Thursday 7 December 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community for their monthly Taizé service.
hope springs Art Exhibition 2023
The ‘Glimmers of Hope’ Exhibition was held on 15 November to celebrate 25 years of hope springs. It highlighted the nature of what hope springs is about: A community which fosters connectedness and celebrates the individual people and what they bring to the hope springs program.
Click on each image below for a larger picture
Click here for a wonderful video of the Exhibition – including behind-the-scenes footage!
Thursday 30 November 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community in an “Advent SPACE” to help us begin our ‘waiting time’ for the one who enters the world at Christmas.
Thursday 16 November 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community in their monthly Christian meditation service
Welcome to Advent
Sunday 12 November 2023
4.30 – 6.30pm at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon Street
Christmas is coming soon, and that means that the season of Advent is nearly upon us!
Advent is the time of year when we wait for the coming of the baby Jesus. There are stories of ‘getting ready’ for Jesus in the gospels: In Luke we have the story of the Angel appearing to Mary and telling her not to fear because her baby was from God and would bring joy and peace to the world. And in Matthew we hear of Joseph having a dream where an angel tells him not to fear, and to look after Mary and the baby. I wonder how it felt for Mary and Joseph to have these strange dreams?
We’ll have all of our usual fun activities, crafts and games, as well as a celebration time and a shared meal. If you have friends who you think would like to join us at Messy Church, please bring them along with you.
For more information contact Sandy Brodine
Thursday 2 November 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community in their monthly Taizé worship service.
Thursday 26 October 2023
Share in a prayerful and deeply reflective time with the SPACE Contemplative Community as you remember those you have loved and lost who are now with God.
Thursday 19 October 2023
In this service, we will share in the story of Christina of Markyate, a medieval anchorite nun who lived in the 12th century.
Rev Sandy Brodine has followed in the footsteps of Christina while travelling in the UK (many of the photos of St Albans Cathedral included in the service are Sandy’s) and she has also cross stitched some of the illustrations from her Psalter.
We hope you enjoy Christina’s feisty resolve to follow Jesus with all of her being.
Thursday 12 October 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community for their monthly Christian Meditation Service, ‘A God SPACE’.
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.