Welcome to Waranga Uniting Churches
FAITH | HOPE | MEANING | GRACE | COMMUNITY
10:00 am Sunday 17th January 2021. Live: In church or at home on Zoom or on Facebook
Come and See
Our service this Sunday will be led by Marian Bisset. Marian is commencing her second year of study at Pilgrim Theological College and has been working with us on field placement since early December 2020.
The Lectionary readings for Sunday focus on God’s call. In the Old Testament we listen to the call of the boy Samuel, who wakes in the night to the sound of someone calling his name. Each time it happens Samuel gets up and runs to the head of the house Eli only to be told, “Go back to bed, it wasn’t me.” When it happens a third time, Eli tells Samuel that if it happens again he should answer, “Speak God, for your servant is listening.” God is persistent and patient!
In the Gospel Phillip is called to be one of the first disciples of Jesus. Philip is excited and tells his mate Nathanael that he has found the long hoped for deliverer, who is sceptical about Jesus and makes a pretty scathing judgement based on Jesus coming from a little village in the hills of Galilee. Phillip’s response is a classic- “Come and see for yourself.”
Sometimes there is too much talk, when what we should be doing is doing.
Join us this Sunday as we reflect on responding to God.
There are four exciting ways to join us in worship each Sunday.
Face to Face at one of our four congregations at Colbinabbin, Murchison, Rushworth and Tatura
Every congregation is open for services which will be streamed each week into all four of our church buildings. Each week one one congregation will host the service with people in other congregations participating in leading the readings, sharing news and fellowship via the magic of Zoom.
You are welcome to join us in person or from your loungeroom via Zoom.
Through Zoom
It may not be “in-person”, but it is personal and live. Via Zoom we can all talk to each other, see each other, worship together, pray for each other, and have Church as we normally do but do it all via interactive video conferencing. From time to time we also celebrate Holy Communion together.
The live services will start at 10.00am with the “room” open for you to log-in to from 9.30am. Log-in, chat to others, be the church!
Click on the button below to join the Waranga Cluster Zoom Church Service
Join Zoom Church ServiceSunday at 9:30 am for 10:00 start
Through Live streaming
Watch the service here on Facebook
Watch the recorded service later
Facebook records the service and it will be available to watch later or share with others in your family and friendship circle. The recording of the service can be found on this website
Watch recorded services
The live services will start at 10.00am with the “room” open for you to log in to from 9.30am. Log in, chat to others, be the church!
Our church needs your support.
Please consider donating your offering online via the button below
or by direct bank transfer:
Account name:
Waranga Uniting Churches.
Bendigo Bank:
BSB 633-000
Account No:162 446 371.
Rather stay anonymous?
We understand that you may prefer to remain anonymous. It may have been a while since you went to church, maybe you’ve never been to church and are just curious. We understand that you don’t want to be hassled just because you were curious.
If you want to remain anonymous there are four ways you can do it.
- Choose the “Join without video” option. You will be able to see, hear (and talk if you want to)
- Your name also appears in the bottom left of their picture in Zoom. This name will be the one you entered at sign-up. At any time in the meeting you can right-mouse click on your name and change or delete it.
- You can choose to attend via the Livestream option.
- You can watch the recorded service later on the website
About us
The Waranga Uniting Churches comprise congregations from the towns of Colbinabbin, Murchison, Rushworth, and Tatura.
You are welcome to join us at any of our worship services or activities.
Many faces… Many places… Many forms
Our congregations throughout the district are caring communities to which all people can belong.
Some of our congregations may be a tiny community of a dozen people, but they are warm vibrant and alive.
They have many faces. There are older people and young, families and single people, people of one culture or many.
While our congregations can be different, each aims to embrace all people… to unite them with each other and with God. This is expressed in part by our having an open table for Holy Communion, to which all baptised people are invited, welcoming children for baptism and being willing to marry those who are divorced.
We are by no means perfect, but we know that God loves us as we are and as we grow. Our congregations are communities in which people seek to follow Jesus, learn about God, share their faith, care for each other, serve the local community, and seek to live faithfully and with real joy. This is the kind of engaging church to which we belong.
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