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

 COME AND CELEBRATE A HAPPY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS AT WESLEY

ADVENT   
Sunday 1 December 9am OOS & 10.45am Worship OOS
Sunday 8 December 9am Christmas Pageant & 10.45am Worship
Sunday 8 December 3pm – 5pm Tea & Play
Sunday 15 December 9am & 10.45am Worship

MUSIC      
Saturday 30 November 4pm Nine Lessons and Carols OOS
Sunday 1 December 5pm Canberra Community Chorale: Magnify
Wednesday 4 December 12.40pm Wednesday Lunchtime concert: Wesley Music Scholars
Saturday 7 December 3pm Polifemy – Women’s vocal ensemble: The Waiting Sky
Sunday 8 December 5pm Kompactus Youth Choir: Spectrum of the Universe
Sunday 8 December 7pm Sing-a-long Messiah
Friday 13 December 7pm Luminescence: Christmas Classics
Saturday 14 December 2pm Luminescence: Thomas Heywood: A Christmas Fantasia (organ)
Saturday 14 December 6.30pm Luminescence:  I Sing the Birth
Sunday 15 December 5pm Luminescence: Christmas Classics

CHRISTMAS
Thursday 19 December 7pm Blue Christmas Service
Sunday 22 December 9am & 10.45am Worship
Tuesday 24 December 11pm Christmas Eve
Wednesday 25 December 10am Christmas Day

Further information and booking details for Wesley Music events www.wesleycanberra.org.au/music

LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE here

 

Wesley Music Centre is co-located with Wesley Uniting Church and we share a strong interest in music.
Christmas Giving 2024

Again this year some of the of appeals to which we can donate: 

  1. COMMUNITY SERVICES #1 CHRISTMAS APPEAL CS #1 seeks donations of items suitable for making up Christmas Hampers such as Christmas cakes and puddings, nuts sweets, biscuits, tinned ham decorations & tableware for people in need. Please put donations in trolley in the foyer. 
  2. UNITING WORLD CHRISTMAS CARDS AND ETHICAL GIFT CARDS will again be available for purchase between the two services on 1st and 8th December. For further information, please contact Elizabeth Gould or see https://everythingincommon.com.au/ 
  3. CHRISTMAS BOWL APPEAL will commence next Sunday 1 December and end early January 2025. Giving envelopes will be provided with the Service sheets next Sunday and these can be placed in the offertory each Sunday. If you want a receipt please fill in the required section of the Giving Envelope. The poster on the board in the Foyer may also be scanned to make your donation. As usual the retiring offering for both Christmas Services will go to this appeal. 
Christmas Giving 2024

Again this year some of the of appeals to which we can donate: 

  1. COMMUNITY SERVICES #1 CHRISTMAS APPEAL CS #1 seeks donations of items suitable for making up Christmas Hampers such as Christmas cakes and puddings, nuts sweets, biscuits, tinned ham decorations & tableware for people in need. Please put donations in trolley in the foyer. 
  2. UNITING WORLD CHRISTMAS CARDS AND ETHICAL GIFT CARDS will again be available for purchase between the two services on 1st and 8th December. For further information, please contact Elizabeth Gould or see https://everythingincommon.com.au/ 
  3. CHRISTMAS BOWL APPEAL will commence next Sunday 1 December and end early January 2025. Giving envelopes will be provided with the Service sheets next Sunday and these can be placed in the offertory each Sunday. If you want a receipt please fill in the required section of the Giving Envelope. The poster on the board in the Foyer may also be scanned to make your donation. As usual the retiring offering for both Christmas Services will go to this appeal. 
Christmas Giving 2024

Again this year some of the of appeals to which we can donate: 

  1. COMMUNITY SERVICES #1 CHRISTMAS APPEAL CS #1 seeks donations of items suitable for making up Christmas Hampers such as Christmas cakes and puddings, nuts sweets, biscuits, tinned ham decorations & tableware for people in need. Please put donations in trolley in the foyer. 
  2. UNITING WORLD CHRISTMAS CARDS AND ETHICAL GIFT CARDS will again be available for purchase between the two services on 1st and 8th December. For further information, please contact Elizabeth Gould or see https://everythingincommon.com.au/ 
  3. CHRISTMAS BOWL APPEAL will commence next Sunday 1 December and end early January 2025. Giving envelopes will be provided with the Service sheets next Sunday and these can be placed in the offertory each Sunday. If you want a receipt please fill in the required section of the Giving Envelope. The poster on the board in the Foyer may also be scanned to make your donation. As usual the retiring offering for both Christmas Services will go to this appeal. 

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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.

Worship with us

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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