St John's Uniting Church, Essendon

St John's Uniting Church, Essendon We are a multi-cultural congregation: long term residents of Essendon and others drawn from all over the world. See website for more details.

We work with care to be a centre for welcome, worship and learning which inspires people to engage with the richness of Christian faith. Service Times

Sunday 19 June – 8.30am – Holy Communion AND 10am – Service of the Word
Sunday 26 June – one service only at 10am. This will be Rev Peter Gador-Whyte’s final service at St John’s. From Sunday 3 July onwards:
9.30am each week – Service of the Word w

ith Holy Communion celebrated on the first Sunday of the month
11.30am on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month – Samoan language service

Messy Church operates on a Saturday once a month at 5pm where we gather in the Hall for an intergenerational event involving craft, worship and food.

Messy church tonight. Being a peacemaker. Kind words down the telephone line, peace doves, emoji biscuits and kind heart...
18/10/2025

Messy church tonight. Being a peacemaker. Kind words down the telephone line, peace doves, emoji biscuits and kind hearts.

Don’t forget this is on tonight. Everyone is welcome.
08/10/2025

Don’t forget this is on tonight. Everyone is welcome.

Everyone welcome.
17/09/2025

Everyone welcome.

The 10th birthday of Messy Church tonight. Out theme was Caring for each other. We made friendship bracelets, Caring car...
16/08/2025

The 10th birthday of Messy Church tonight. Out theme was Caring for each other. We made friendship bracelets, Caring cards, Caring paper chains and gift bags. In worship we discovered 16 types of carers.

Scrabble fun at Messy Church. In worship we learned about Joseph- and why he earned the nickname Barnabas, the encourage...
19/07/2025

Scrabble fun at Messy Church. In worship we learned about Joseph- and why he earned the nickname Barnabas, the encourager. Followed by a delicious shared meal of rice and casseroles.

21/06/2025

Hit of the night at Messy Church : overflowing cups.

Messy church tonight - God cares for us, psalm 23. Sheep cup cakes, psalm in a box and sheep cup cakes.
21/06/2025

Messy church tonight - God cares for us, psalm 23. Sheep cup cakes, psalm in a box and sheep cup cakes.

Messy Church tonight. Some fun relays and then board games, worship and a meal together. Messy Church is on the 3rd Satu...
17/05/2025

Messy Church tonight. Some fun relays and then board games, worship and a meal together.
Messy Church is on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Everyone is welcome. You can find details each month in our website.

Easter Messy Church. The empty tomb. Washi tape crosses and bagel butterflies.
19/04/2025

Easter Messy Church. The empty tomb. Washi tape crosses and bagel butterflies.

Join us for Messy Church. 5pm on Saturday.
17/04/2025

Join us for Messy Church. 5pm on Saturday.

Don’t forget that daylight saving ends tonight.
05/04/2025

Don’t forget that daylight saving ends tonight.

Messy Church fun tonight. The theme was ‘Caring for God’s world.” We made thanks for our favourite food placemats, cater...
15/03/2025

Messy Church fun tonight. The theme was ‘Caring for God’s world.” We made thanks for our favourite food placemats, caterpillar friends and bird feeders to hang up at home. Dinner included earth cup cakes- green earth and blue sea.

Address

Cnr Mt Alexander Road & Buckley St
Essendon, VIC
3040

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 1pm
Tuesday 8am - 1pm
Wednesday 8am - 1pm
Thursday 8am - 1pm
Friday 8am - 1pm

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Service Times The congregation normally gathers on Sundays throughout the year for Worship at the following service times: 8.30am including the weekly celebration of Holy Communion 10.00am including Holy Communion on the first Sunday of each month.

Our Samoan members join in the 10am service on the first, third and fifth Sundays, and on the second and fourth Sundays they meet at 12noon for Samoan language services.