St Michael's Uniting Church

Easter at St Michael's: Maundy Thursday Service
2019-04-18 18:30 - 19:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | 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

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

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

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

Thursday Organ Recital
2019-04-11 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-04-04 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-03-28 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-03-21 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-03-14 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-03-07 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.
Free entry.
Doors open at 12.30pm.

'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
2019-04-07 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

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
2019-03-31 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

Trio Anima Mundi
2019-03-24 14:00 - 16:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Trio Anima Mundi presents their twelfth subscription series – Three’s Company – in 2019.
Trio Anima Mundi continues its ‘Piano Trio Archaeology’ mission of presenting rarely-heard works from the piano trio repertoire as well as works of the canon such as Ravel and Haydn.
​Sunday 24th March
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 23 October
Tickets: $45.00 (adults), $35.00 (concession)
Three concerts subscription purchase $120.00 for adults and $90.00 for concession.
An early bird discount is available for all three concert subscriptions until the end of February: $100.00 (adults) and $80.00 (concession) + booking fees.
Tickets available from www.trioanimamundi.com

Searchers Group
2019-03-24 11:45 - 13:00 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Jesus’s Female Disciples: The New Evidence.
Join us to watch the ABC Compass/Channel 4 feature presented by Prof. Joan Taylor, King’s College and Prof. Helen Bond University of Edinburgh, followed by a discussion session.

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

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-03-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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.
Session 1: Sunday 3 March, 12pm
Session 2:Sunday 17 March, 12pm
Session 3: Sunday 7 April, 12pm
The format for each 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

Poetry Group
2019-03-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Group Room, Level 2, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Presented by Peter Kingsbury
You are invited to come along the Poetry Group and enjoy a lively discussion in an exploration between finitude and flourishing.
The theme will be ‘Wisdom.’ We will be looking at three poems:
‘Desiderata’ by Max Ehrmann
‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling
‘Ulysses’ by Alfred Tennyson
If you have a poem that you would like to share with the group, please bring it along.
All welcome in this sharing.
Location: Group Room, Level 2

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

H.O.P.E - Healing Our Planet Earth
2019-03-10 12:00 - 14:30 | Wellbeing Studio, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
The Tarkine in Motion
For those not able to venture into the wilderness you will experience a virtual reality by seeing the The Tarkine in Motion courtesy of The Bob Brown Foundation. The beauty of this scenic northwestern Tasmanian wilderness inspired a group of artists of many mediums to spend last Easter in various Tarkine ecosystems, from jagged coast and button grass plains to rainforest rivers with time-lapse photography.
Last weeks at the innovative Sustainable Living Festival expressed one strong message from our world’s eminent scientist Sir David Attenborough, who is still passionate about Earth-care at 90 years old:
“The one thing that we all have to do, in a way that covers every aspect of our life is simply not to waste.
“Don’t waste plastic, don’t waste food and don’t waste power.
“Live within our means, without inflicting damage on the planet; that IS a possibility. And that’s what we should all be aiming at.”
Convener: Sally Clarke

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

2019 St David's Day: Gymanfa Ganu (Songs of Praise)
2019-03-03 15:00 - 16:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
The Melbourne Welsh Church presents:
2019 St David’s Day Gymanfa Ganu (Songs of Praise)
Featuring special guest from Wales
Andrew P Jenkins
2018 National Eisteddfod of Wales Blue Riband Winner
together with
Huw Jones renowned Harpist
and the combined voices of six local choirs.
Don’t miss out on this wonderful afternoon of song and praise!

Saving Jesus with Rev Peter Burnham
2019-03-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Waratah Room, 120 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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.
Session 1: Sunday 3 March, 12pm
Session 2:Sunday 10 March, 12pm
Session 3: Sunday 17 March, 12pm
The format for each 1 – 1.5 hour session includes a conversation around the readings, a 20 minute video segment and guided discussion.

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
