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Please consider partnering with the PCV Health & Community Chaplaincy Committee this year by prayerfully and financially giving to the Good Friday Appeal on 7th April 2023. The HCCC currently employs two paediatric chaplains based at the Royal Children’s Hospital. God provides many daily opportunities for our chaplains to care for families, infants, children and young people during incredibly challenging …
This year’s PCV Ministry Family Camp will be held on 19-21 April 2023 at Phillip Island and will involve opportunities and activities for ministry families to connect with one another, be encouraged by two formal sessions and enjoy some ‘down-time’. Our guest speaker, Murray Campbell, a pastor from Mentone Baptist Church and involved in various capacities with The Gospel Coalition …
Rev John P Wilson (Deputy Chairman, Scotch College Council) 30 January 2023 We gathered at Scotch College this morning for an inspiring worship service during which the Moderator, Rev Peter W Phillips, installed into office the tenth Principal of Scotch, Dr Scott H Marsh. Scotch chaplain. Rev Dr Doug Campbell, gave the occasional address on God’s sovereignty and our responsibility, …
“Brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and behonoured…” (2 Thessalonians 3:1) A summary (A4 or A5 booklet) of prayer and praise items as approved by the GAV, calling upon the widerchurch to give thanks to God and to seek His blessing upon our work and witness.Rev Philip Burns, Acting Deputy Clerk MONDAY:Committee: Australian …
Peter Phillips, Moderator Update on 13 December 2022 The Moderator’s Flood Appeal will close 31 December 2022. Our moderator, Peter Phillips, extends his hearty thanks to all the members and friends and congregations of the Church who by generously contributing to this appeal have provided funds for the support and the encouragement of brothers and sisters in Christ in a …
27 September 2022 – Rev Phil Court, Convener After a hiatus of three pandemic-restricted years, the Ministry Family Camp is scheduled to return! The PCV’s Health & Community Chaplaincy Committee has secured the old stamping ground Phillip Island Adventure Resort for the three days of: Wednesday 19 to Friday 21 April 2023 Here’s an opportunity for our pastors, wives and children to come …
Peter Phillips, Moderator 17 September 2022 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Thursday 22nd of September, 2022, will be a public holiday, the “National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty The Queen”. He said, “I hope all Australians who wish to pay their respects can participate in the gatherings, commemorations and tributes that will be held, as well as share …
It was way back in July 1872, when a report came to the Presbytery of Castlemaine concerning Presbyterian worship in Sandhurst. The first Presbyterian Church in Bendigo (Snow St Andrew’s Uniting Church) had been established in 1854, and so this report, which came 18 years later, stated that worship services would still be well attended if a second Presbyterian Charge …
3rd May 2022 Rev Peter W Phillips, Moderator of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church of VictoriaMrs Roslyn Brown, President of the Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Union, Victoria Three Australian missionaries from Victoria have been recognised by the government of the Republic of Korea for their outstanding contributions to independence and national foundation. They are Isabella (Belle) Menzies, founder of the Busanjin …
The New Dunesk Gap Year is an exciting opportunity for young people to grow in their faith while also building practical farm and ministry skills, allowing them to share in PIM’s vision to make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ in remote and sparsely populated areas of Australia. Develop a whole range of useful farm skills, including fencing, driving and …