St. Andrew's Uniting Church, Sunbury in Sunbury, Victoria | Church

St. Andrew's Uniting Church, Sunbury

Locality: Sunbury, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9744 7476

Address: Village Green, corner Brook and O'Shanassy Streets 3429 Sunbury, VIC, Australia

Website: http://sunburyunitingchurch.org.au

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25.01.2022 Links for this week's online worship and Drop-In session It’s been a tough week with significant bereavements among our number. But the number of active COVID cases is now quite low and we look forward to some measured easing of restrictions being announced on Sunday. The link for this Sunday’s online worship is: https://youtu.be/Qen0OaoSQw4... And the link for the Drop-In session on Zoom is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9320805276 Meeting ID: 932 080 5276 Passcode: 3568 Note, something changed in Zoom this week so do use this link (and password if requested). Looking forward to sharing these events with you. Stan

23.01.2022 Sunday worship Given how excited everyone was to participate live on the Sunday we transitioned into daylight saving time I have decided that this Sunday, being the first Sunday of the month, will again be live. Please connect directly to the service via the Zoom link below. There will be parts of the service that will be interactive that you will be invited to make contribution to. The service will be livestreamed directly to the Church’s YouTube channel for those who cannot... connect via Zoom. The link for that channel is also provided below. This is All Saints Sunday. There will be a time during the worship when we will pause to remember those of our number who are no longer part of the church on earth. We will light candles to remember these loved ones as we name them. You may have other loved ones who you would want to specially recall at this time. I encourage you to arrange to have a candle ready to light in your home when you are invited to do that. The link to connect live via Zoom is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9320805276 Meeting ID: 932 080 5276 Passcode: 3568 To watch on YouTube go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA1MVKVVxGOO5dNt0KD6x3g Note, this is a link to the channel, not to a particular file as usual. When the livestream commences it will appear as the most recent file. If you are late connecting I expect you will be joined where the service is up to at that moment not from the start. You will not be able to watch from the start until the livestream has concluded. If anyone would like assistance in connecting please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will seek to be of help. Cheers Stan

22.01.2022 Links for this Sunday's online worship and drop-in fellowship hour on Zoom The link for this Sunday’s online worship will be: https://youtu.be/0pogZ_pOzB4 It will go ‘public’ in time for us to watch it together at 9.30am or whenever after that.... The link for the drop-in fellowship hour that will open at 11am will be: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9320805276 Meeting ID: 932 080 5276 Passcode: 3568 Looking forward to sharing both these times with you all. Stan

21.01.2022 Links for Sunday's online worship and drop-in fellowship hour It has been an interesting week in terms of international politics, but in Victoria it has been a great week not one new positive case of COVID-19 virus at a time when many countries are experiencing uncontrolled 3rd waves. I can’t wait to hear on Sunday that many of the remaining restrictions on our movement will come down forthwith. ... The link for this Sunday’s online worship that will go ‘public’ in time for us to worship together at 9.30am Sunday morning is: https://youtu.be/_BAMeHkSSn4 This is a service of Holy Communion. So please arrange to have some bread and wine/juice ready to share during that service. Notes, these services are now being uploaded to the new St Andrews YouTube channel we have established. So please don’t expect to find it on my personal channel to which they used to b posted. You might like to subscribe to the St Andrews channel so you won’t need to go via the link each week. To do that go to the St Andrews YouTube channel by clicking on this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA1MVKVVxGOO5dNt0KD6x3g Once there hit the Subscribe button. Thereafter when you open up YouTube it should show anything that has been uploaded to the St Andrews channel. If you don’t immediately see it you will find a button marked Subscriptions and that should show up the St Andrews UC channel. When you click on that option it will take you specifically to content uploaded to that channel. And the link for the drop-in fellowship hour on Zoom is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9320805276 Meeting ID: 932 080 5276 Passcode: 3568 Looing forward to sharing these times with you. Cheers Stan

20.01.2022 I wish I had shared this with you earlier during this lockdown period. But its not to late to learn how to pray with silence. https://vimeo.com/361055383

18.01.2022 Links for Sunday worship and drop-in fellowship hour I trust we are all enjoying some of the privileges of the relaxed restrictions to catch up with family and friends. The link for this Sunday’s online worship that will go public Sunday morning is: https://youtu.be/z8dlq-WD77U... And then the drop-in fellowship hour on Zoom will open at 11am at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9320805276 Meeting ID: 932 080 5276 Passcode: 3568 Looking forward to sharing these times with you all. Stan

15.01.2022 I found this article from 'Life Support System' both amusing and insightful. Pausing to Say WOW! I recall a story about Noah Webster (of dictionary fame), who suddenly found himself one day in an embarrassing situation. He was caught kissing the maid in the kitchen pantry by none other than his wife.... Why Noah! she exclaimed. I’m surprised! Always the semanticist, Noah replied, No, my dear, you’re amazed. I’m surprised! No, I don’t know how they ever resolved that situation. And we all know that not every surprise is a happy incident. But I also know that I enjoy my life more when it’s punctuated by little surprises and, even more importantly, by happy moments of genuine amazement. The poet Rumi once said, Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Yes, bewilderment. Or buy wonder. Or an occasional dose of awe. One parent told about moving from a farmhouse into a new house in town. The children were delighted. Early the next morning, the 3 -year-old ran into his parent’s bedroom to wake them up. He couldn’t wait to explore. Mommy dressed him and told him to play in the yard. About 20 minutes later, he came running back. Mommy, Mommy, everybody has doorbells - and they all work!" Welcome to town. And as amazing as it seems, most of those doorbells really do work. I’d like to get hold of some of his bewilderment and wonder. Life really can be amazing when we slow down enough to consider it. Have you noticed? People are aching to enjoy life more. But it’s not too much to hope for to imagine that they can actually look forward to each day with genuine anticipation. Especially if they form the habit of looking for wonders everywhere they are. The world is full of amazing people and wondrous spectacles. I don’t want a day to pass without pausing at least once to say WOW. -- Steve Goodier

14.01.2022 Links for Sunday's online worship and Drop-in Fellowship Hour Hasn’t it been nice to get some warmer weather to encourage us outside? The link for this week’s online worship that will go ‘public ’in time for us to worship together Sunday morning is: https://youtu.be/AtFXqqIrIkY... Remember that it is now being posted to a YouTube channel we created for St Andrews church rather than my personal channel. If you wanted to bookmark that channel it’s link is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA1MVKVVxGOO5dNt0KD6x3g Once there I encourage you to ‘Subscribe’ to the channel. Then on Sunday morning you just need to open YouTube and click on ‘Subscriptions’ and the week’s service will be top of the page for you click on. Then the Drop-in Fellowship Hour will open on Zoom at 11am. The link to join is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9320805276 Meeting ID: 932 080 5276 Passcode: 3568 I look forward to sharing these events with you. Stan

09.01.2022 Farewell to Helen & Laurie Quinn You may, or may not, have caught up on the news that Helen and Laurie Quinn are relocating to live in Echuca on Friday 13 November. In the confidence that restrictions will be further eased as of Monday 9 November we are planning to have a morning tea gathering on the Church grounds at 10.30am Tuesday 10 November.... This must be a strictly BYO food, drink, seat, whatever, and we will need to maintain the discipline of physical distancing and wearing masks. Cheers Stan

09.01.2022 This is the photo presentation as screened at the funeral service for Joan Hitch this morning