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 * This week's Presbytery newslatter contains: "Glen Waverley Uniting Church is advertising two ministry roles: Minister of the Word, and First Third of Life Minister. Alanee Hearnshaw is moving to Lorne Uniting Church. Neil Peters is planning to retire in 2023. Applications will close on November 30. The advertisement and profiles will be available next week." So things are moving along.

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GWUC Headlines for week ending Oct 22

  • ChurchCouncil met Monday night and provisional minutes are available now at CouncilMinutes20221017

  • National Church Life Survey are running a webinar on "How healthy are Australian Churches?" at 11am on Thursday 27 October.

  • The appeal to fund the sencond ministry position is now available.

  • This week's Presbytery newslatter contains: "Glen Waverley Uniting Church is advertising two ministry roles: Minister of the Word, and First Third of Life Minister. Alanee Hearnshaw is moving to Lorne Uniting Church. Neil Peters is planning to retire in 2023. Applications will close on November 30. The advertisement and profiles will be available next week." So things are moving along.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Oct 15

  • Sustainability Vic (and Vic govt) are pleased to formally announce that we have been successful in receiving funding for our foyer/Fellowship heating and cooling upgrade and replacement programme. We have received $10,025 as 50% of the total project cost.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Oct 8

GWUC Headlines for week ending Oct 1

  • The Alliance for Gambling Reform is seeking members.

  • Presbytery wrote: Today we’ve published a 16-page issue of Newsbeat for October, 16 pages long, with three A4 posters to print or distribute on the end. Community is everything, so this month we are focusing on the theme of 'Pastoral Care'.
    This month we feature stories on Ormond Uniting Church Little Free Pantry , Pakenham Uniting Church work with Sudanese community,, Climate Action network launch, mission-making with the Census, Rev Eseta Meneilly, sharing her story about her Fijian Stoles, along with a 3-page focus on Uniting Agewell within our Presbytery.
    The October issue is available to read or download from the Presbytery website: https://ucappep.org/newsbeat/

GWUC Headlines for week ending Sep 25

  • The office is closed this week while Joanne is on leave. Paastoral requests should be directed to DiPaterson.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Sep 18

  • The meeting of the congregation voted unanimously to seek a second fulltime ministry agent following Alanee's resignation. We did this knowing that it could only be afforded if we increased our giving by around 10%.

  • Church Council met Monday night and Provisional minutes are available.

    • The Profile for the "Minister of the Word" vacancy is in the final stages before going to Pastoral Relations Committee of Presbytery.

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GWUC Headlines for week ending Aug 20

  • Last night Church Council reluctantly accepted Alanee Hearnshaw’s resignation from her position as Youth, Young Adults, Children’s & Families and Outreach Pastor. Alanee has been sharing her multitude of talents with us for 16 years. She will conclude her ministry position at Glen Waverley on 31 October 2022.

  • Council also accepted a recommendation from the Fete Committee to cancel the 2022 ChurchFete.

  • Church Council provisional minutes are available now.

  • Leighmoor, Coatesville and Murrumbeena are running five Pastoral Partners training sessions for volunteers. The sessions include an overview of pastoral care, learning to listen, caring for the sick, loss and grief. All sessions will be held at Murrumbeena Uniting Church. All are welcome. See Sharonne Price's seminar on Pastoral Partners. Option One: Five sessions: 7.30 pm - 9.15 pm Friday night, September 16 and Saturday September 7, 9 am to 5 pm. Option Two: Five sessions: 12 noon to 2 pm, Sunday September 18 & 25, October 2, 9 and 16. Register by emailing [email protected]

GWUC Headlines for week ending Aug 13

  • The Synod website now has a page of climate change resources: https://victas.uca.org.au/resources/climate-change/

  • We are very pleased to announce that we are now able to make new and updated safe church training available across the Synod. All members with WWCCs should do this training. To register for the training click here.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Aug 6

  • ChurchCouncil meets next Monday. The agenda is developing at CouncilAgenda20220815. Matters for their attention can be sent to <councilsec AT gwuc DOT org DOT au>.

GWUC Headlines for week ending July 30

  • The Pastoral Relations Committee has now appointed two Presbytery Liaison Persons to join the Joint Nominating Committee for Glen Waverley. Chairing the JNC will be the Rev. Graham Bartley, minister at Coatesville, and Eunice Magee, chairperson of the St Luke’s Church Council will be the second PLP.

  • The GWUC pancake breakfasts at the Secondary College have a jar at Grill'd for the month of August.

GWUC Headlines for week ending July 23

GWUC Headlines for week ending July 16

  • ChurchCouncil meets next Monday. The agenda is developing at CouncilAgenda20220718. Matters for their attention can be sent to <councilsec AT gwuc DOT org DOT au>.

GWUC Headlines for week ending July 9

GWUC Headlines for week ending July 2

  • The July issue of Newsbeat is now available, with news and stories from around the Presbytery.

  • Monash City Council are raising concerns about the Suburban Rail Loop, and are looking for citizens to take a two minute survey to inform its future advocacy to the SRL Authority on these matters.

GWUC Headlines for week ending June 25

GWUC Headlines for week ending June 18

  • ChurchCouncil meets next Monday. The agenda is developing at CouncilAgenda20220620. Matters for their attention can be sent to <councilsec AT gwuc DOT org DOT au>.

GWUC Headlines for week ending June 4

  • The June issue of Newsbeat is now available, with news and stories from around the Presbytery, including Glen Waverley.

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GWUC Headlines for week ending May 7

  • The Book sale raised over $7300. Unsold books, about 8,000 of them, went to 123Read2Me.

  • Church Council agreed to put up a poster, from ARRC, supporting action on climate change. Check it out on our north (Kingsway side) wall. Responses include:

    • I'm sure it resonates to the wider community and especially to young people who are so concerned about the future of the planet. Believing in the incarnation, that Jesus came to reconcile all people and the whole of creation, then to speak up for real climate action must surely be an essential part of our mission.
    • I am very pleased to see the banner up and think we should continue to support the dissemination of facts rather than the lies being perpetuated. Like Desmond Tutu who stood against apartheid and was not afraid to speak out let us not be afraid to speak about this emergency.

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GWUC Headlines for week ending Mar 19

  • Monash Interfaith Gathering have invited us to a virtual screening of "Shereen" on 21st March at 7:30pm to support their work of promoting Understanding, Respect and Harmony throughout the community.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Mar 6

GWUC Headlines for week ending Feb 26

GWUC Headlines for week ending Feb 19

  • A petition to synchronise closing hours for gambling venues is available. In Victoria, all gaming venues must only operate for a maximum of 20 hours a day with a four-hour break. However each venue can individually decide what hours their poker machine rooms are closed. In Monash, access to a gaming venue is available 24 hurs a day.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Feb 12

  • The National Church Life Survey is underway.
    • After multiple delays, Glen Waverley is now running the National Church Life Survey.
    • This is designed to enable the whole congregation to provide input into church planning, and will be especially valuable this year as we move towards calling another Minister of the Word. However, its usefulness depends critically on how representative it is, that is, getting as many members as possible to take part.
    • This is a voluntary, anonymous and confidential survey.
    • Most people complete it in 15 to 20 minutes.
    • Choose one response to each question unless it states otherwise.
    • Not all surveys are exactly alike. There are many issues being covered.

    • Further details are available from NCLS.

    • The options for taking part are:

      • Online here for 15+ or here for 8-14yrs. Our Church Code is UA291301 Glen Waverley Uniting Church.

      • Paper copies available at 10am services on Feb 13th and 20th. The preference is for forms to be filled in and left on the day, but return to the church office is acceptable.
      • Contact the office asking Joanne to send you a paper survey by post.

      • A parent information sheet is available for families with 8 to 14 year olds.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Feb 5

  • The February edition of Newsbeat is now available, including two stories from Glen Waverley.

  • Members are invited to financially support the UnitingWorld appeal, which is helping the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga to support people affected by the volcanic eruption and tsunami. Funds donated through Unitingworld make it possible to quickly get food and clothes and other essentials to people in need, particularly those who have been evacuated from their islands. UnitingWorld has set up a website where donations can be made to support the emergency relief efforts that are underway. https://donate.unitingworld.org.au/tonga.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Jan 29

GWUC Headlines for week ending Jan 15

  • The Gold FISH group have decided to postpone the Book Sale from March 5 to a date to be determined, due to the increased prevalence of Covid-19.
  • In view of the continuing large number of COVID19 cases in the community, Church Council has decided to hold a single 10am live streamed service throughout February. A special meeting of the congregation for Council to outline plans for our future ministry team was planned for February 6. This will now be held following the 10am service, and live streamed for those not in attendance. This will be an information giving meeting, and no decisions are planned. It is hoped that the regular meeting of the congregation scheduled for March 6 will be possible in person.

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