing, in particular, seems to be universal. Music is invariably expressed in relation to religion. The music program at St Michael’s each week brings us some of the best musicians and music that Australia has to offer to enrich our experience during our Sunday services at special events during the year.

Sunday Service
2017-08-13 10:00 - 11:00 | 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.

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 though our wellbeing programs and our commitment to counselling and psychotherapy. 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.

Music will be performed by Timothy Reynold (tenor)
Music between the readings: An old German spring song – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Music during the offering: ‘David of the white rock’ – Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
The Postlude: Cannonade – Claude Balbastre (1734-1799)
Artist Bio:
Timothy has recently returned from Europe where he performed with The Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, The Bach Akademie Stuttgart with Hans Christoph Rademann, Opera Holland Park, Philharmonischer Chor Esslingen and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He also understudied a number of roles at Opera Stuttgart. In Australia, he has worked with many groups including Victorian Opera, Opera Australia, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Simone Young and Sir Andrew Davis, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Melbourne Bach Choir, Ludovico’s Band, La Compania and Gloriana. Timothy graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Music, a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and a Master of Music – Opera Performance in conjunction with Victorian Opera.

St Michael's Membership - Information Session
2017-08-13 11:30 - 12:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Would you like to consider becoming a member of St Michael’s?
On Sunday 13 August, prospective New Members will be able to meet with Rev Ric Holland and the New Members Team in the Waratah Room following the service, where you will have the opportunity to hear more about St Michael’s and to ask questions.
Rev Ric will also talk about what becoming a member of the Uniting Church in Australia, and St Michael’s in particular means.

Sunday Service
2017-08-20 10:00 - 11:00 | 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.

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 though our wellbeing programs and our commitment to counselling and psychotherapy. 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.

Christopher Busietta (Tenor)
Music between the readings: Quanto è bella, quanto è cara – Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Music during the offering: Una Furtiva Lagrima – Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
The Postlude: Andante from Symphony No. 94 in G – ‘The Surprise’ – F. J. Haydn (1732-1809) transcribed for organ by King Hall.

Exhibition Opening - Jane Downing "Gratitude"
2017-08-20 11:00 - 13:00
Join us as we celebrate the opening of Jane Downing’s vibrant and inspirational artwork in the St Michael’s Gallery.
Jane Downing focuses on things to be grateful for. Since embarking on her creative journey this sense of gratitude has been highlighted even more.
Jane started painting a year and a half ago. “It is my happy place; a place to ‘be’, reflect, ponder, be at peace and to explore and play.” She says.
Her bright paintings showcase her love of colour and expression. Jane paints from within, from her emotions, from her life experience; exploring the feeling of gratitude through art.
Jane aims to provoke thought, thanks, nurture, caring for each other through the paintings in this exhibition.

Creative Faith Discussion Group
2017-08-20 11:45 - 12:45
Continuing our series The Things That Bring Meaning To Life, our next session we focus on our faith and our Spirituality, that undefined element of humanity that unites, enlightens, comforts and nourishes us.
We welcome you to this discussion group to join with a group from St Michael’s community, for a conversation about aspects of a faith that brings meaning to our lives.
Topic: Spirituality – so what – does it really matter?
Date: August 20. Time: 11.45 am to 12.45 pm
Location: Waratah Room, Level 1, St Michael’s Place. Tea and Coffee provided.

Sunday Service
2017-08-27 10:00 - 11:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Guest Artists: Jenna Roubos (Soprano) & David Paterson (Piano)
Music between the readings: Après un rêve – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Music during the offering: Gebet & Auf ein altes Bild – Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
The Postlude: Mondnacht (Liederkreis) & Er der Herrlichste von allen (Frauenliebe und Leben) – Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Soprano Jenna Roubos holds a Bachelor of Music Performance from the Victorian College of The Arts and a Master of Teaching from Melbourne University.
Jenna’s awards and scholarships include Winner of The National Liederfest, the Bendigo Aria Vocal Award, The Robert Salzer Vocal Scholarship, and the Maroondah singers scholarship.
Jenna has appeared as a finalist in Australian Opera Scholars featured in ‘Opera in the Market’ performing with Orchestra Victoria, Semi finalist in the Herald Sun Aria, The German Opera Grant and finalist in the Armstead Singing Award.
Jenna’s debued her role as Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with the XL Arts Project and Georgie in “A Garden of Money” a lied production written by Noel Fidge.
Jenna has appeared in productions with the Victorian Opera, Melbourne Opera and Opera Scholars Australia. Recently returning from England, Jenna gave a recital with pianist Penelope Thwaites.
Founded in 2016, Jenna joined Trio Lorelei comprising of Mezzo-Soprano Alexandra Mathews and Pianist Georgina Lewis for vocal duet and piano.
Jenna has given numerous solo recitals for musical organisations including Australian Music Events Opera Scholars, BMW Edge, Federation Square, The Lieder Society of Victoria, The Musical Society of Victoria, The Team of Pianists, The National Gallery of Victoria and churches in Melbourne.
Born in Sydney, David began playing the violin at the age of 4, the piano at 7 and within five years had completed the initial eight grades of the A.M.E.B. piano scheme. At 12, David entered Newington College as a music scholar and in addition to his piano studies, studied composition and musicology with Richard Gill for a period of eight years before moving to London to complete his B.Mus (Hons) at the Royal College of Music where he studied with noted pianist and professor, Julian Jacobson. David has also received tuition from Boris Berman, Olli Mustonen, Paavali Jumppanen and Geoffrey Lancaster.
Whilst living in London, David worked extensively as a session pianist in addition to giving numerous recitals and concerts with a number of esteemed soloists and chamber groups. David has featured on a number of occasions on ABC Classic FM, Radio National, 2mbsFM and 3mbsFM in addition to having performed in many of the major concert halls and venues in Australia, Romania and the United Kingdom. David continues to work as a pianist specializing in chamber music in addition to his commitments as an avid educator.

Philosophy for Beginners
2017-08-27 11:45 - 12:45 | Camellia Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Thinking Outside the Square.
A lively, interactive discussion group, presented by Dr Peter Kingsbury, focusing on thinking outside the square.
Designed to inspire creative and innovative thinking.
FREE EVENT
No bookings required

Sunday Service
2017-09-03 10:00 - 11:00 | 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.

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 though our wellbeing programs and our commitment to counselling and psychotherapy. 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.

Music between the readings: Beauty for Brokenness – Graham Kendrick (b.1950)
Music during the offering: “A Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester” – L.J. White (1910 – )
Music during communion: Ave Verum – W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
The Postlude: Carillon du Longpont – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

French Conversation
2017-09-03 11:45 - 12:45 | Ministers Reception Room
Join native French speaker, Johanna Hersey, for a fun and informal French conversation class where all are welcome to practice their French and receive some pointers in basic French conversation skills.
Beginners and fluent speakers alike will find someone to chat to in French with help and guidance on hand.

Make Australia Great Again, or Make the Planet Great Again: Part One
2017-09-05 18:30 - 20:30 | St Michael’s Hall, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
6.30pm, Tuesday 5 and 12 September
Back by popular demand, Professor Joseph Camilleri OAM will present this two-part lecture series.
These two lectures focus on Australia: how we see ourselves and ‘others’, how we understand our place in the world, what kind of future we envisage for ourselves and the Earth.
Ours is a time of turbulence, but now on a planetary scale. Many in the western world, Australia included, are anxious about the future, unsure where to turn for guidance or inspiration.
Some seek to exploit these anxieties, offering black and white explanations of our predicament. For some, the problem is immigration, for others Islamic fundamentalism, or simply Islam.
For others still, it is the conspiracy about global warming, or the forces driving globalisation. And so, for them the cure for all our ills is just as simple: cut immigration, or ban Muslims, or keep the coal industry going, or find security in the barrel of a gun.
Hence, Trump’s catch cry ‘make America great again’ and Marie Le Pen’s promise of a revolution of ‘patriots’. Australia’s equivalent voices are less well known but no less shrill.

The questions we need to ask – Tuesday 5 September
Australians are justifiably proud of having built a multicultural society in which people of widely different ethnic, religious and language backgrounds can live peacefully side by side. Yet, many remain suspicious of refugees and boat people, unconvinced of the benefits of immigration, disinclined to learn other languages, uncomfortable about acknowledging Indigenous Australians as custodians of this land.
This lecture will address some of the critical questions now before us:
Are we ready to enshrine in our constitution a ‘Voice for Australia’s First Nations’?
What should be the requirements of Australian citizenship?
How should we respond to the terrorist threat?
How can we best engage with Islam and with our Muslim communities?
What is the appropriate role of religion in the public sphere?
The choices that await us – Tuesday 12 September
Our political leaders often act as if the choice is between economy and environment. This lecture will argue that this is a false choice, and that reconciling economic and environmental priorities holds the key to Australia’s future.
Much has rightly been said about the fragility of Australia’s environment to which our agricultural and industrial practices, our lifestyles and patterns of consumption, and above all our carbon footprint have greatly contributed. Conventional wisdom has it that caring for the environment cannot come at the expense of our economic
prosperity. Similarly, responding to the challenge of climate change cannot mean placing international obligations above our national interests.
But the conventional wisdom may be mistaken. The lecture will canvas other ways of looking at ecological, economic and social wellbeing – and what this means for the national conversation and our public institutions. We have reached a critical point that calls for a radical rethink not just of policies, but also of institutions – and this includes parliaments, political parties, courts, media, schools and universities.

Time and Date: Doors open at 6pm, lecture starts at 6.30pm, Tuesday 5 and 12 September
Location: St Michael’s Place, Hall, Ground Floor, 120 Collins St, Melbourne
Tickets: $20 per lecture or $35 for both (Seats are limited, book early to secure yours)

Organ Recital
2017-09-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-09-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-09-21 13:00 - 14:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Every Thursday at 1 pm, the St Michael’s Carillon is sounded and the grand organ comes to life for a free 30 minute recital. Now into their ninth year, these recitals are well attended by the public.
Performed by organist Rhys Boak, and visiting artists, brings the joy and beauty of live music to many Melbournians and visitors.
Please check your orders of service or our Facebook page each week to see who will be performing the following Thursday.
Music has an important role to play in the functioning of society and has had for many thousands of years. No human culture appears to be without music. Singing, in particular, seems to be universal. Music is invariably expressed in relation to religion. The music program at St Michael’s each week brings us some of the best musicians and music that Australia has to offer to enrich our experience during our Sunday services at special events during the year.

Sunday Service
2017-09-10 10:00 - 11:00 | 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.

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 though our wellbeing programs and our commitment to counselling and psychotherapy. 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.

Esther Schöpf (Violin) and Norbert Groh (Organ and Piano)
Visiting from Germany, the Duo Esther Schoepf and Norbert Groh is renowned for its diversity and liveliness – its broad repertoire spanning nearly all musical genres from classical concerts to so-called „easy-listening“ music.
Besides their own performances, Esther and Norbert regularly work together on numerous projects with theaters, film-makers, performance artists and also compose music for radio plays. Over the past years they have arranged the music for over 40 features and plays for the “Bayerische Rundfunk“ – including the six-part series „Die Kinder der Manns“ (The Children of the [Thomas] Mann Family) which also appeared as an audiobook.
The Duo´s latest CD production „Begegnungen“ (Encounters) was released in the Fall, 2015 under the label „Stringendo“ (Stringendo Music); under which they have also collected and recorded numerous chamber music works suitable for young aspiring musicians.

Music between the readings: Allegro moderato from the Sonata in A major for piano and violin – César Franck (1822-1890)
Music during the offering: Etude No 2 in C sharp minor for piano, opus 2 – Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
The Postlude: Romanze in G major for violin and organ, opus 26 – Johan Severin Svendsen (1840-1911)

Esther Schöpf (violin)
Born in the Odenwald region of southern Hesse (Germany), Esther started playing violin at the age of four and after graduation from high school went on to study violin and chamber music at the Music Conservatories of Munich (Germany) and Geneva (Switzerland). Together with her chamber music ensembles “Schwabinger Klaviertrio” and “NonSordino” she frequently performs at various national and international festivals (e.g. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Würzburger Mozart Festspiele and Heidelberger Frühling). She is concertmaster of the Munich Daimler Orchestra and of the Chamber Orchestra Stringendo. In addition, Esther develops projects combining music and literature that regularly lead to co-productions with various theaters in Munich. Numerous CD productions document her artistic work.

Norbert Groh (piano, organ)
Born near Bamberg in Bavaria (Germany) Norbert started playing piano, organ, cembalo and accordion at an early age. His exceptional versatile musical talent soon earned him numerous awards in various competitions. He went on to study music at the “Musikhochschule” (University-level College of Music) of Munich, Karlsruhe and Vienna. In addition he studied conducting at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, which led to positions at the Augsburg Municipal Opera and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
As soloist (piano, organ, cembalo), as chamber musician and as conductor, Norbert regularly performs at various national and international venues such as the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Munich Opera Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and the festival “amici della musica, Milano”. Concert tours have led him to the USA, Spain, Finnland, and other countries. He also composes and arranges music for radio plays for the “Bayerischer Rundfunk” (Bavarian Radio) and an audio-book publisher. Numerous CD and radio productions document his artistic work.

Healing Our Planet Earth (H.O.P.E.)
2017-09-10 11:45 - 12:45 | Kurrajong Room, 120 Collins, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Today we will host a round-table discussion over nibbles with a look at little-known aspects of Seaweed, Cement & Plastic.
Drawing from research by the ABC Catalyst program, with Prof Tim Flannery & the Melbourne Univ think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions, Sally Clarke will host the session, including any news & views you are invited to share.
BYO lunch Tea & coffee supplied.
When: Sunday 10 September, 11.45 am
Location: Kurrajong Room, Level 1, St Michael’s Place.
Enquiries: Sally Clarke, Roger Hersey, Cheryl Power.

Make Australia Great Again, or Make the Planet Great Again: Part Two
2017-09-12 18:00 - 18:30 | St Michael’s Hall, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
6.30pm, Tuesday 5 and 12 September
Back by popular demand, Professor Joseph Camilleri OAM will present this two-part lecture series.
These two lectures focus on Australia: how we see ourselves and ‘others’, how we understand our place in the world, what kind of future we envisage for ourselves and the Earth.
Ours is a time of turbulence, but now on a planetary scale. Many in the western world, Australia included, are anxious about the future, unsure where to turn for guidance or inspiration.
Some seek to exploit these anxieties, offering black and white explanations of our predicament. For some, the problem is immigration, for others Islamic fundamentalism, or simply Islam.
For others still, it is the conspiracy about global warming, or the forces driving globalisation. And so, for them the cure for all our ills is just as simple: cut immigration, or ban Muslims, or keep the coal industry going, or find security in the barrel of a gun.
Hence, Trump’s catch cry ‘make America great again’ and Marie Le Pen’s promise of a revolution of ‘patriots’. Australia’s equivalent voices are less well known but no less shrill.

The questions we need to ask – Tuesday 5 September
Australians are justifiably proud of having built a multicultural society in which people of widely different ethnic, religious and language backgrounds can live peacefully side by side. Yet, many remain suspicious of refugees and boat people, unconvinced of the benefits of immigration, disinclined to learn other languages, uncomfortable about acknowledging Indigenous Australians as custodians of this land.
This lecture will address some of the critical questions now before us:
Are we ready to enshrine in our constitution a ‘Voice for Australia’s First Nations’?
What should be the requirements of Australian citizenship?
How should we respond to the terrorist threat?
How can we best engage with Islam and with our Muslim communities?
What is the appropriate role of religion in the public sphere?
The choices that await us – Tuesday 12 September
Our political leaders often act as if the choice is between economy and environment. This lecture will argue that this is a false choice, and that reconciling economic and environmental priorities holds the key to Australia’s future.
Much has rightly been said about the fragility of Australia’s environment to which our agricultural and industrial practices, our lifestyles and patterns of consumption, and above all our carbon footprint have greatly contributed. Conventional wisdom has it that caring for the environment cannot come at the expense of our economic
prosperity. Similarly, responding to the challenge of climate change cannot mean placing international obligations above our national interests.
But the conventional wisdom may be mistaken. The lecture will canvas other ways of looking at ecological, economic and social wellbeing – and what this means for the national conversation and our public institutions. We have reached a critical point that calls for a radical rethink not just of policies, but also of institutions – and this includes parliaments, political parties, courts, media, schools and universities.

Sunday Service
2017-09-17 10:00 - 11:00 | 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.

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 though our wellbeing programs and our commitment to counselling and psychotherapy. 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.

Patsy Worledge Fabric Art Exhibition Opening
2017-09-17 11:30 - 13:00
Patsy Worledge chooses to live in the light surrounded by bright colours; her exuberance and enthusiasm knows no bounds. She thinks and creates with colour; celebrating life in her art and leaving interpretation to others.
Patsy finds pure joy in breathing new life into discarded fabrics. Honouring the fabric designer’s original motif and skill Patsy incorporates a stunning variety of different fabrics into her colourful tapestries; finding a place for even the tiniest fragment of cloth to be included into her textile storyboards.
Hours of scouring the op-shops of Melbourne and gratefully accepting all contributions of fabrics from friends and family Patsy has created her crafty tapestries. Members of the St Michael’s community may be able to look closely at Patsy beautiful work and see fragments of the fabric they donated to her creative cause.
We all wonder, don’t we, why we couldn’t quite put those odd bits into the rubbish. No doubt it wasn’t the end of its tactile journey. The spirit of so many has contributed to this exhibition of story.

St Michael's Art Competition - Opening
2017-09-17 11:30 - 13:00
Celebrate the opening of the 2017 St Michael’s Art Competition exhibition as artists from around Australia showcase artwork that respond to the theme of this year’s St Michael’s Week, Nurture.
The theme of this years art compeition connects with the good work of the Mirabel Foundation who nurture and support children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental drug use.
Artist will include: Alfie J Franklin, Wendy Hickin, Alister Karl, Leo Kengst, Rosa Leonardi, Stephen Ngaa, Jackson Raine, Ólafur Thnarsson and Paul Voth

Creative Faith Discussion Group
2017-09-17 11:45 - 12:45 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Our Past and the Experiences that Shape Our Present.
Our life journey is a personal one-full of experiences, which help guide our response to everything happening in our lives.
This will be the topic for our next session in our series The Things That Bring Meaning To Life.
All are welcome to Join Neil in the Wellbeing Studio for this conversation.
* Note room change * Tea and coffee provided
Date: September 17
Time: 11.45 am to 12.45 pm
Location: Wellbeing Studio (end of passage) Level 1 St Michael’s halls.

Bruce Pascoe - Dark Emu
2017-09-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
We are delighted that Bruce Pasco will be visiting St Michael’s to talk about his award-winning book Dark Emu. Bruce will be giving a 1-hour presentation with Q&A in the Waratah Room at 12pm.
Bruce Pascoe puts forward a compelling argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing-behaviours inconsistent with the hunter-gather tag. Dark Emu was short listed for 2014 Victorian Premier’s Indigenous Writer’s Award and the 2014 Queensland and Western Australia Literary awards.
‘If we look at the evidence presented to us by the explorers and explain to our children that Aboriginal people did build houses, did build dams, did sow, irrigate and till the land, did alter the course of rivers, did sew their clothes, and did construct a system of pan-continental government that generated peace and prosperity, then it is likely we will admire and love our land all the more.’ – Bruce Pascoe

Sally-Anne Russell in Concert
2017-09-19 13:00 - 14:00
As part of our St Michael’s Week celebrations, one of Australia’s finest mezzo sopranos, Sally-Anne Russell, will perform a special one-hour recital.
As a principal guest artist she has sung with Opera Australia, all of the State Opera companies and all of the major Australian symphony orchestras. An ARIA Award winner, she has recorded on ABC Classics, Chandos and Decca labels.
She will be accompanied by St Michael’s own Music Manager, Rhys Boak, one of Australia’s finest organists.
“Sally-Anne Russell is one of Australia’s current operatic and oratorio stars.” – Rob Holdsworth (The Australian Book Review 2015)

Time and Date: 1pm, Tuesday 19 September
Duration: 60min, no interval
Location: St Michael’s on Collins,
120 Collins Street, Melbourne
FREE EVENT
Bookings not required

Breadtime Stories
2017-09-20 12:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
with Award winning writer and actor Jim Howes
Stories form a major part of who we are, whether it be stories of strangers, famous people or those from our own lives. They could be called the ‘growing panes’ of our lives – windows into the laughs and pangs of growing up. The stories told today will draw from Jim Howes’ own rich experiences along with a sprinkle of the imagined.

Storytellers are always holding on to or inventing stories that have some sort of ‘hook’ into the artist’s life or world view. Jim Howes had his first story published back in Ireland when he was a ten years old. Since then, he has published around 200 books for children and adults, performed live and in a number of films and TV series. Story is central to everything he does – he’s been telling or writing them for decades and written speeches for two premieres and government ministers. He will be telling several stories across the emotional spectrum at this event, even if there’s only an audience of one.
This is a FREE EVENT
No bookings required
All are welcome to attend

Peter Sheridan and Rhys Boak in Concert
2017-09-21 13:00 - 14:00
Celebrated flautist, Peter Sheridan, will perform an innovative program of music in the spectacular surrounds of St Michael’s.
Accompanied by Rhys Boak on piano and the St Michael’s grand organ, the program will include music written for a collection of ‘Low Flutes’ including the alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute and the world’s largest flute, the Hyperbass Flute.
Experience the thrill of hearing the world premiere of a flute sonata by Phillip Rawles. Along with music composed by Michael Rosiak and Johannes Brahms.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear the unique resonances created by blending the fascinating extended family of flutes with piano and grand organ.
Time and Date: 1pm, Thursday 21 September
Duration: 60min, no interval
Location: St Michael’s on Collins,
120 Collins Street, Melbourne
FREE EVENT
Bookings not required

Healthy Ageing Seminar - September
2017-09-22 11:00 - 13:00 | St Michael’s Hall, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary
Join Clinical Psychologist Julijana Chochovski as she explores the keys to motivation. Learn about setting goals and finding rewards in what you do and what you don’t want to do.
Time and Date: 11am, Friday 22 September
Location: St Michael’s Place, Hall, Ground Floor (behind the church)
Tickets: $20pp (includes tea, coffee and sandwiches)
Limited Seating Booking Recommended: Click the link below or call 9654 5120 to reserve your seats

Each month we choose a theme and present an exploration of helpful Psychological tips on that theme. Presented by Clinical Psychologist Julijana Chochovski, of The Cairnmillar Institute, these seminars provide much-needed tools for coping with problems commonly associated with ageing.
The supportive and friendly atmosphere allows participants the opportunity to discuss a variety of concerns that may arise in later years. Hosted by St Michael’s Uniting Church in the heart of the CBD, these secular seminars will help inspire you and your loved ones to enjoy an independent and high quality of life.

“These seminars attract so many older people, and I’m not surprised considering the important topics they discuss, all of which help older people to age well.” – Noeline Brown (Australia’s first Ambassador for Ageing)
