This Sunday, at Bring and Share, our own John McCredie will be speaking… this should be a great night, so come along at 6:30pm, bring a plate of food to share, and enjoy some good company, good food, and good wine!

Bring and Share restarts for 2011 in March; this year we’ll be meeting on the second Sunday of the month, so that’s March 13th at 6:30pm. John and Maureen will be speaking about their work with the infirm and with dementia patients at Uniting Care. Come along and hear about the important, though unglamorous, work that the Uniting Church carries out amongst some of the most needy members of our community.

This Sunday, at Bring and Share, will be a (almost your last) chance to hear from Gregor… Gregor spent a few weeks travelling around the UK on the ‘Fresh Expressions’ tour earlier this year, and he’ll be sharing some of his observations about new ways of being Church that are being tried out over there.

This coming Sunday, at 6:30pm, we are delighted to be able to welcome Rev. James Bahgwan, of the Methodist Church in Fiji, as our guest speaker. Rev. Bahgwan is a journalist, minister, and lecturer in theology, ethics, and Church history, and he will share firsthand the challenges facing the Church in Fiji at this time.

Rev. Bahgwan is visiting Australia as the guest of Uniting World, The Uniting Church’s development agency.

Open Door Launch! Open Door is the new name for our four evening celebrations – Sacred Space, Jazz Cafe, Bring and Share and Alt. Worship. On the evening of Sunday September 26th, from 6:30pm – 8:00pm. we’ll be having a launch, in which you can get a taster of all four – listen to some quality jazz, wander through sacred space, share a meal together with a speaker, and explore an alternative approach to worship.

We’d love to see as many of the St. John’s community there as possible – and it’s a great chance to bring some friends to share good music, good food, good conversation, with a healthy dash of spirituality for good measure.