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25.01.2022 'the dove' SUPER SATURDAY SALE on Feb 17 at 8 am-12 pm. Don't miss this chance to secure lots of bargains. At Ocean Grove Uniting Church Hall

25.01.2022 What an amazing grace that has continued in the last 150 years in Barwon Heads. (1868-2018) **150th Anniversary Service: Oct 7 (Sun) at 10:30 am**

25.01.2022 [Blessing of the Pets] All pets are welcome! Time to bless our companions. Oct 14, 2018 at 10:30am Ocean Grove Uniting Church

25.01.2022 Smiling Is Contagious (Author Unknown) Smiling is contagious, you catch it like the flu, When someone smiled at me today,... I started smiling too. I passed around the corner and someone saw my grin. When he smiled I realised I'd passed it on to him. I thought about that smile, then I realised its worth. A single smile, just like mine could travel round the earth. So, if you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected. Let's start an epidemic quick, and get the world infected! (read by Neil Derrick after the Lord's Prayer at yesterday service) *Photo source: 71toes,com on Pinterest

24.01.2022 Happy Easter, everyone! Enjoy this powerful song; Jesus is alive in you.

23.01.2022 Wedding service of Jenny and Scott on last Saturday (1 Dec) at Barwon Heads Uniting Church. It was a hot day, but the weather could not stop the guests celebrating their new beginning with happy heart. Congratulations, Jenny and Scott! May God bless your journey always.

23.01.2022 Last night we had a special event, of the Dove Uniting Church Outreach Centre, at the Leopold Sportsmans Club. What a night!! What a lovely fellowship!! Thank you all leaders and volunteers for everything you have done for our community this year.

23.01.2022 ["If I Was White"] 1. I visited the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra on my recent holiday. There, an Aboriginal artwork caught my eyes. That was a text art titled If I was White created by Vernon Ah Kee, an Indigenous artist. 2. In that artwork, there are 53 statements starting with If I was White. To introduce a few, If I was White I could walk down the street and people would pay no particular attention to me, If I was White I would have more chance of getti...ng a job, If I was White I would believe myself to be equal to anyone, If I was White I could say My father worked hard to buy this land,. . . 3. I carefully read every statement in front of the artwork, and felt something sad. The text work finishes like this: But I am Black and I am as misunderstood as the next Blackfella, but I am beginning to understand the White Man. When I read the last sentence, but I am beginning to understand the White Man, I felt a shiver. My sense of sadness was suddenly transformed into a feeling of hope. 4. Before reading the last sentence, all the statements of If I was White sounded like resentment or blame, but after reading the last paragraph I realised that all his statements were not resentment, but fierce struggling to understand the White people by departing from his culture and pains. Likewise, when we take a distance from our world, our pains, and our stereotypes, we can say, I am beginning to understand what I cannot accept. 5. In this respect, Miroslav Volf, one of my favourite theologians teaching at Yale Divinity School, argues that we should depart from our life-context and culture to accept the divine mysteries and otherness in our life journey. Volf takes Abrahams departure as an example. From Abrahams life journey as a migrant, we can learn that moving a distance from our culture means giving up not only our land and human networks, but also our rights, privileges, and even fixed ideas. 6. At that, a space can be created in us to accept the others as well as God, the absolute otherness. Through that effort of de-centring and re-centring, Abraham could meet God personally and walk together with Him for his life. Like Abraham, I believe, we Christians must depart from our comfort zone ceaselessly to make a space for God and strangers to come into our life. Rev Dr Jong Soo Park (Minister of OG-BH Uniting Church) Photo: If I was White by Vernon Ah Kee @ NGA, Canberra

23.01.2022 [Special gathering with volunteers] A great time to gather and develop a sense of companionship through singing together, listening to stories and having a lovely morning tea. ". . . For a long time, our church has done lots of things for our local community including the Dove OP shop and the Loaves and Fishes ministry. The bottom line is that without all volunteers' precious support we couldn't have served our local people and beyond. So, the main purpose of today's gathering is to say to you, 'Thank You.' Thank you for your amazing support and commitment. . . ." (Rev Dr Jong Soo Park, the minister of OG-BH Uniting Church)

23.01.2022 We are the knitting champions!! The Ocean Grove UC knitting group.

22.01.2022 Happy Mother's Day to all mums. You are awesome!!

21.01.2022 Judy Greer, one of our elders, received a Victorian Premiers Volunteers Champions Award from Governor & Premier. Well done, Judy!!

21.01.2022 In this sacred moment, In this sacred space....

20.01.2022 What a blissful time to celebrate 150 years' ministry and service for building the Kingdom of God. It's a great opportunity to memorise and discern how the Holy Spirit has worked among us in the past and the present, and to expect what the Spirit will do in the future through us. #BarwonHeadsUC150thAnniversary

19.01.2022 A 5 o'clock Contemporary Service on Sunday(21st) @BH. Great to listen to John and Margaret Russell's stories of how to connect and support local communities as local churches. Meaningful and insightful.

18.01.2022 Want a silent place for prayers and reflection? Feel free to come to our Lenten Sacred Space; every Thursday at BH (10am-1pm), every Friday at OG (10am-2pm) until the Easter Vigil.

18.01.2022 Helen Park, one of our children, is fundraising for Guide Dogs as her school project. If you are interested in donating for supporting guide dogs, please participate by clicking the link below.

15.01.2022 Don't miss out this on Sep. 24 & 25

14.01.2022 A potluck dinner with Ocean Grove church councilors at the manse. How wonderful our cooperation was this year. Well done guys. Bless you all.

14.01.2022 The 15th Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia has approved an additional statement on marriage to allow the Uniting Church ministers to conduct same-gender weddings, not changing the traditional understanding of marriage. This means the UCA will hold two equal and distinct statements of belief on marriage, which will give freedom to the UCA ministers and congregations to decide whether to accept the change or not on the basis of their faith and conscience. For more information, please read the reflection of Past UCA President Rev. Prof Andrew Dutney linked below.

14.01.2022 with Sharelle McMahon & Ian Cover A community enterprise supporting Sharelle's charity 'Fight MND' and the Ocean Grove Uniting Church. *17th March 2018 at 7:30 pm @OGUC

12.01.2022 What a song, what a night!! Hallelujah chorus in Handels Messiah sung by the Barwon Heads Chorale at the 2017 Barwon Heads Community Carol Night organised by the Barwon Heads Uniting Church.

11.01.2022 Congratulations, Lyn. Lyn Mulligan OAM was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia this year for service to the community through a range of organisations including Ocean Grove Uniting Church.

11.01.2022 Congratulations to Robert and Barbara. Their brand new granddaughter, little Matilda, just arrived. May God bless and keep Matilda all the time.

10.01.2022 [Fresh Expressions Brainstorming Night] Great to share our ideas and feelings of fresh expressions for God's church and local community.

09.01.2022 Alfie's baptism on Sunday morning. What a beautiful moment!! May God bless your life and faith.

08.01.2022 ['St. Peter and St. John at the Gate of the Temple,' Albrecht Dürer, 1513] 1. One of today's Lectionary readings was about the story of healing a lame beggar by Peter and John in Act 3. A German artist Albrecht Dürer left an interesting work regarding the narrative, and I would like to share its insights. ...Continue reading

08.01.2022 [Special gathering with volunteers] You are invited to a special gathering in appreciation of your volunteer support to the community and the church. *August 19 at 10:30am @OG Uniting Church

07.01.2022 June <4R Thrive Together> Intergenerational Worship @BH/ The topic was "Kingdom of God," and we could broaden and deepen our thinking through sharing and listening, group mission, and activity. *Worship Script: https://goo.gl/UW4bua

07.01.2022 #2017AdventStudy #StoryPatch Doug Whan shared his long experiences of church finance in the third session of Story Patch. Yes, thanks to these people's sacrifice and commitment, the Lord's church has been able to serve for the kingdom of God.

05.01.2022 Sarah Hobbs, one of our youth, is colouring on 16 March to help beat blood cancer. Sponsor Sarah to give Aussie families facing blood cancer the emotional and practical support they need.

02.01.2022 Our story of experimenting an intergenerational worship was shared in March 2018 Crosslight. Our faith journey with all generations is a work in progress.

02.01.2022 A Favorite Hymn Service on Sunday(21st) @OG. What a lovely time to sing 14 selected hymns together with listening to beautiful personal stories regarding songs.

01.01.2022 Commissioning service on the Day of Pentecost. Congratulations to all commissioned this morning.