WELCOME TO WESLEY CHURCH!
A friendly community
Biblical teaching and preaching
Classical but contemporary worship with a rich musical ‘menu’
Multicultural community
Responding to Covid-19
Worship resources will be prepared and put on this website page each week to enable people to worship at home, in ‘virtual fellowship’ with others in our community and beyond.
In the meantime, we continue to pray for all who have been directly impacted by the virus itself, our medical and public health workers and researchers, and all who are being affected by the economic, emotional and social impacts of this virus.
This Sunday, August 16th
Join with others to worship this Sunday by opening the Order of Service and clicking on the various links for sound and video files plus music for the songs and hymns.
The service has been prepared and led by Rev Dr Kylie Crabbe and our Minister, Alistair Macrae. Kylie is a member at Wesley Church, a Uniting Church Minister and currently works as Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University in the field of Early Christian Studies. The music has been prepared and recorded by our Director of Music, Geoff Uquhart, and a member of our choir, Grant Diffey.
Address
130 Lonsdale Street,
Melbourne, VICTORIA 3000
(between Russell St and Exhibition St)
Weekly Worship Services
(Suspended until further notice)
Church Administration
Wednesdays to Fridays (part time hours)
churchoffice@wesleychurch.org.au
Some facts about Wesley Church
- Built in 1858, currently undergoing major restoration works
- Originally a Wesleyan Church, it became a Methodist Church in the union of 1902, and then part of the Uniting Church in Australia in the union with the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches in 1977.
- Located in the Central Business District of Melbourne, Australia
- In 1893, in response to community needs, started what is now Uniting Wesley, a large community services organisation serving the most vulnerable people in our community. https://www.vt.uniting.org/
- Offering ‘mainstream’ biblical teaching and classical reformed worship
- A cross-cultural congregation, including people of various Asian and Pacific cultures
- Wesley Church building is also the home of the Gospel Hall, a Uniting Church congregation with church services in Cantonese, with Mandarin and English translation.
Uniting Church in Australia
Wesley Uniting Church is a congregation of the Yarra Yarra Presbytery and the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.
Mission Statement
Wesley Church seeks to serve Christ with the following mission priorities for the coming five years:
- to provide services of worship, building on our present style, and with a special focus on the ministry of music
- to continue to welcome, care for and nurture all who share in our worship and congregational life
- to grow as a cross-cultural and inclusive community, especially welcoming and supporting visitors and international students, while developing our partnership with the Gospel Hall congregation
- to be a vital centre available to the Uniting Church and ecumenical partners