Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/templates/js_simplepraise/html/modules.php on line 5
Welcome to the Victorian Council of Churches

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_yt_k2_slideshowii/helper.php on line 24

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_yt_k2_slideshowii/helper.php on line 25

Strict Standards: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, non-static method modYtK2SlideShowII::getList() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/libraries/joomla/cache/controller/callback.php on line 159

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_yt_k2_slideshowii/assets/yt_k2slideshowii.php on line 47

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_yt_k2_slideshowii/assets/yt_k2slideshowii.php on line 49

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_yt_k2_slideshowii/assets/yt_k2slideshowii.php on line 51

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_yt_k2_slideshowii/assets/yt_k2slideshowii.php on line 53
      
      
The Victorian Council of Churches Emergencies Ministry began in 1977 and has grown to over 1,500 volunteers trained to respond to disasters in Victoria.
Read More
The Council’s work is assisted by Commissions. Members of Commissions are invited for their expertise and commitment to the ecumenical journey.
Read More
Membership of the Victorian Council of Churches is open to all churches whose faith and practices are in accord with the mission statement of the Council.
Read More
Each month VCC sends out an electronic newsletter covering upcoming events and latest news from around Victoria and Australia.
Read More
  • Emergencies Ministry
    The Victorian Council of Churches Emergencies Ministry began in 1977 and has grown to over 1,500...
  • Commissions
    The Council’s work is assisted by Commissions. Members of Commissions are invited for their...
  • Member Churches
    Membership of the Victorian Council of Churches is open to all churches whose faith and practices...
  • VCC Newsletter
    Each month VCC sends out an electronic newsletter covering upcoming events and latest news from...

Strict Standards: Declaration of JParameter::loadSetupFile() should be compatible with JRegistry::loadSetupFile() in /home/vccorg/public_html/libraries/joomla/html/parameter.php on line 0

Welcome to the Victorian Council of Churches

The Victorian Council of Churches is a fellowship of churches which confess to the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the scriptures and seek to fulfil together their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Read More >>

News

  • 16.04.18
    Visiting WCC, Archbishop of Canterbury speaks on “ecumenism of action”

    Visiting WCC, Archbishop of Canterbury speaks on “ecumenism of action”

     16 February 2018

    "During a visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on 16 February, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby spoke on an “ecumenism of action” as he also congratulated the WCC on its 70th anniversary."

    To read the rest of the article, please click here.

  • 20.03.18
    VCC EM RESPONSE TO SOUTH WEST FIRES

     emm

    VCC EM RESPONSE TO SOUTH WEST FIRES

    cfa

    townfirecowsmoke

    AMAZING RESPONSE FROM VCC EMERGENCIES MINISTRY


    At approximately 11:30pm Saturday 17th March, numerous large fires began in the South West of Victoria around Terang, Hawkesdale and Cobden.

    People evacuated to Relief Centres with over 400 people in the Cobden Relief Centre throughout Saturday night.

    VCC Emergencies Ministry had volunteers in the Warnambool Emergency Relief Centre from 12 midnight and the Colac Emergency Relief Centre from 6am Sunday morning.

    Since 6am Sunday morning, VCC EM have had teams in Relief Centres in Warnambool, Camperdown, Colac, and Cobden. We were unable to access the Relief Centre in Port Campbell.

    Our emergency operations centre was open from 6am on Sunday morning and staffed with volunteers. It remains open for the foreseeable future.

    We have had 3 Incident Activity Coordinators supporting the management of the response, which has been fantastic. Our systems are working.

    We activated the whole of Barwon South West volunteers who have provided the majority of the workforce to date.

    Other areas were called in including Ballarat, Macedon Ranges and Western Metropolitan Melbourne.

    The support to the community is just beginning with outreach to start in the coming days.

    If you can support our efforts by responding to calls for assistance or you feel you can spend a couple of days in the area in the coming weeks, please call the State office and register your availability.

  • 02.03.18
    Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2018 - Resources

    Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - 2018 

    The Week of Prayer this year runs from 13-20 May.  This year’s theme is “Your Right Hand, O Lord, Glorious in Power : Exodus 15:6. The Resources were prepared by the Churches of the Caribbean. A small Australian group has worked on the resources to bring some Australian flavour to them.

    While most of the resources are Pdf files, the Order of Service is in Microsoft Word. This allows for local congregations to adapt the service to suit their particular needs. For example local prayers and hymns can be inserted.

    The Resources can be found here.

     

  • 14.02.18
    Cyclone Gita, Tonga - YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED

     YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED

    This may not be the top story in the news tonight, but our neighbours in the Pacific have been hit by a devastating storm.

    Cyclone Gita has devastated communities across Tonga. The category four cyclone arrived late last night bringing winds of over 233km/h, ripping roofs off houses and causing widespread flooding. Tens of thousands of people were left without power and water has been cut off.

    Please help provide the emergency shelter, food, clean water and hygiene kits to families who’ve had their lives torn apart.

    For further information, please follow the link to the Act for Peace website.

More news

Events


Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 39

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Non-static method JEV_CommonFunctions::getJEventsViewName() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_jevents_latest/mod_jevents_latest.php on line 18

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Non-static method JEV_CommonFunctions::getJEventsViewList() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/commonfunctions.php on line 33

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_jevents_latest/mod_jevents_latest.php on line 28

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_jevents_latest/mod_jevents_latest.php on line 35

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1739

Strict Standards: Non-static method JEVHelper::loadLanguage() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 15

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 39

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Non-static method JSite::getMenu() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/modfunctions.php on line 28

Strict Standards: Non-static method JApplication::getMenu() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/includes/application.php on line 536

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1739

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/modfunctions.php on line 123

Strict Standards: Non-static method JEVHelper::getItemid() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/modfunctions.php on line 200

Strict Standards: Non-static method JSite::getMenu() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 545

Strict Standards: Non-static method JApplication::getMenu() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/includes/application.php on line 536

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 545

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1739

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_jevents_latest/tmpl/default/latest.php on line 61

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_jevents_latest/tmpl/default/latest.php on line 64

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1791

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_jevents_latest/tmpl/vcc/latest.php on line 182

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_jevents_latest/tmpl/vcc/latest.php on line 275

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 575

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 596

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/filters.php on line 32

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/filters.php on line 137

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/filters.php on line 255

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/tables/jevuser.php on line 66

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1624

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 765

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 768

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 822

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/filters.php on line 255

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Declaration of jevCategoryFilter::_createFilter() should be compatible with jevFilter::_createFilter($prefix = '') in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/filters/Category.php on line 0

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/registry.php on line 16

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1739

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/datamodel.php on line 86

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/filters.php on line 255

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 71

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 152

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/filters.php on line 255

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/filters/Search.php on line 23

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 607

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 71

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 152

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1739

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1739

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 717

Strict Standards: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, non-static method JEventsDBModel::_cachedlistIcalEvents() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/libraries/joomla/cache/controller/callback.php on line 159

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1671

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 1316

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1739

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1739

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 765

Strict Standards: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, non-static method JEventsDBModel::_cachedlistIcalEvents() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/libraries/joomla/cache/controller/callback.php on line 159

Strict Standards: Non-static method JVersion::isCompatible() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/helper.php on line 1671

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 1316

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/libraries/dbmodel.php on line 1019

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_jevents_latest/tmpl/vcc/latest.php on line 1139

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/administrator/components/com_jevents/libraries/config.php on line 34

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/router.php on line 87

Strict Standards: Non-static method JEVHelper::getNow() should not be called statically in /home/vccorg/public_html/components/com_jevents/router.php on line 88
No events
View Full Calendar

Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/vccorg/public_html/modules/mod_jevents_latest/mod_jevents_latest.php on line 55

Prayers

  • A Prayer for Strength

    Guide me Lord, you are my heart, you are my strength, you are my hope. Teach me Lord, and guide my way. I love you more each passing day.

More prayers