Appointments of Exiting Students 2023

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Rev. Gary Stephens Exit Students Committee Convener On the 30th June the PCV Exit Committee was pleased to be able to finalise the appointments of the three Exiting Students for 2023: Mitchell Amoah, Steve Denness and Cameron Weir. With ministry beginning in 2024 the following appointments were made: Mitchell Amoah (and Sarah and family) to serve as Assistant at Frankston …

Report on the Commission of the PCV General Assembly 2023

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Rev Philip Burns, Acting Deputy Clerk The Commission gathered on Tuesday morning, May 16th, within Assembly Hall, with the Moderator, Rev Peter Phillips, in the chair. The weather outside was cool, but the fellowship inside warm, especially in the prayer meeting before the business of the day. As the Assembly began, it was uplifting to hear voices combining with the …

Good Friday Appeal 2023

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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 …

Ministry Family Camp 2023

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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 …

Installation of Dr Scott H Marsh as the 10th Principal of Scotch College, Melbourne

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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, …

Moderator’s Flood Appeal 2022

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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 …

PCV Ministry Family Camp Returns to Phillip Island in 2023

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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 …

Spending a day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II

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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 …

St John’s Bendigo celebrates its 150th

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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 …