Reflection of the Week - 12 October 2021
Paul uses several different words for love, but for the Great Love we fall into, the Great Self with the big S, the God Self, he uses the word ‘agape.’
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Paul uses several different words for love, but for the Great Love we fall into, the Great Self with the big S, the God Self, he uses the word ‘agape.’
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Why are some times better than others? Why do some yearn for the ‘good old days’ or look forward to the ‘green pastures’ that lie ahead? Isn’t today enough?
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Recently, Kirsty Bucknell, an organisational psychologist and doctoral student at Macquarie University, released some of her and her colleagues’ research on resilience.[1] As part of it they surveyed 277 ‘ministry workers’ from across Australia measuring the relationship between self-reflection, insight, ruminations, resilience and well-being.
There is an extremely powerful force that, so far, science has not found a formal explanation to. It is a force that includes and governs all others, and is even behind any phenomenon operating in the universe and has not yet been identified by us. This universal force is LOVE.
Parishioners of the Adelaide Congress in Salisbury North are currently experiencing hardships. Whilst the Congress is located on Kaurna land, predominately Aṉangu people worship at the Congress.
Last Saturday, the first of the Synod Expos began at Adelaide West Uniting Church.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
I remember the first time I attended a Called to Care program, one of the take home messages that struck me was to not put someone in a leadership or volunteer position for at least six months.
We are a word driven society. What we say and do has instant impact to those around us.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
The world is not simply there. Everything and everyone we see, we view through the lenses of our thoughts.
The Uniting Church has a long and proud history of supporting peace and defending the rights and freedoms of refugees and people seeking asylum.
It is hard to believe that the first of our Synod Expos is just over 2 weeks away.
A summary of the discussions, deliberations and decisions arising from the meeting of the Uniting Church in South Australia.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Jesus calls us to keep our eyes, ears and hearts open to all.
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