Anyone can pass it on (Jim Malcolm) 23.3.2014 Readings: Psalm 95; Exodus 17:1-7; John 4:5-42
It may have never occurred to you, but we have a rather special church here in Wembley Downs. I am well aware that not many other churches would accept me in the pulpit! I`ve certainly valued gre ... read more
Good, Evil and the Growth of Consciousness (Revd Marion Millin) 9.3.2014 Readings: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11
The change of cloth colour to purple indicates we are now in the season of Lent on the church’s liturgical calendar. Traditionally it’s a time lasting forty days from Ash Wednesday to Easte ... read more
Streams in the Desert - World Day of Prayer (Revd Marion Millin) 7.3.2014 Reading: John 4: 5-42
This passage from John’s gospel about the woman at the well in Samaria has always been one of my favourites. And in 1999 I had the amazing experience of actually going to that same Jacob’s well at Sychar. A group of ... read more
Paradox (Karen Sloan) 16.2.2014 Reading: Matthew 5: 21-37
There are many contradictions or paradoxes in life that sometimes do our head in. In biology, chemistry, physics and cosmology we are surrounded by things that just do not seem to fit together logically. In physics w ... read more
The Hating has to Stop (Karen Sloan) 2.2.2014 Readings: 1 Corinthians1: 18-31; Matthew 5: 1-12
It is good to reflect on a holiday past, to identify those things that have been significant. Of course lazing around down south or in Bali are high points but it is also the things you read or ... read more
The God Reality (Revd Marion Millin) 19.1.2014 Readings: Isaiah 49:1-7; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42
As part of our communion liturgy we have that lovely play on words, `Jesus gives us real eyes to realise where the real lies.` (Richard Rohr). But a recent question from our be ... read more
God`s Labour Ward (Terry Quinn) 5.1.2014 Readings: Hosea 13:13; John 3: 1-21
From the first day of the Church`s life it faced constant struggles and resistance by its own members to the testimony of Jesus and the work of the Holy Spirit. On the one hand, the teaching of the Risen Ch ... read more
The Christmas Stories (Revd Neville Watson) 22.12.2013 Reading: Matthew 1:18-25
The Gospel reading set for today has always seemed strange to me in so far as it seems to beat the gun. We seem to have arrived at Christmas some days earlier than we should. We have just read of the birth of Jesus. W ... read more
JB and Christmas (Revd Neville Watson) 15.12.2013 Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; Matthew1:18-25
The build up to Christmas continues, and into the story pops John the Baptist, a seeming nutter who used to walk around in a camel skin and whose diet consisted of grasshoppers and wild honey. What o ... read more
The Kingdom Here and Now (Karen Sloan) 1.12.2013 Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44
I live a double life. Two days a week I work for Wembley Downs Uniting, and two and a half days I work as a research officer for Royal Perth Hospital. In my work as a research officer ... read more
Midwives of Change (Karen Sloan) 27.10.2013 Reading: Exodus 1:1-27
The Common Dreams conference I went to in Canberra in September was great. There were lots of different speakers basing their talks on a common theme, Being midwives of change. They used this metaphor for birthing the ... read more
Planting Trees (Revd Frances Hadfield) 6.10.2013 Reading: Luke 17: 5-10 Rob Bell, in Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian faith, writes - `The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.
Some people are so sure that their per ... read more
Creativity (Revd Gemmel Sherwood) 21.9.2013
The year 2013 is memorable in many ways. Already we have celebrated fifty years since Martin Luther King`s defining proclamation, `I have a dream that all should be equal`. In November we will commemorate the speech of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg w ... read more
Giving it a good shake (Revd Neville Watson) 25.8.2013
Six weeks ago I took a service here where the title of the sermon was `A Faith for the Faithless`. As I finished putting together today`s effort, I realised that it is in effect part two of that sermon punctuated by six weeks abroad and its experienc ... read more
Get your priorities right! (Jim Malcolm) 4.8.2013 Readings: Hosea 11:1-11; Colossians 3:1-17; Luke 12:13-34
I don`t know about you, but I`m a great believer in making a shopping list and sticking to it. I`m sure that`s the only way to go shopping. Unfortunately I can`t put it into effect! ... read more
Same Love (Karen Sloan) 21.7.2013 Reading: Luke 10:38-42 Today I am going to do something different. I am going to let a song be most of the sermon. It`s not a Christian song, in fact it`s a popular rap song, and it goes to the heart of what we have heard for four weeks from ... read more
Luke 10: 1-18
The passage from Luke is about what we would refe ... read more
Living a Good Life (Karen Sloan) 30.6.2013 Readings: Galatians 5: 1,13-25; Luke 9:51-62
It`s funny how travelling can widen one`s view of life, giving us time to examine what we really believe and providing insights not seen when working 5 days a week. Some of you would know that I ha ... read more
To be `In Christ Jesus` (Dr Richard Smith) 23.6.2013 Readings: Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 `There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.` (Gal 3:28). This statement by Paul upset the or ... read more
John the Baptist`s Death (Revd Neville Watson) 16.6.2013 Reading: Mark 6:14-30
It is a story of Hollywood proportions - a flash back to a scheming woman, a drunken King, the dance of the seven veils and a head on a plate. But what on earth has it to do with the Christian faith? Quite a bit actually ... read more
GWS are the last on the AFL points table. If they won every game tha ... read more
The Prodigal God (Jim Malcolm) 2.6.2013 Reading: Luke 15: 1-3 and 11-32 A while ago my son gave me a book called `The Prodigal God` by Timothy Keller. As the name suggests, it takes a fresh look at Jesus` parable of the prodigal son and, as I read it, it set me thinking - which was ... read more
The God Man (Revd Neville Watson) 25.5.2013 Readings: John 16:12-15; Romans 5: 1-5
Who was Jesus of Nazareth? It is a question that has been asked from the moment he was born, and many answers have been given. Indeed, within the scriptures over two hundred names and titles have been a ... read more
Everybody Knows (Terry Quinn) 5.5.2013 Readings: Acts 16:9-15; Ps 67; John 14: 23-29 Today is the 6th Sunday of Easter. One of the daily lectionary readings for the fifty days from Easter to Pentecost is from the Acts of the Apostles. At the end of Luke`s Gospel the Risen Christ l ... read more
There is crucifixion but there is also resurrection (Karen Sloan) 28.4.2013 Readings: Acts 11:1-18; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35
Sometimes a week can feel like a year. This week so many things happened, so many things that opened my eyes once again to what it really means to be Jesus followers, to really believe ... read more
Dualistic Thinking (Revd Neville Watson) 21.4.2013 Reading: John 10:22-30 It was the Festival of The Dedication, the time when they remembered how the Jewish people, under the leadership of Judas Maccabeus, threw the Greek oppressors out of Palestine and rededicated the Temple. They had to r ... read more
Thomas - Faith and Doubt (Revd David Robinson) 7.4.2013 Readings: John 20:19-31; Acts 5:27-32 Our reading from John`s Gospel makes it clear that the disciples, even if they had heard the message from Mary Magdalene that she had seen a risen Jesus, either didn`t believe her or were so frightened ab ... read more
Into the Future (Revd Neville Watson) 31.3.2013 Readings: Luke 24:1-31; Acts 9:1-9
About the Scriptures
A few words about the scriptures which I hope will help you relate more deeply to the Easter stories, the time when the course of human history was changed. However and whatever happe ... read more
130 Calais Road, (crnr of Minibah Street)
Wembley Downs, Western Australia.
Phone 08 9245 2882
Ten kilometres northwest of Perth city centre,
set amongst the suburbs of City Beach, Churchlands, Scarborough, Wembley Downs and Woodlands
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