Safe Church Training Calendar 2024

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Safe Church Training is available across the Presbyterian Church of Victoria in each Presbytery in 2024. Each date and location will have Basic Training in the morning and Advanced Training in the afternoon of the same day. There is no charge for training. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided at morning and afternoon tea. Basic Training (2hrs): 9.15am – Arrive …

Moderator’s Christmas Message

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Rev Ian HuttonModerator As we approach another Christmas I am aware of the many mixed feelings and thoughts thatmany may have. Some will be experiencing the first Christmas without someone they have lost in thepast 12 months. Others find that Christmas brings certain people who have strained relationshipstogether and that is just too much. For another family it may be …

Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving Notes 2023-2024

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From the minutes of the 2023 General Assembly  ‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.’ (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Sunday Australian Presbyterian World Mission (Vic) Committee Responsible for Victorian Presbyterian missionaries and assisting in their support on the field and during Home Assignments, maintaining Partner Agency …

General Assembly of Victoria 2023 News

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Peter Phillips, Deputy Clerk (published on 7 October 2023) Opening Night We give praise and thanks to God our Father that the 2023 General Assembly was again opened with worship and the induction of the incoming Moderator, Rev Ian Hutton, in The Scots’ Church Melbourne. Rev Hutton’s Moderator’s address ‘Living in Exile’, based on selected passages from 1 Peter, was …

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 …

Moderator’s Reflection – Easter 2023

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Peter Phillips, Moderator April 2023 We observe Good Friday in the light of the resurrection of Jesus – and so we find it difficult to empathise with Jesus disciples’ despair. As Cleopas and his companion told the unrecognised risen Jesus on the road to Emmaus, ‘we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel’[1] – but he had …

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 …