19th June 2020
Sunday School Program
We need to let you know that Franciska has run into some technical issues with our current system from The Gospel Project and will now be working to provide the material for download starting from next term. If you would like to participate in this for your children please get in touch and she can sign you up.
Sunday Chat Rooms (updated)
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Thinking about Church again
As we start to see some light at the end of the tunnel in terms of when we can start meeting again we thought it would be good to pass on a couple of articles reminding us of the value of congregating together in person.
1) 10 Reasons to come back to church after COVID-19
2) Learning to love the local church
(This is a podcast but the transcript is there if you prefer to read it)
Further articles are available via our special useful resources page on the website.
The Presbyterian Church of Victoria & the National Redress Scheme
“The Presbyterian Church of Victoria (PCV) is pleased to announce that the Church has been declared by the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator the Hon Anne Ruston, as a participating institution in the National Redress Scheme. The Church anticipates that its participation in the Scheme will assist it to provide a compassionate and appropriate response to victims of child sexual abuse within the Church.
The PCV is deeply distressed and saddened by the suffering of victims of child sexual abuse both in the wider Christian community and in our own Church. The Church acknowledges that failure by the Church and its institutions to keep children safe has led to unnecessary suffering, pain and loss by survivors, their families and their communities.
The PCV has joined the National Redress Scheme to ensure that survivors of child sexual abuse have clear options in coming forward and seeking redress. It is the hope of the Church that its participation in the Scheme will assist survivors of sexual abuse within the Church and its institutions in their journey towards healing and recovery.”
Fiona Bligh, Safe Church Facilitator
Peter Phillips, Acting Clerk.
The Big Hymn Sing
The Big Hymn Sing will premiere at 2 pm this Sunday 21 June, via the Scots’ Church Melbourne’s YouTube channel. Here’s the link that will take you there from the comfort of your own home: https://www.scotschurch.com/big-hymn-sing
“The Lord lives!
Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God my Saviour!”
– Psalm 18:46 (NIV)
