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Herald Sun
23-07-2025
- Business
- Herald Sun
Melbourne historic church could fetch $5.5m
A landmark Armadale church linked to a former Victorian premier and coffee house baron has been listed for sale with $5.5m+ price hopes. Wealthy businessman and land owner James Munro laid the heritage-listed Uniting Church's foundation stone in 1886. Mr Munro, who served as Victorian Premier from 1880-1882, purchased the land at 86B Kooyong Rd for the house of worship to be built upon. RELATED: Catholic Church selling Melbourne terraces opposite St Patrick's Just heavenly: Holy listings boom across Vic as churches sell up Presbyterian Church lists $3m landmark Alma and Barkly church Designed by the Melbourne architecture firm Terry & Oakden, the Early English Gothic-style church features a nave, transept, apsis, organ, tower and spire, and seven car spaces. The 1438sq m site is also home to an interconnected building that has been converted to an office and is leased out on a short-term basis to a commercial tenant. CVA Property Consultants' managing director Ian Angelico and director Daniel Philip have the General Residential zoned-listing. 'The church is definitely a landmark,' Mr Angelico. 'The architecture is just magnificent, the stained glass windows are absolutely stunning.' He is expecting potential buyers to include community and religious groups, developers and owner-occupiers. 'There is scope to develop because of the very high ceilings, that would be subject to planning approval and the building would have to remain intact because of its heritage status,' Mr Angelico said. 'It could also possibly become an auction house or something similar.' Stonnington Council heritage documents state that the church is of historical significance for reasons including its association with Mr Munro. Alongside his political career and many business interests, he established several coffee palaces – accommodation and dining venues that did not serve alcohol – in locations including Melbourne, Geelong and Broken Hill in the 1800s. He was a partner in a company that bought Spring St's Grand Hotel, later Hotel Windsor, and turned it into a coffee palace. The church is 220m from Armadale train station and on the corner of High St's shopping strip. A post on the church's website stated that 'the hard decision to close' was made due the congregation's declining numbers and finances needed to support a minister and other expenses across the next five years. A church spokesperson said their last service was held in May, with congregation members joining other nearby places of worship including the Toorak Uniting Church. The Armadale site has roots going back to 1876 with the establishment of a Sunday school by the then-Toorak Presbyterian Church. Sign up to the Herald Sun Weekly Real Estate Update. Click here to get the latest Victorian property market news delivered direct to your inbox. MORE: Inner city site with $150m tower proposal sells Barber in Melbourne's west says farewell after six decades Mass bird deaths outside Melbourne shopping hub
Belfast Telegraph
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Whole new ball game as hurling and shinty hybrid matches set for Féile an Phobail
Hosted by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, a team of camogie players and hurlers, as well as two shinty squads from Scotland, will play two games to celebrate Antrim GAA's 140th anniversary. The matches will take place on August 2 as part of the Féile an Phobail. A male and female shinty side, from Stirling and the Isle of Skye respectively, will take on their Antrim counterparts at Corrigan Park to 'build bridges and connections'. Shinty shares a similar ancestry to hurling, with versions of both being played 2,000 years ago. The Scottish sport is thought to have been introduced by Irish settlers in the 17th century and has developed some different rules. However, to mark the union of the two sports, a combined rules match will be played that will draw on both of the games' styles. Managing the Antrim side is former county hurler Terence McNaughton, who explained how both sports, despite having their own styles, are 'hundred-mile-an-hour' games. Mr McNaughton said: 'Shinty is a traditional sport in Scotland, not unlike hurling. It's a field sport — a very fast field sport, too. 'The difference between hurling and shinty is that we're allowed to take the ball in the hand in hurling. 'They don't in shinty. So in this combined rules game, we're not allowed to handle the ball. 'It's a very fast-moving game. It's actually like stepping back in time a bit. Hurling was played for the first time on the ground. 'It's really is hundred-mile-an-hour stuff.' Antrim's Maeve Kelly and Colleen Patterson will be taking part. Despite being at the top of their game in camogie, the pair are looking forward to the challenge of the hybrid rules match. Maeve said: 'It's great to see it showcasing the women's sport. 'They use ground hurling so they don't put it in their hands, so it will be a hybrid model of the rules. 'I think in the past it has been one half camogie and then the second half has been shinty rules. 'It'll be a bit of fun getting used to the different rules.' West Belfast Presbyterian minister Rev David Moore explained how the matches will be important for fostering connections in the area and hopes to hold events of a similar kind in the future. 'It's letting folk know that we're here in west Belfast and that we want to be part of the community and that we're involved and welcomed in the community,' said Rev Moore. 'And I think from the GAA's point of view, you'll have to ask them what they think, but I think they're very enthusiastic about the idea of doing this and expanding the range of community connections. 'I hope we're expecting to see two very good games. 'The ladies team from the Isle of Skye are one of the best teams in Scotland, I believe. 'And the men's team, they're probably only just getting started, but they're full of very enthusiastic players. 'I think you'll see people who have just come for a nice weekend in Belfast and want to win a game.'
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Warrick County Indiana Pride hosts Pride Month Talk
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- Several events have taken place across the Tri-State in celebration of Pride month, and there are still a few more on the schedule. Warrick County Indiana Pride will host a Pride Month Talk event at the First Presbyterian Church in Newburgh. The event will take place on June 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and is completely free to attend. The event will feature speakers, including author Karen Edwards. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
12-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Presbyterian Church raises concerns over Christian Aid's "LGBT position"
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has raised concerns with Christian Aid over its position on "LGBT issues".Donations from the church to the charity could be reduced as a Presbyterian moderator Rev John Dunlop criticised the move, saying the Church was getting "into a public row with one of the premier and respected aid organisations in Ireland and in the UK".Christian Aid told the Church it did not adopt "any policy or agenda on issues of gender identity and human sexuality". Christian Aid is a major charity which was first set up in 1945 by churches to help refugees in the aftermath of World War Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) donates to Christian Aid's work through its annual world development of PCI's donations currently go to Christian Aid and the other half to the Tearfund charity. What are the church's concerns? The Presbyterian Church raised concerns with Christian Aid about a document called Queering the Women, Peace and Security Aid had helped develop the document, which was published by Queen's University of Belfast (QUB) in aimed to help those working with lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer women in the aftermath of in a letter to Christian Aid the incoming PCI moderator, Rev Dr Trevor Gribben, said the document had "caused a great deal of concern among leaders and members of PCI"."The document promoted a theological position that is very significantly at odds with the stated position of PCI," the letter continued. In 2018, the PCI adopted a policy that meant anyone in a same-sex relationship could not be a full member of the Dr Gribben said the document "had caused significant and potentially lasting damage to the relationship PCI has with Christian Aid".He said the Presbyterian Church's council had also expressed "deep concern and regret" that the document was published by Christian said that had led to "a loss of confidence both in the judgement of some staff in Christian Aid and in the governance/management systems of the organisation as a whole". How did Christian Aid respond? Members of the Christian Aid Ireland board wrote to Rev Dr letter said the Queering the Women, Peace and Security Agenda document aimed to identify "vulnerabilities and needs of people who may experience additional risk in situations of conflict for reasons of gender and sexuality".But they said it was not a formal policy document of Christian Aid and it had been removed from their website. Why could the row affect donations to Christian Aid? At their General Assembly in Belfast this week, members of the PCI voted to allow individual churches to decide whether their donations in 2025 should go to Tearfund or Christian changes the existing practice of the church's overall world development appeal donations being equally split between the two some senior members of the Church spoke out against the PCI said that from the 2024 World Development Appeal, Christian Aid Ireland and Tearfund would receive around £203,000 each. What was the reaction? Rev John Dunlop, a former moderator of the Church, told the assembly that "it's exceedingly unfortunate that the church has decided to get into a row with Christian Aid in this the 80th year of their existence"."We have been there with Christian Aid from the beginning," he said."We have decided to get into a public dispute which we have no need to get into."Meanwhile, Rev Dr Roger Purce, who is a former chair of Christian Aid Ireland, told the assembly that the charity had "listened, they acted" by removing the document from their church members voted in favour of a resolution to change the funding relationship with Christian News NI has approached Christian Aid for comment.
Belfast Telegraph
15-05-2025
- General
- Belfast Telegraph
Presbyterian Church in Ireland members meet women living in war zones as part of conference
Members of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland have returned from Lebanon after taking part in a special conference of Christian women who continue to be impacted by war and conflict. Rev Dr Liz Hughes, the former convener of the church's council for global mission, and Heather Clements, convenor of the council's global mission committee, took part in 'The unheard voice: women's persevering witness in war' conference, which brought together women from Lebanon, Syria and Transcarpathia in western Ukraine, along with Hungarian speaking reformed communities in central Europe. Mrs Clements said: 'Of the 24 participants who attended, some were pastors, or pastor's wives, and others were women who were in leadership in their congregations. We heard of the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war, for others it was coping with Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, or surviving Isis death squads.' Rev Dr Liz Hughes said: 'Each of the women felt deep sadness for what conflict had done to their countries, family and church families. 'It was an incredible privilege to see just a glimpse of what God sees: the silent, resilient and courageous persevering strength that you often find in women hidden in the pages of the Bible.'
