Ocean Grove – Barwon Heads Uniting Church

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        • The Season of Advent
          • Advent 1 (01-12-2019)
          • Advent 2 (8-12-2019)
          • Advent 3 (15-12-2019)
          • Advent 4 (22-12-2019)
        • Christmastide
          • Christmas
          • Christmastide 2 (5-1-2020)
        • Season of Epiphany
          • Epiphany 1 (12-01-2020)
          • Epiphany 2 (19-01-2020)
          • Epiphany 3 (26-01-2020)
          • Epiphany 4 (02-02-2020)
          • Epiphany 5 (09-02-2020)
          • Epiphany 6 – Evolution Sunday (16-02-2020)
          • Transfiguration Sunday (23-02-2020)
        • Season of Lent
          • Lent 1 (01-03-2020)
          • Lent 2 (08-03-2020)
          • Lent 3 (15-03-2020)
          • Lent 4 (22-03-2020)
          • Lent 5 (29-03-2020)
          • Palm Sunday (05-04-2020)
          • Maunday Thursday (09-04-2020)
          • Good Friday (10-04-2020)
        • Eastertide
          • Easter 2019
          • Easter (12-04-2020)
          • Easter 2 (28-04-2019)
          • Easter 2/Earth Sunday (19-04-2020)
          • Easter 3 (05-05-2019)
          • Easter 3 (26-04-2020)
          • Easter 4 (12-05-2019)
          • Easter 4 + Harvest Thanksgiving (03-05-2020)
          • Easter 5 (19-05-2019)
          • Easter 5/Mother’s Day (10-05-2020)
          • Easter 6 (26-05-2019)
          • Easter 6 (17-05-2020)
          • Easter 7 (02-06-2019)
          • Easter 7/Ascension (24/05/2020)
        • Season of Pentecost
          • Day of Pentecost (09-06-2019)
          • Day of Pentecost (31-05-2020)
          • Trinity Sunday
          • Trinity Sunday (07-06-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 11 (14-06-2020)
          • UCA BD (23-06-2019)
          • UCA Birthday (21-06-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 13 (28-06-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 14 (7/7/2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 14 (05-07-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 15 (14-07-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 15 (12-07-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 16 (21-07-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 16 (19-07-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 17 (28-7-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 17 (26-07-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 18 (4-8-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 18 (02-08-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 19 (11-8-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 19 (09-08-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 20 (18-04-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 20 (16-08-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 21 (25-08-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 21 (23-08-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 22 (30-08-2020)
          • Ordinary Sunday 27 (06-10-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 28 (13-10-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 29 (20-10-2019)
          • Reformation Sunday (27-10-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 31 (3-11-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 32 (10-11-2019)
          • Ordinary Sunday 33 (17-11-2019)
          • Christ the King (24-11-2019)
        • Season of Creation
          • Season of Creation 1 (01-09-2019)
          • Season of Creation 1 (06-09-2020)
          • Season of Creation 2 (08-09-2019)
          • Season of Creation 2 (13-09-2020)
          • Season of Creation 3 (15-09-2019)
          • Season of Creation 4 (22-09-2019)
      • A Bob’s-Eye View
        • “By Schisms Rent Asunder”
        • Cheers!
        • Christmas Customs and Their Origins
        • Day of Mourning
          • Day of Mourning Sermon
        • Death Trilogy
        • Dealing with Youth Crime
        • Easter Surprise
        • Evolution Stops Here!
          • Celebrating Earth Sunday
          • Season of Creation
        • God’s Role is to Give; Our Role is to Share 
        • The “F” Word
        • Fast Food, Fast Fixes, Fast Lane to Hell
        • The Gospel and Politics
        • Growth or Prosperity
        • Is Australia Day an Appropriate Theme for Sunday Worship
        • Just One of the Crowd
        • Let’s Not Lose the Gains
        • Money, Money, Money!
        • National Refugee Week Observance
        • News Flash!  Jesus wasn’t born on December 25th!
        • Not 1984 Again!
        • On the Borders of Heresy
        • Palms or Passion
        • Post-Election Dreaming
        • The Religious Role of the Imagination
        • Same-Sex* Storm in a Teacup
        • Shame!
        • A Thorny Theology
        • Trump and a Post-Truth World
        • Vatican Statement Exemplifies Church at its Worst
        • What if God Came to Earth & Nothing Changed?
        • What if Jesus Didn’t Rise from the Grave?
        • What’s in a Name?
        • What Purpose Lent?
        • When a Little Good News is Dangerous
        • Where Left Meets Right
        • Who took the Christ out of Christmas?
        • Why We Acknowledge First Peoples
        • Words that Bear the Word
    • Words of the Word (Glossary)
      • Faith
      • Grace
      • Salvation
      • Atonement
      • Church
      • The Devil, a.k.a. Satan
      • Eternal (Life)
      • Freedom
      • Fundamentalism
      • Glory
      • G-O-D
      • Heaven/Hell
      • Inspiration
      • Judgment
      • The Kingdom (Realm) of God
      • Love
      • Messiah (Christ)
      • Pentecost/Holy Spirit
      • Prayer
      • Progressive Christianity
      • Prophecy
      • Religion/Theology
      • Repentance
      • Resurrection
      • Sacrament (Baptism & Communion)
      • Sin
      • Son (of God) (of Man)
      • Trial
      • The Trinity
        • Trinity for Kids
      • Worship
    • If Jesus were a Rock Star
      • 1. The Ark by Gerry Rafferty
      • 2. Have a Little Faith in Me by John Hiatt
      • 3. In Every Grain of Sand by Bob Dylan
      • 4. “Jubilee” by Mary Chapin Carpenter
      • 5. “Riverbed” by Judy Blank
      • 6. “The Hour That the Ship Comes In” by Bob Dylan sung by Peter, Paul and Mary
      • 7. “All You Zombies” by The Hooters
      • 8. “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley
      • 9. The Times They Are A‐Changin’ by Bob Dylan
      • 10. Starman by David Bowie
      • 11. Waitin’ on a Sunny Day by Bruce Springsteen
      • 12. Come the Day by The Seekers
      • 13. Am I True to Myself by Lobo
      • 14. Where is the Love by the Black-Eyed Peas
      • 15. Get Together by The Youngbloods
      • 16. Speak to the Sky by Rick Springfield
      • 17. Light of a Clear Blue Morning by Dolly Parton
      • 18. I Saw the Light by Hank Williams
      • 19. How Can I Keep From Singing by Enya
      • 20. Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen sung by Jeff Buckley
      • 21. Less of Me by Glen Campbell
      • 22. A Reason for It All by Eric Bogle
      • 23. You Can’t Be a Beacon by Donna Fargo
      • 24. Let It Be by The Beatles
      • 25. Windfall by Rick Nelson
      • 26. I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash
      • 27. One Day at a Time sung by Merle Haggard
      • 28. All You Need is Love  by The Beatles
      • 29. The Only Way Out sung by Cliff Richard
      • 30. You’ll Never Walk Alone sung by Gerry and the Pacemakers
      • 31. Love Is Everywhere by John Denver
      • 32. Where Have All the Flowers Gone sung by Joan Baez
      • 33. Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
      • 34. Try A Little Kindness by Glen Campbell
      • 35. Standing on the Inside by Neil Sedaka
      • 36. Imagine by John Lennon
      • 37. You’re the Voice sung by John Farnham
      • 38. He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother sung by The Hollies
      • 39. Sailing sung by Rod Stewart
      • 40. Some Days Are Diamonds sung by John Denver
      • 41. That’s Freedom sung by John Farnham
      • 42. I Love  sung by Cliff Richard
      • 43. Very Last Day by Peter, Paul and Mary
      • 44. The Universal Soldier by Buffy Sainte-Marie
      • 45. End of the Line by The Travelling Wilburys
      • 46. What the World Needs Now Is Love by Burt Bacharach
      • 47. If I Had a Hammer sung by Peter, Paul and Mary
      • 48. The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
      • 49. You’ve Got a Friend by Carole King
      • 50. Put a Little Love in Your Heart by Jackie DeShannon
      • 51. Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan
      • 52. Day Is Done by Peter, Paul and Mary
      • 53. We Stand Together sung by Diana Ross
      • 54. Sing a Song of Freedom by Cliff Richard
      • 55. I Believe sung by Perry Como
      • 56. I Believe In You sung by Don Williams
      • 57. Turn! Turn! Turn! sung by The Byrds
      • 58. Well, Well, Well by Peter, Paul and Mary
      • 59. Talkin’ to the Buddha by Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.
      • 60. Spiritual Fantasy by Steppenwolf
      • 61. Through the Never by Metallica
      • 62. Already Gone sung by The Eagles
      • 63. Stones in the Road by Mary Chapin Carpenter
      • 64. Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz
      • 65. Gotta Serve Somebody by Bob Dylan
    • Stages of Faith
      • Infancy: Undifferentiated
      • Stage 1: Intuitive-Projective Faith
      • Stage 2: Mythic-Literal Faith
      • STAGE 3: Synthetic-Conventional Faith
      • STAGE 4: Individuated-Reflective Faith
      • STAGE 5: Conjunctive Faith
      • STAGE 6: Universalising Faith
    • On Being the Church
      • A Model
      • Our Assets
      • The Future of the Church: change or die
        • Growing the Congregation
        • What Brings People into the Fold?
        • Ideas
          • Authentic Conversations
          • Conversation Café
          • Tea & Coffee Groups
          • The Joys of Love Triangles
          • Studying the Faith
        • Religious People Live Longer
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