Jen Flanagan

Jen is a lay preacher in training at TUC. Jen is a member of the Thursday Community Fellowship ministry team. Jen is Treasurer of the Church Council.

Sermons from Jen Flanagan

Faith and Obedience – Abraham and Isaac

June 28, 2026

Tugeranong UC lay preacher Jen Flanagan tackles the difficult passage from Genesis 22:1-14 that narrates Abraham’s offering of his son Isaac as a sacrifice. Jen offers a different and thoughtful approach to understanding this story. Introduction at 0:00 Readings at 01:04 Sermon at 04:32

Faces of faith – Joseph

July 13, 2025

Jen Flanagan continues the exploration of some of the lesser known characters of our faith story, highlighting Joseph of Arimathea as an example of the importance of speaking up against injustices and taking action to prevent suffering.

Light in the darkness

July 14, 2024

The Old Testament reading was about King David bringing the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem and enthusiastically dancing almost naked in the streets.  I suspect if he tried it today, he would be arrested for public indecency! And then we have this story of Herod ordering the assassination of John…

Holy Humour

April 7, 2024

When I was doing my research for today I discovered that there are two different names for today – the first Sunday after Easter Sunday. One is Low Sunday – no one is really sure why it is called Low Sunday – but it is probably a reaction…

Hope in Tumultuous Times

February 15, 2022

Jesus’ disciples marvelled at the beauty and grandeur of the temple. Jesus’ response?  This temple will be destroyed – there will only be rubble left. Is Jesus warning his disciples, and eventually us not to trust in man-made structures?  Are we wrong to admire the beauty of…

Creating joy and light

January 14, 2021

Mark’s gospel is the shortest retelling of the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus. Mark starts by telling us, his readers that he is writing about the good news of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God – and his tale starts immediately with the beginning of Jesus’…

Conversations from Jen Flanagan

Hope is worth the risk

July 6, 2026

Andi Lotton, lay preacher at Tuggeranong Uniting explores the Matthew reading outlining the genealogy of Jesus of Nazareth and looks at the Advent theme for this week – Hope is worth the risk

16 days of activism

November 28, 2025

16 days of activism to end gender-based violence The UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women campaign is marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25 November to 10 December 2020) under the global theme, “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!“. UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign is amplifying…

Life’s Transitions

June 15, 2025

Speaking (and singing!) at Tuggeranong Uniting’s TUC@Brunch, Andi Lotton reflects on the transitions within his life and how God has always been part of the journey.

Amala ANZAC service

April 22, 2025

Each year Amala Uniting Aged Care at Gordon conducts an ANZAC Commemoration Service. This year the service is again led by the Rev Miriam Lacey. The Commemoration address is by Sergeant Daniel Strutt. The Bible Reading is by the Rev Amanda Hay from Tuggeranong Uniting.

Thanksgiving Presentation

March 24, 2025

A look back through images over fifty years of the people, life and work of the Tuggeranong Uniting Church. Beginning in 1975 with a small gathering at Mount Neighbour Primary School, to a thriving community of faithful people reaching out to the people of Tuggeranong in multiple ways.

Turning Point of Time

December 9, 2024

The concert, bringing together singers and musicians from Tuggeranong Uniting and Tathra Uniting Churches, presented a cycle of Christmas Songs from composer Dr Douglas Simper’s Songs for the Journey. We present this as a listening experience for you to enjoy the words, music and singing.