Welcome to Wesley Uniting Church

Worship Is Our First Priority And Our Greatest Joy

At Wesley we place our best efforts into providing worship that is nourishing and uplifting, with music and preaching of the highest calibre. We hope all people will leave our worship services encouraged in their journey of faith, and challenged to serve God each and every day.

Church Services

Sunday 18th May - Easter 5

9am - Bruce Stevens / Brad Opdyke - OoS
10:45am - Bruce Stevens / Ann Sutton - OoS

Sunday 25th May - Easter 6

9am - Geoff Dornan / Bruce Stevens
10:45am - Geoff Dornan / Bruce Stevens

Sunday 1st June - Easter 7

9am - Robert James / Bruce Stevens
10:45am - Ian Diamond / Bruce Stevens (HC)

Sunday 8th June - Pentecost

9am - Brenda Copley / Geoff Dornan (HC, Foyer)
10:45am - Graeme Brown / Geoff Dornan

Sunday 15th June - Trinity

9am - Geoff Dornan / Brad Opdyke
10:45am - Geoff Dornan / Ann Sutton

Sunday 22nd June - Pentecost 2 - UCA Anniversary

10 am - Combined Service - Graeme Brown / Geoff Dornan

Sunday 29th June - Pentecost 3

9am - Bruce Stevens / Geoff Dornan
10:45am - Ian Diamond / Geoff Dornan

LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE here

Wesley Music Centre is co-located with Wesley Uniting Church and we share a strong interest in music.
 CHARITY CONCERT - SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2025, 3PM at Wesley

CHARITY CONCERT SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2025, 3.00pm 

WESLEY UNITING CHURCH, 20 NATIONAL CIRCUIT, FORREST, ACT 

  • Adults $40
  • Concession $35 (Pensioners, Seniors), 
  • Fulltime students $20, 
  • Children under 12 free. 

Tickets can be purchased online at www.trybooking.com/DAHTR

Your ticket includes the afternoon tea. Note: there is a TryBooking administration charge of an additional 50c per ticket. 

The Concert is co-sponsored by the Wesley Music Centre, the Order of St Lazarus ACT, and Wesley Uniting Church.

The Concert will feature the premiere performance by a new early music group, @415, led by well-known Canberra soprano, Greta Claringbould, with harpsichord, recorder and viola da gamba, along with pipe organist Mary Anne Neilsen, and Wesley music scholar Jojo Yuen on the piano. The CEO of the YWCA, Frances Crimmins, will speak briefly about the Next Door program. The concert will be followed by a sumptuous afternoon tea. 

Three local charities will receive all funds raised by the Concert (from both ticket sales and donations): 

  • The major recipient will be the YWCA Canberra Next Door program which supports older women who are experiencing homelessness or at immediate risk of homelessness. The funds raised will particularly assist with providing essential white goods, kitchen and home appliances for women who have ended up with virtually no household goods. 
  • The Farm in Galong provides residential rehabilitation services for women suffering from addiction or domestic violence. 
  • The Genesaret Community provides support for people with intellectual disability. 
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO OUR CHARITIES can be made: 

(a) online at www.trybooking.com/au/donate/actlazarus2025

A tax-deductible receipt will be issued immediately by email. 

(b) by direct bank transfer to: 

Order of St Lazarus Charitable Fund, BSB: 633000, Account no: 157635640. 

This is our preferred means for receiving donations, as it avoids the small percentage retained by TryBooking as its charge for the service. 

All donations over $2 are tax-deductible (costs of the tickets are not tax-deductible). If donating by direct bank transfer then please advise Rev Gregor Henderson, Order of St Lazarus Treasurer, by email, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he will issue your tax-deductible receipt immediately. 

Any queries can be directed to Gregor Henderson by email or phone (0418 770 622). 

Thank you for your generous support of these vital charities. 

Thank you too to Eatyourwords Catering for providing the afternoon tea at a very generous discounted rate in support of the three charities. 

Please download the flyer here.

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 CHARITY CONCERT - SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2025, 3PM at Wesley

CHARITY CONCERT SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2025, 3.00pm 

WESLEY UNITING CHURCH, 20 NATIONAL CIRCUIT, FORREST, ACT 

  • Adults $40
  • Concession $35 (Pensioners, Seniors), 
  • Fulltime students $20, 
  • Children under 12 free. 

Tickets can be purchased online at www.trybooking.com/DAHTR

Your ticket includes the afternoon tea. Note: there is a TryBooking administration charge of an additional 50c per ticket. 

The Concert is co-sponsored by the Wesley Music Centre, the Order of St Lazarus ACT, and Wesley Uniting Church.

The Concert will feature the premiere performance by a new early music group, @415, led by well-known Canberra soprano, Greta Claringbould, with harpsichord, recorder and viola da gamba, along with pipe organist Mary Anne Neilsen, and Wesley music scholar Jojo Yuen on the piano. The CEO of the YWCA, Frances Crimmins, will speak briefly about the Next Door program. The concert will be followed by a sumptuous afternoon tea. 

Three local charities will receive all funds raised by the Concert (from both ticket sales and donations): 

  • The major recipient will be the YWCA Canberra Next Door program which supports older women who are experiencing homelessness or at immediate risk of homelessness. The funds raised will particularly assist with providing essential white goods, kitchen and home appliances for women who have ended up with virtually no household goods. 
  • The Farm in Galong provides residential rehabilitation services for women suffering from addiction or domestic violence. 
  • The Genesaret Community provides support for people with intellectual disability. 
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO OUR CHARITIES can be made: 

(a) online at www.trybooking.com/au/donate/actlazarus2025

A tax-deductible receipt will be issued immediately by email. 

(b) by direct bank transfer to: 

Order of St Lazarus Charitable Fund, BSB: 633000, Account no: 157635640. 

This is our preferred means for receiving donations, as it avoids the small percentage retained by TryBooking as its charge for the service. 

All donations over $2 are tax-deductible (costs of the tickets are not tax-deductible). If donating by direct bank transfer then please advise Rev Gregor Henderson, Order of St Lazarus Treasurer, by email, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he will issue your tax-deductible receipt immediately. 

Any queries can be directed to Gregor Henderson by email or phone (0418 770 622). 

Thank you for your generous support of these vital charities. 

Thank you too to Eatyourwords Catering for providing the afternoon tea at a very generous discounted rate in support of the three charities. 

Please download the flyer here.

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 CHARITY CONCERT - SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2025, 3PM at Wesley

CHARITY CONCERT SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2025, 3.00pm 

WESLEY UNITING CHURCH, 20 NATIONAL CIRCUIT, FORREST, ACT 

  • Adults $40
  • Concession $35 (Pensioners, Seniors), 
  • Fulltime students $20, 
  • Children under 12 free. 

Tickets can be purchased online at www.trybooking.com/DAHTR

Your ticket includes the afternoon tea. Note: there is a TryBooking administration charge of an additional 50c per ticket. 

The Concert is co-sponsored by the Wesley Music Centre, the Order of St Lazarus ACT, and Wesley Uniting Church.

The Concert will feature the premiere performance by a new early music group, @415, led by well-known Canberra soprano, Greta Claringbould, with harpsichord, recorder and viola da gamba, along with pipe organist Mary Anne Neilsen, and Wesley music scholar Jojo Yuen on the piano. The CEO of the YWCA, Frances Crimmins, will speak briefly about the Next Door program. The concert will be followed by a sumptuous afternoon tea. 

Three local charities will receive all funds raised by the Concert (from both ticket sales and donations): 

  • The major recipient will be the YWCA Canberra Next Door program which supports older women who are experiencing homelessness or at immediate risk of homelessness. The funds raised will particularly assist with providing essential white goods, kitchen and home appliances for women who have ended up with virtually no household goods. 
  • The Farm in Galong provides residential rehabilitation services for women suffering from addiction or domestic violence. 
  • The Genesaret Community provides support for people with intellectual disability. 
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO OUR CHARITIES can be made: 

(a) online at www.trybooking.com/au/donate/actlazarus2025

A tax-deductible receipt will be issued immediately by email. 

(b) by direct bank transfer to: 

Order of St Lazarus Charitable Fund, BSB: 633000, Account no: 157635640. 

This is our preferred means for receiving donations, as it avoids the small percentage retained by TryBooking as its charge for the service. 

All donations over $2 are tax-deductible (costs of the tickets are not tax-deductible). If donating by direct bank transfer then please advise Rev Gregor Henderson, Order of St Lazarus Treasurer, by email, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he will issue your tax-deductible receipt immediately. 

Any queries can be directed to Gregor Henderson by email or phone (0418 770 622). 

Thank you for your generous support of these vital charities. 

Thank you too to Eatyourwords Catering for providing the afternoon tea at a very generous discounted rate in support of the three charities. 

Please download the flyer here.

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Social Justice

The Service and Social Justice Mission Team was formed to bring together and coordinate the disparate interests and resources of our congregations, providing a forum for exchanging ideas, and a central facility for accessing resources.

Our Mission: The Uniting Church seeks to bring God’s vision of a reconciled world into the present, to reflect God’s love for everyone, work for justice and peace and follow the example and teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus taught what it means to love your neighbour and your enemy, called on his disciples to heal the sick and give to the poor, and challenged the systems and structures of oppression in his society. In all of this, we are called to act with integrity, ensuring that our words and our deeds are aligned.

Wesley Wayfarers

Wesley Wayfarers meet on the second Sunday afternoon of each month to consider various matters of Christian faith from a progressive perspective. Progressive theology is an approach that seeks to understand the real, underlying meaning of scripture as distinct from what might appear to be its meaning from a simple literal reading of it.

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Join us

You may be new to Canberra, or searching for a spiritual home; you may be seeking answers to some of your life-questions, or simply looking for companions. Whatever brings you to Wesley you are welcome. God has a purpose for you and invites you to share your life and your gifts with the rest of God's people.

Please feel free to attend worship and share in the life of our community whether you are a member or not. We would like to give you a name badge to help us get to know you, and we''d like your address to send you information about our programs, but that's entirely your choice.

If you'd like to become a member at Wesley just speak to a Minister or write a note to the office. Baptism and Confirmation are celebrations of membership if you are new to the Church. If you have been a member at another Church you may wish to transfer your membership.

Safe Place Statement

The Uniting Church in Australia believes that all people are made in the image of God, and as such we accept every individual regardless of race, age, creed or gender.

As a Christian Community we believe that God reaches out to us in love and acceptance and that our relationships with each other should express love and respect and not be abused.

As a community of faith we are committed to providing a place in society where human beings can explore what it means to be made in the image of God.

As an expression of this commitment, the Uniting Church in Australia recognises its responsibility to providing worshiping and pastoral communities that are free from abuse and that provide safe environments for all people to explore and express their faith in the Gospel.

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Addresses

Wesley Uniting Church
Street: 20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT 2603
Postal: PO Box 3217, Manuka, ACT 2603

Church Office Hours:
Mon - Fri, 10:00am to 1:00pm
phone: (02) 6295 3680
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Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live, learn and work, and pay our respects to the First Nations Peoples and their Elders, past, present and emerging.

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