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Burning Stories: art, food and stories

Burning Stories is a new opportunity to tell stories of resilience and strength that resulted from the 2009 Black Saturday fires in Bendigo.

Burning Stories is a project initiated by Seeds Bendigo, and gives people who experienced the Black Saturday fires an opportunity to tell their story, and the unexpected good things that came from that experience.

Community artists Ben Winspear and Cassie O’Toole will also be on hand to help people create beautiful mosiac art.

Alongside the stories and art, a pizza oven will be build, acknowledging that community is often built around food.

There are some special school holiday times for Burning Stories – download program here.

Dates and Times

• Wednesday 25th September, 9am-2pm
• Thursday 26th September, 9am-2pm
• Wednesday 2nd October, 11am-4pm
• Thursday 3rd October, 9am-2pm
• Sunday 6th October, 1pm-4pm
• Thursday 10th October, 9am-12pm
• Saturday 19th October, 1pm-4pm
• Wednesday 30th October, 9am-2pm (Bendigo Cup Day)
• Thursday 7th November, 9am-2pm.

The project will be held at St Matthew’s, 153 Eaglehawk Rd, Long Gully.

For more information, please contact project facilitator Michelle Rankin on echoh3@gmail.com or 0458 018 083.

The “Do Something REALLY USEFUL” Working Bee

Feeling despondent about whether your vote will do anything this year? Fair enough.

We have the solution. Voting is useful, but not REALLY USEFUL.

Come to the “Do Something REALLY USEFUL” working bee at the “Hope…It Grows!” Community Garden on election day.

Plant some seeds, till some soil, pull some weeds, pick out stones, munch a snag.

Who knows, you might even feel inspired to vote!

Date: Saturday September 7th

Time: 9am-1pm

Place: the “Hope…It Grows!” Community Garden, 153 Eaglehawk Rd, Long Gully

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Creation vs Empire Event

St Matthew’s will be hosting an event called “Creation vs Empire” in conjunction with Pace e Bene.

Wes Howard Brook and Sue Ferguson Johnson will be speaking on this theme quite soon:

Date: Wednesday 24th July

Time: 7.30-9pm

Location: St Matthew’s, Long Gully

Creation vs Empire 2013

One of the speakers, Wes Howard-Brook,  had this to say in a recent article:

We live amid two diametrically opposed reigns of power. One of these is animated by the spirit of what Jesus calls “mammon”: that power of wealth which seeks to dominate and control all else, including people, the earth and other competing spirits. The other is animated by the spirit of God, which constantly seeks to heal our imperial brokenness and to restore the original, created glory and dignity of all creation.

We hope you can join us!

Kid Space Holiday Program

We are putting on a Kid’s Program these holidays!

Drop your primary school kids off and let them enjoy activities like craft, cooking, stories, gardening, singing and a God-spot.

Times…

Monday 1st July, 2-4.30pm

Tuesday 2nd July, 2-4.30pm

Location…

St Matthew’s, corner of Eaglehawk Rd and Creeth St, Long Gully

PLUS…

On the Tuesday there will be a FREE BBQ for  all the family.

To download a flier, click here.

Call Rose (0458 290 402) or Anthea (0409 136 567) for more details

Celebrate Christmas at St Matthew’s

Sunday

23^rd December 2012 

St Matthew’s Church, Long Gully

 5pm: Service

6pm: Dinner (bring something to share if you can)

Whether you attend church regularly, or only on special occasions, or not at all, we would love to see you.

We will sing carols, hear the story of Christmas & celebrate together.

September Garden Day

On Saturday 1st September we will be having a working bee for the ‘Hope…It Grows’ community garden at St Matthew’s church.

We will be clearing some of the fire hazards, planting things and there will be a free lunch.

Hope to see you there!

Where: ‘Hope…It Grows’ community garden, St Matthew’s Church 153 Eaglehawk Rd

When: Saturday 1st September, 10-1pm

Contact: Dave Fagg 0421 764 699

Future of Christianity

Bishop Andrew Curnow (Anglican Diocese of Bendigo) and Dave Fagg (Convenor, Seeds Bendigo) will debate the future of Christianity and the church in Australia.

The latest Census data show that Christian belief is declining in Australia, and many churches have struggled to meet this challenge. Though they come from differing church backgrounds, both Bishop Curnow and Mr Fagg are passionate about exploring new forms of Christian spirituality and community in Australia.

Bishop Curnow will speak from his experience in the institutional church, and Mr Fagg will speak from his journey in small Christian communities (Seeds Bendigo is a small Christian group in Long Gully).

Bishop Curnow said, “I suppose a key question is what place, if any, the church has in the future of Australia. Any future has to include forms of Christian life and community that go beyond what we currently have.”

Mr Fagg said, “Many Australians are disillusioned with institutional church, but not with Jesus. Churches need to be communities that more fully live out what Jesus advocates: loving our enemies, compassion, justice and truth.”

This event will be accessible to anyone concerned about spirituality, religion, faith and the church.

Event Details
Date: Monday 20^th August

Time: 7.30-9pm

Place: St Matthew’s Church, 153 Eaglehawk Rd, Bendigo

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Garden Volunteer Team

The “Hope…It Grows!” garden is setting up a team of volunteers to help out with the garden. It would involve being part of a team of people doing: seed raising, weeding, planting…and eating the food from the garden!

If you’d like to find out more, here are the details:

Date: Wednesday, 20th June

Time: 4.30-5.30pm

Place: St Matthew’s, Long Gully (enter via rear gate)

Garden Festival 2012

G’day all, in a couple of days is the “Hope..It Grows!” community garden festival.

We have a stack of stuff planned:

Facepainting; Cooking demos; Live Music; Devonshire Tea; Curry; Scarecrow Building; Limestone Carving; Preschool Art Exhibit

As well as that, Steve Burns, permablitz legend from Ballarat will also be there, giving us the good soil on backyard gardening.

Be there from 10am-3pm, 153 Eaglehawk Rd, Long Gully. Bring some dosh for food and stuff that will raise money for the Havilah Rd Preschool.

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Garden Working Bee

On Saturday 25th of February we will be having a working bee for the ‘Hope…It Grows’ community garden at St Matthew’s church.

We will be clearing some of the fire hazards and there will be a free lunch as we prepare for the Festival in March.

Hope to see you there!

Where: ‘Hope…It Grows’ community garden, St Matthew’s Church 153 Eaglehawk Rd

When: Saturday 25th February 10am- 1pm

Contact: Rose Vincent 0458 290 402