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GWUC Headlines for week ending Feb 18

• Church Council met this week, and provisional minutes are available at CouncilMinutes20230220

• Monash City Council is accepting soft plastics for recycling at the Ferntree Gully Road depot. If you would like to be part of a scheme to collect soft plastics from the congregation and take to the depot, please contact DavidMorgan

GWUC Headlines for week ending Feb 18

• For those wishing to donate to the earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria, Act for Peace, the aid arm of the National Council of Churches in Australia, (Christmas Bowl) have now launched an emergency appeal at https://actforpeace.org.au/syria-turkiye-earthquake/

• The Alliance for Gambling Reform newsletter is now available.

• The February Crosslight features a story about Kelly Skilton.

• The CarefulKitchenCrew have prepared a checklist for UsingTheChurchKitchen

GWUC Headlines for week ending Feb 11

• Sarah Manase, Presbytery Communications Officer wrote:

  • Our Newsbeat Newsletter goes out the 1st week of every month, so if you know any stories or workshops or testimonies that would be useful, I would appreciate them by the 24th of every month.
    It doesn't need to be long, whether it be 1 page or 1/2 a page or even just a paragraph and lots of good quality photos - this would be great!
    In the month of March our theme will be focusing on " Thankfulness". If you have any people or know of a story that leads to this theme that would great. Or if not, anything is welcome.

• A picture of the original Methodist Church in Waverley road is at HistoricalPictures. If you can identify any of the people, please tell DavidMorgan.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Feb 4

• The Presbytery Newsletter for February is now available, including articles about Kelly Skilton and Daniel Sihombing.

• The stained glass display funded by the Marriott bequest is now on display. A photo with the artist's explanation is available.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Jan 28

• Church Council met on Monday, and provisional minutes are now available.

  • AlisonClarkson was elected Chair, and DavidMorgan continues as secretary.

  • Hoon You joined the meeting.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Jan 21

• Annual financial statement is now available.

• RevHoonYou will commence supply ministry at Glen Waverley for six months from February. Details at ProposedSupplyHoonDec2022

GWUC Headlines for week ending Dec 17

• Church Council has accepted a proposal from Presbytery that the Rev Hoon You undertake an intentional part time supply ministry at Glen Waverley commencing in early February.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Dec 10

• The alliance for Gambling Reform are looking for donations and signatories for a petition to support Andrew Wilkie's Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment (Making Gambling Businesses Accountable) Bill 2022

• The October 2022 Management report is now available. Note that our new accounting system will produce these each month.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Dec 3

• The 2022 Advent letter is now available.

• The last Presbytery newsletter for the year is now available.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Nov 26

• MonashInterfaithGathering have published Heather Yelland at MIG In 2022-11-14 Gender Equality Respectful Relationships on YouTube.

• Our final report from the National Church Life Survey is now available.

• Church Council met this week and provisional minutes are now available.

• The minutes of last Sunday's congregation meeting are now available.

• The alliance for Gambling Reform are looking for donations and signatories for a petition.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Nov 5

• AlisonClarkson, VidaFoo, SusanKaroly, and WendyPepper were elected with overwhelming support as Church Councillors for 2023 in the election held on Sunday 6 Nov 2022.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Nov 5

• Our staff vacancies are being advertised.

• November Newsbeat, the Presbytery magazine, is now available.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Oct 29

• Uniting Climate Action Network of NSW are holding a Zoom Webinar on "Investing in the Planet on November 3." Details and registration here.

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 second ministry position is now available.

• This week's Presbytery newsletter 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. Thanks to our Joint Nominating Committee

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

• The Alliance for Gambling Reforn Newsletter is available.

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.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Sep 11

• We are invited to a meeting of the Monash Interfaith Gathering, either in person or on Zoom.

• Act for Peace (Christmas Bowl) are looking for volunteers to go to Israel & Palestine to "build the foundations for a juat peace"

GWUC Headlines for week ending Sep 4

• The September issue of the Presbytery newsletter Newsbeat is now available.

• The Religious Response to Climate Change are running a forum on electric vehicles on September 7.

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

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

• 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

• ChurchCouncil met Monday. Provisional minutes are available at CouncilMinutes20220718.

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

• Some census data for Glen Waverley 2021 has been added to GlenWaverleyCensus#C2021

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

• Monash Interfaith Gathering are holding an Intercultural High Tea Book Club for NAIDOC Week with guest speaker indigenous elder Aunty Sherree Francis to address the group on the importance of oral story telling in their culture. Bookings here.

• ChurchCouncil met Monday. Provisional minutes are available at CouncilMinutes20220620.

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.

GWUC Headlines for week ending May 21

• ChurchCouncil met last Monday. Provisional minutes are available to the congregation at CouncilMinutes20220516. A highlight was the decision to support DanielSihombing in the next step along the way to ordination.

GWUC Headlines for week ending May 14

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

• ChurchCouncil meets next Monday. The agenda is developing at CouncilAgenda20220516.

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.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Apr 24

• Multiple service times resume this week.
• Check in requirements for morning tea and other food service have now been discontinued.

• Some revised artwork for the new position in the foyer has been prepared.

• Church Council met this week and provisional minutes are available at CouncilMinutes20220421

• The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change group will be holding a vigil at our local members office on May 6. See https://www.arrcc.org.au/chisolm_vigil_6_may and again on May 20, see https://www.arrcc.org.au/chisolm_vigil

GWUC Headlines for week ending Apr 17

• Presbytery are looking for members and volunteers for this year's Synod meeting. Please see SynodMembersVolunteers2022

• A number of courses are available through Synod.

• Regular services resume next Sunday. See RosterPreaching.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Apr 3

• Crosslight is available.

• The April edition of the Presbytery newsletter Newsbeat is available.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Mar 26

• Church Council met this week, and provisional minutes are available at CouncilMinutes20220321

• A number of Synod courses are available.

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.

  • Click here to view the trailer.

  • Click here to register

  • ONCE YOU'RE ON THE REGISTRATION SCREEN:
    • Click ‘Get Access Now’.
    • Register your details / log in and complete checkout.

    • Return to https://www.fanforcetv.com/programs/shereen-monash on Monday 21st March at 7:30pm to access the film and discussion.

  • FAQs are available here if you run into any issues.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Mar 6

• The March issue of Newsbeat is available.

GWUC Headlines for week ending Feb 26

• National Church Life Surveys are due. See below.

• Nominations for Council and Joint Nominating Committee close Next Sunday Feb 27.

  • Information of JNC is at available.

• Church Council met this week and provisional minutes are now available. Login required.

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 report of last Sundays meeting, with links to all the material provided, is now available.

• The February issue of Crosslight is now available.

• 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

• Some workshops on welcoming are available from Synod, starting Feb 2.

• The World Council of Churches and others have launched a "zactax" toolkit to campaign for tax justice.

• As groups resume for the new year, we are reminded of the legal requirements for checkin and mask wearing

• TheHub have decided to resume in second term 2022.

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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