more about us

The Gisborne Uniting Church is located right in the centre of Gisborne and has facilities used by many of the community. We have about 40-45 people attending each Sunday for Worship and a friendly cuppa after. Quite a few groups meet socially and for study during the week or weekends ..

Gisborne Uniting Church offers a range of worship, service, educational and social activities to which you are warmly invited. If you are interested in any of these, or think the church could be of help to you, please do not hesitate to contact one of the people mentioned.

Our Worship Services are lead by Ministers on 2nd and 4th Sunday and by lay preachers on other  Sundays.  

Communion is held on  4th Sunday monthly by an Ordained Minister.

We are a part of the universal Body of Christ, ecunemical in outlook, committed to the proclamation of the Word of God, and witnessing to God’s redeeming love to our community.

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ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMS

regular activities

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Adult Fellowship – A Variety of Speakers and Outings

3rd Monday of every 2nd month at 1:30pm. Contact: Maree Clarke 0423 051 318

Craft Group – Sew and Chat

Meets 2nd Tuesday each month 12:00pm – 2:00pm. Contact: Linda Moorhouse 5428 1996

Prayer Group – Prayer for local and overseas concerns

Tuesdays 2:00pm and Fridays 10:00am for 30-40 mins. Contact: Glennis Speed 5428 3827

Muffin ‘n More – Care and Share

2nd Tuesday each month 10:00am – 12:00pm. Contact: Janet Wood 0407 888 725

Friends Group – A friendly get together to share pizza. (Including Christmas in July)

1st Friday each month at 6:30pm. Contact: Ron Hebbard 5428 8574

Banner Group – Make banners to hang in Church

Meets as required.

recent Events

peter barcham lecture 2020

Held Monday 24th February 2020 7:30pm,

Gisborne Uniting Church, 23 Brantome Street, Gisborne

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have the agencies of the churches' community services outgrown their faith-based parents?

- Dog wagging the tail or tail wagging the dog?

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Bronwyn Pike is the CEO of "Uniting", the umbrella body for the welfare and community service organisations of the Uniting church. She has been a member of the Victorian Parliament, holding portfolios in education, health, aged care and housing. When she began her role in Uniting in 2019, she faced the issue of how these many organisations relate to the Church, their "parent". Congregations of the UCA are decreasing in size and in number, so is the dog wagging the tail or the tail wagging the dog?

Bronwyn addressed an issue not just facing the Uniting Church. It is a question of the relationship of faith based communities and their related community service agencies.

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See our Resources page to watch a video of Bronwyn's lecture.

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The Macedon Ranges Partnership continues to explore new ways or fresh expressions of being missional Churches.

Meeting the Neighbours: building interfaith understanding

A Uniting perspective on issues of our time

Speakers:

Dr. Julie Rudner - program convener: Communication, Planning and Development at the Department of Social Studies and Communications, La Trobe University

Ms April Kailah - Interfaith Community Development of the Uniting Church of Victoria and Tasmania.

For details and notes of this event, please go to our Resources page.

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Carols by Candelight 

The Gisborne Community Carols by Candlelight was held this year on Sunday evening 8th December in Dixon Field. Some of our congregation members made significant contributions to the success of the evening. The event was well supported by the community with around 1,000 attending.

The photo below is from a previous year's carols.