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One of the most striking cultural shifts of the last few decades is the rise of the "spiritual but not religious" person. You meet them everywhere in Melbourne's inner-north. People who don't want institutions but crave transcendence. People who don't trust dogma but long for meaning. People who won't tick a denominational box but practise ritual, meditation, tarot, mindfulness, or a curated mosaic of spiritual practices. For these neighbours, the hunger is real, even if the

The second part of our church vision declares: "Imagine a church community whose active and transformative presence is dispersed in the neighbourhood like yeast in dough." This image comes from one of Jesus' shortest parables about the Kingdom of God (Matthew 13:33). Yeast works quietly and invisibly, yet transforms the whole batch of dough from within. In the same way, the Kingdom of God advances not through power, domination, or spectacle, but through small, faithful acts o

Colossians 4:5–6 “Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” The Heart of Our Vision When we planted Merri Creek Anglican, one of the first things we did was write a vision . It’s probably better to think of it less as a “vision statement” and more as a kind of rule of life —a picture of the kind of community we hope to be, muc