On the Way Together

Welcome to the website of the Uniting Church in Australia, Presbytery of Port Phillip East.

The Presbytery is a Region located South East of Melbourne Victoria. We reach from Port Melbourne in the West to Pakenham in the East and go South to Portsea.

We comprise the Eastern Shores of Port Phillip Bay with beaches and bathing boxes

Walking along these beaches is in itself a spiritual feast, in which one’s soul can receive refreshment.

Consider the sunset and you can understand the beauty of God’s creative gift.

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On the Way Together

is a process devised by the Synod and used by them to explore their Mission. Port Phillip East Presbytery used that same process to envision our mission and to distil out some guiding principles by which we might express our mission. We emerged from the process with six statements.

Life-Giving Themes

The six statements  are the life –giving themes which we adduced from the process, they are

• Valuing all people
• Empowering leadership
• Loving local active relationships
• Lifting our spirit
• Uniting in Spirited Action
• Elevating Faith

As you can see these are wonderfully ambiguous, the actions described are all ongoing. Because we are engaging in spirited conversations as part of the Synod we are also aware of the life giving themes which emerged from their discussions.  Not surprisingly there is a very strong congruence. So much so, that we have decided to use theirs with ours as a localised sub set. Their life giving themes are:-

* Encountering Christ in Community
* Living God’s transforming story
* Spirited Listening, giving voice
* Engaging diversity
* Liberating Stewardship

Every congregation in the Presbytery of Port Phillip East has someone who will engage with you in conversation about your life. We are eager to hear your story and share ours with you, as we walk life’s journey.

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