South Port Uniting Church

29/09/2022

Worship during October.
South Melbourne, Port Melbourne & St Kilda Uniting Churches will be meeting together for three Sundays in October (no service at the other two on those Sundays)
2nd October @ St Kilda, 163 Chapel St, 10 am
9th October @ South Melbourne, 325 Dorcas St, 10 am
23rd October @ Port Melbourne, 144 Bridge St, 4 pm

15/09/2022

You are invited to join in Wildlife-friendly Gardening at Port Melbourne Uniting Church this Sunday 18th, 3-5 pm.
Wildflower planting, lizard lounges, insect hotels and wildlife spotting.
Afternoon tea followed by an environment-themed worship service at 5pm

16/08/2022

Make & Mend also meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, 1-4 pm in the Port Melbourne Uniting Church hall

11/08/2022

Thanks to Christ Church Community Centre gardeners for sharing their skills with us!

13/04/2022

It was great to be with other like minded people today at the launch of the sculpture Deterrence.

06/04/2022

"Deterrence" Revisited
Depicting the terrible suffering of Asylum seekers held in various forms of detention under Australian Law, “Deterrence” will be installed on the lawns at South Melbourne Uniting Church prior to Easter.

The sculpture, created by John Tansey, was first erected in St Kilda in 2014 when Scott Morrison was Immigration Minister, and the Tony Abbott Government took the Labor Party’s offshore policy further by giving more powers to the Government to enact cruelty. Some of the current asylum seekers held in detention have been held since 2013. The sculpture brings to the fore the suffering inflicted upon asylum seekers as a deterrent, to “Stop the Boats” but most now concede that it is used purely by the government for political purposes as a fear campaign at the ballot box.

May this add to the many voices calling for a change to the harmful policies and to free the asylum seekers into the community.

The installation will be launched with a vigil on the afternoon of Wednesday 13th April

01/04/2022

Sunday 3rd April
Due to covid isolation rules, John will be leading worship via Zoom and we won’t be meeting in person this Sunday at either South or Port Melbourne.
There will only be a 10am service (message us for the Zoom link)
The harvest service at Port Melbourne will be postponed to a later date.

29/03/2022

The Uniting Church at work in our community

Between October and December 2021 our South Port Emergency Relief Service helped 1046 people in the local community with food, financial aid and accommodation.

Thank you to our partners OzHarvest Melbourne, Foodbank Victoria and the local community. We couldn't continue to do our work without your support.