BUV Together – Our Stories
Together highlights some of the Stories from within the BUV. God is doing some amazing things in Victoria and we think these stories should be celebrated!
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We Are All About The Great Commission
I grew up as a pastor’s kid in Malaysia. While I had seen a lot of my dad in action, I didn’t grow up wanting to be a pastor…
From Persecution to Hope
After three months in Melbourne, Mu Tru and her family are struggling to get used to the cold weather but told us with big smiles on their faces that their new home offers many more opportunities than a refugee camp.
Views from the Manse: Baptismal Blue
Episode 3 – Baptismal Blue
The deacon responsible for filling the baptistry got talking to some of the visitors and by the time he turned off the tap the thing had been overfilled. This meant that water sloshed over the rim and on to the carpet during the ceremony. Some towels were used to mop up the mess and no one gave it any more thought.
How I Came to Own—and Stop Questioning—My Ministry Calling
At eight years old, I realised that—even if I started that very moment—I would never be able to reach every person in the whole world with the love and grace of Jesus. This was devastating to my young self because I earnestly desired that other people would know what I knew, experience what I had experienced, and love the Jesus I loved. What started as an urgent spark in an eight-year-old’s heart to see others encounter the transforming, life-altering power of Jesus grew into a passionate flame.
The Sound of Heaven
And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. – Revelation 14:2-3 NIV
Freshwater Dreaming
An incredible mural has been painted on the side wall of St Kilda- Elsternwick Baptist Church. This mural is the work of a community of Aboriginal artists drawn from the Indigenous prison recovery centres – Winja Ulupna and Galiamble – and is a collaboration between the church, the local community and the local Jewish community.
Making Connections
Melbourne’s outer boundaries continue to push further out, and communities that once were small, quaint country villages, are slowly feeling the push of the urban sprawl. There is a greater need than ever to build communities of faith that are reaching out to people who experience loneliness, hopelessness and a life without a place to connect to God in meaningful ways.
The Little Teapot Café & Play
If you drive down Flinders Avenue in Lara, 20 minutes north of Geelong, you’ll find something quite incredible happening during the day at a cafe called Little Teapot Café & Play. Parents are coming from near and far with their little ones to gather at this place that has beautifully made coffee, good value delicious food and most importantly a very welcoming, inviting, friendly environment where parents can breathe while their children play in one of the three cute, fun, and most importantly, safe and contained play spaces.
Views from the Manse: A teeny bit of history
Episode 2 – A teeny bit of history
Ken Manley, in his history of Australian Baptists entitled ‘From Wooloomooloo to Eternity’, records what it was like being a Baptist minister’s wife around the time of Federation.