The Uniting Church building at Kinglake West is to be sold. Despite requests to the Uniting Church Yarra Yarra Presbytery by the Kinglake Historical Society (KHS) for the Church and the demountable building to be retained for the Kinglake community, the Uniting Church property and the two buildings on it are now for sale.
In March 2022, KHS first requested permission to relocate the church building and invited Uniting Church representatives to visit the Heritage Centre to discuss a possible location. A joint request from KHS, Kinglake Lions and Kinglake Landcare was made to the Uniting Church authorities at this time for the demountable building to be retained by the community possibly on an alternative site. These requests were supported by the Kinglake West Reserve Committee and the Kinglake West CFA.
However, the requests were ignored by the Uniting Church authorities at that time. Further requests regarding the relocation of the church were repeated in April, June and July 2023. But no reply was received until 10 November. KHS was informed that the Uniting Church decision was that the Kinglake West property and the two buildings on it are to be sold.

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