Brighton Uniting Church

23/06/2026

Saw this on the way to church today.

19/06/2026

Sunday Worship Service will be at 10.00 am. There will be a retiring offering for Frontier Services.

To watch the live stream of the service please click on the following link.

Brighton Uniting Church LIVE stream of worship service Sunday 10am...

19/06/2026

Summary of Coming Events at Brighton Uniting Church
Sunday 21st June - 10 am Worship Service
Tuesday 23rd June - 10 am Prayer Group.
Wednesday 24th June - Fellowship.
Sunday 28th June - 10 am Worship Service
Sunday 28th June - 11.30 Defibrillator familiarisation session.

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19/06/2026

This week, according to the Refugee Council of Australia
is refugee week. The idea of celebrating this week is to
draw attention to both the plight of people suffering
overseas, the struggles refugees face in coming to
Australia, and of course to celebrate the many
contributions refugees have made to our communities and
cultures. Not least it should be noted among the churches
of Australia for whom migrants represent the largest
growth in churches. Sometimes it can also be easy to forget
that Jesus Himself was a refugee, having to flee to Egypt
to avoid persecution and death at the hands of King Herod.
We often think of Jesus as He was at the end of His
Earthly ministry at the Cross and the Resurrection. But
it is also worth remembering that Jesus probably would
have had a hard time coming to Australia too. Jesus didn’t
wear nice wool suits, or quite likely know that His elbows
should not be on the table during dinner – in many ways
He is more like our refugees and a lot less like us. What
was important to Him was love and acceptance, not this
culture or that culture, but the family of all cultures as
God’s children. So this week I encourage you to be praying
for the refugees and migrants in our community as they
offer us opportunities to reflect on what Jesus and His
Earthly culture was like – and remember that all people
are God’s people.

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11/06/2026

Sunday Worship Service will be at 10.00 am. There will be a retiring offering for Frontier Services.

To watch the live stream of the service please click on the following link.

Brighton Uniting Church LIVE stream of worship service Sunday 10am...

11/06/2026

Summary of Coming Events at Brighton Uniting Church
Sunday 14th June - 10 am Frontier Services Service and Fundraiser.
Sunday 14th June - 12 noon Lunch together.
Tuesday 16th June - 10 am Prayer Group. Bible Study will follow at 10.30 am.
Sunday 21st June - 10 am Worship Service
Wednesday 24th June - Fellowship.
Sunday 28th June - 11.30 Defibrillator familiarisation session.

11/06/2026

This week’s lectionary reading from Romans includes the line:
“we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction
produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and
character produces hope”. There are seasons in our lives where
the suffering part, those things that afflict us, seem to be
producing more endurance and character than we feel we might
really like or need. Why God must I have so much character?
How much more endurance do I really need Lord? Or even just
– can I have a break from all this growing Lord? It is easy in
times like these, when we and our world are enduring afflictions
– which is defined as consistent pain and distress – to forget the
rest of the passage. Paul writes “character produces hope, and
hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been
poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been
given to us.” Character produces the hope that in God all things
will be set right one day. Character instils in us the conviction
that everything we do in this life cannot fail because it produces
love through the Holy Spirit. Love that is the purpose of our
God given existence, means that ultimately, we cannot fail,
because love conquers all now and in the end. Our character
becomes hopeful in the Love of God we experience both from
God and another as seek endure afflictions for the purpose of
God’s love in this world. So if you feel that this passage in Paul
applies to you right now, even as it applies to our world, take
hope – you can receive and share the love of God in this world,
which at the end of the day is the only goal that matters, and the
only goal that afflictions cannot frustrate. So trust in God and
have hope!

05/06/2026

Sunday Worship Service will be at 10.00 am.

To watch the live stream of the service please click on the following link.

Brighton Uniting Church LIVE stream of worship service Sunday 10am...

05/06/2026

Summary of Coming Events at Brighton Uniting Church
Sunday 7th June - 10 am Worship Service
Monday 8th June - There will be NO Craft, chat and cuppa as it is a public holiday.
Tuesday 9th June - 10 am Prayer Group.
Sunday 14th June - 10 am Frontier Services Service and Fundraiser.
Sunday 14th June - 12 noon Lunch together.
Wednesday 24th June - Fellowship.
Sunday 28th June - 11.30 Defibrillator familiarisation session.

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