Thursday 22 June 2023
Join the SPACE Community for an online Wintery SPACE on a wintery evening.
Joseph & his Coat of Many Colours
Sunday 25 June 2023 from 4 – 6pm
We are pleased to announce a three-session Messy Miners season for Winter 2023.
It’s a great way to spend a cold winter’s Sunday afternoon at home online with your friends building stories in Minecraft.
Our story this month will be about Joseph, a boy whose father gave him a beautiful coat to show him his love. His jealous brothers threw him into a well and then he was sold into slavery in Egypt. Joseph went on to work for the Pharaoh and had many amazing dreams. It’ll be a great story to build!
Our first Messy Miners for 2023 will happen on Sunday 25th June, 4pm-6pm on Zoom and in Minecraft.
Please contact Sandy at sandybrodine@gmail.com for more information.
Thursday 15 June 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community in their monthly online Christian Meditation Service: a Justified SPACE.
Pentecost Party!
A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Pentecost – the birthday of the whole church… and now it’s Messy Church’s turn… come and celebrate the birth of the church with a great big PARTY!
Join us this Sunday 11 June 2023. We’ll meet from 4:30 – 6:30 at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon Street.
We’ll have our usual extravaganza of activities, crafts and games, and a celebration time in the church. And we’ll finish it off with our usual yummy shared meal.
If you have friends who you think would like to join us at Messy Church, please bring them along with you!.
Contact Sandy Brodine at sandybrodine@gmail.com for more details.
Thursday 8 June 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community in a A Voyager SPACE, based on the life and voyage of St Brendan the Navigator, a 6th century Irish Saint.
The service includes music played on the Irish Pipes (Uilleann), some stunning scenery from Ireland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland, and Sandy’s icon of St Brendan! Prayers and Meditation written by Sandy’s friend Mark Berry from Telford, UK.
Thursday 25 May 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community as they prepare for Pentecost Sunday.
Thursday 18 May 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community in their monthly Christian meditation service, a ‘Pray-er’ SPACE.
Thursday 11 May 2023
Join the SPACE Contemplative Community for St Julian of Norwich’s SPACE, marking the 650th anniversary of Julian’s ‘Showings’ on the 8 May 2023.
This SPACE service includes a reflection by our friend Rev Dr Peter Blackwood from the Uniting Church in Australia Icon School and music from St Martins in the Fields in London.
(Please provide yourself with a hazelnut or other small nut for the reflection during the service.)
Grumbling and Grace!
This Sunday 7th May is Messy Church again! We’ll meet from 4:30 – 6:30pm at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon St, Ivanhoe.
We’ll have our usual extravaganza of activities, crafts and games, and a celebration time in the church. And we’ll finish it off with our usual yummy shared meal!
Our story this time is about the Israelites who escaped from being prisoners in Egypt and were wandering around in the wilderness. God provided manna for them to eat… but they grumbled a lot about it! We’ll use this story to wonder about our own lives: what are the things we grumble about? Where does God provide grace, even when we’re unable to see it?
There are 2 things that it would be great if you could bring along for Messy Church this time:
Firstly, if you could bring some leaves and flowers – particularly autumn leaves! We’ll use these as part of our craft.
Secondly could you please bring some non-perishable food items to donate to people who have less than we do. The story is one about God providing for us, and so this is a way that we can help provide for others in need.
If you have friends who you think would like to join us at Messy Church, please bring them along with you!
Contact Rev Sandy Brodine for further information.
You may remember that the Network recently donated ~$10,000 (USD $6,300) to The Foundation for Tomorrow for the construction of model classrooms in three different primary schools in Tanzania. The classrooms are used to train teachers in the latest student-centered teaching methods.
Teachers in Tanzania are faced with insufficient resources and large class sizes and may often not be aware of current teaching practices. These model classrooms are a way for teachers to improve their teaching in a lovely colourful and well-equipped setting.
Click here to watch an absolutely gorgeous video about these classrooms that the Banyule Network has helped to build. Something as simple as having desks that are the right size for children can be life changing.
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.