Thursday 6 November 2025
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community for their monthly Taizé service.
The Messy Church Community had a great time catching up at Possum Hollow Park on 19 October,and enjoying God’s creation at Warringal Parklands, the nearby bushland reserve.
Along the way we left our worries on paperbark, our thanks on gum leaves and our ‘sorries’ in the Yarra River, knowing that no matter our worries, thanks or sorries, nothing in the whole world can change God’s love for us.
If you missed out on Messy Church and would like to head down and do the walk yourself or with your family, we’ve created an easy guide so you can follow the path we took. Or, head down to the park and make your own path! You can download the guide here.
Big thanks to Cathie for her beautiful ideas for our prayer walk and to everyone for coming.
Cafe of Dangerous Ideas
Friday 31 October 2025 at 7.30pm
Heidelberg Scots Uniting Church
187 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg
Join us for our annual discussion of all things about death:
How do you organise a funeral?
Try a coffin on for size!
What happens if you go into hospital and you don’t want treatment?
The Cafe of Dangerous Ideas is here for you to ask all the questions – so come along on Friday the 31 October (Halloween) at 7.30pm and talk death with us.
No bookings necessary – just turn up.
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Thursday 23 October 2025
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community as we continue to develop the practice of Ignatian Examen by reflecting on Luke 18:9–14 – ‘for all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted’
Thursday 30 October 2025
4pm – 7pm
Heidelberg Scots Church, 187 Burgundy Street Heidelberg
Church open at 4pm, Scavenger Hunt from 4:30pm, Coco from 5:30pm!
The Heidelberg Traders Association is having its annual Halloween Scavenger Hunt on Burgundy Street at 4:30pm on Thursday 30 October and our Heidelberg Scots Church is going to be open as a chill-out zone from 4pm for the whole community.
We’ll have free tea and coffee, face painting, a BBQ, and The Sycamore Tree Cafe will be open for (real!) coffee.
From 5:30pm we’ll be showing the fab movie Coco about the Mexican Day of the Dead, free for the whole community with free popcorn.
Come on down to Heidelberg for the scavenger hunt then pop by and see us for a snag and a movie!
Sunday 19 October 2025
4.30 – 6.30pm
Possum Hollow Playground
(off Beverley Road, Heidelberg)
Messy Church is on again this October, this time for a park meet up.
We’ll provide some food for an easy picnic dinner.
Bring yourselves, ready to reconnect and have a play, and wear your walking shoes as we’ll head out to explore the bushland and to find God’s amazing creatures who live there.
All are welcome.
Contact Bethany for more details.
Thursday 25 September 2025
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community as we continue to develop the practice of Ignatian Examen by reflecting on 1 Timothy 6:6-19- ‘trust God, pursue righteousness, and be generous‘
An Inspiring Centenary Celebration for Heidelberg West
On Sunday 14 September 2025, over 100 people gathered (with more on Zoom) to celebrate a centenary of the life and worship of the Heidelberg West Methodist / Uniting / Cross Generation church.
People came from near and far, representing different generations – those from the 1950s and 60s, those from the 1970s and 80s, and those from more recent decades. Rousing singing during the service included classic Methodist hymns, as well as contemporary songs.
Short presentations covered a range of topics: the founding of the church and the first 60 years, ministers of recent decades, Sunday School through the years, social activities, the period 1986 – 2008, Milingimbi visits, the formation of Cross Generation, becoming part of the Banyule Network, hope springs, and looking to the future.
We gathered for a photo outside, and then much conversation occurred over afternoon tea and while viewing a photo loop, displays of photos, and lists of early members and ministers. The theme of the celebration was encapsulated in the words of the foundation stone “To the Glory of God 1925”.
To view a recording of the service, click on this link West Heidelberg/CrossGeneration UCA Centenary 14 Sept 2025
Thursday 18 September 2025
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community for a Christian meditation service on 1 Timothy 2:1 – 7.
Cafe of Dangerous Ideas
Friday 19 September 2025 at 7.30pm
Sycamore Tree Cafe
185 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg
Any of us who have close affiliation with the Uniting Church will know the constant narrative: a story about how the church is changing.
In this session, with some stories and group sharing, we will explore the idea of Church as a Swamp: the question to us is how healthy is that swamp?
Our guest speaker is Ian David, a minister in placement at Fairfield Uniting Church… He’s never done anything really dangerous, let alone had a dangerous thought… but he did find this quote…
“Just as the Christian should not be constantly feeling his (sic) spiritual pulse, so, too, the Christian Community has not been given to us by God for us to be constantly taking its temperature.” from Life Together – Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Join us for a deep dive as we assess the Church as Swamp.
No bookings necessary – just turn up.
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About the Banyule Network
We are a Christian community of faith in the Banyule region, made up of congregations and communities of the Uniting Church. We have chosen to work together to love and serve God in our neighbourhood and the wider world. We warmly welcome you to share with us in worship, and in our community life and outreach.