Sunday 24th April - Easter picnic (Gilpin Park, Brunswick)

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Join us for a relaxed Sunday afternoon at Gilpin Park. There's a playground, table tennis tables, bike tracks, tables, BBQs, a small amphitheatre and lots of space to play. We'll meet for a picnic lunch at 1pm. BYO food, picnic blankets, balls, frisbees, etc.

Later in the afternoon, there will be parachute games and an Easter egg hunt for the kids. All are most welcome!

Gilpin Park is off Albert Street, Brunswick (Melways 29 E7) or see map below.

From 1pm onwards.




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Sunday 17th April - Community BBQ (from 12:30pm)

Our monthly community BBQ is open to all and we love to have new people along! Think sausages, salads, great space, welcoming community.

If you're here for our 10am service, please stick around afterwards for lunch. We have lots of outside toys and equipment for kids, and it's been great to see them enjoying the large but enclosed space.

It's also a peaceful environment later in the afternoon - it's been great to see people bringing books and just hanging out in this communal space on Sunday afternoons.

Please join us to eat, hang out, make new friends and as we continue to deepen our friendships and community!

Sunday 10th April - Brunswick, the Gospel and Church (Cat Patrick, 2:30pm)

Due to popular demand, we've decided to run 'Brunswick, the Gospel and Church' again, instead of 'Missional imagination' on 10th April. (Although exercising our imagination is fantastic, and we'll come back to this again later in the year!)

Brunswick is a fascinating neighbourhood - hugely multi-cultural, diverse, self-expressive, edgy and undergoing gentrification. This seminar will begin to explore some of the loves, fears and ambitions of the Brunswick sub-culture - particularly seen in the key symbols and cultural narratives along Sydney Road. We'll think about how the Gospel is good news in this particular settings - recognising both the alignment and clash of Biblical values with this culture. We'll also discuss what it might look like to be a culturally engaged Christian community in this inner-city setting.

Even if you are not from Brunswick, come along to learn and see how these observations might apply in your own locality.

Speaker:
Cat Patrick is on the Ministry team at St Jude's in Parkville and has nearly completed a Masters of Divinity at Ridley Melbourne. She has lived in Brunswick for 9 years, and last year undertook a project exploring the sub-culture of Brunswick - particularly observing the key symbols, myths and narratives along Sydney Road.


Please note the later than usual start time, 2:30pm. 

Sunday 3rd April - The Bloom Story

Hear the story of a middle class Australian mother who thought that all she could do was make cakes. She used this skill to start Bloom Asia, a school in Cambodia dedicated to empowering survivors of trafficking and women at risk through vocational training and education.

The afternoon will have the Bloom story, music and information about how to support this work.

Story and music by Pamela Joy - http://www.reverbnation.com/pamelajoymusic.