News, Notices & Prayer points - 17 November 2020
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
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This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
A couple of years ago I was participating in a course which had a smattering of people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background. I would have said that they were good participants in class discussions but not the most active ones, and I gave little thought to it.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Waiting is hard especially if you are an active person and would rather be ‘doing’ than ‘waiting.’
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
New Times Intern Tasha Crumpler has been acknowledged by the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) in their recent 2020 Awards announcement.
On Monday, 2nd November, 2020, Rev Denise Champion, the first South Australian Aboriginal woman to be ordained, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) in recognition of her accomplishments as a Christian scholar and leader.
The alternate reading for All Saints Day, Matthew 5:1-12, The Beatitudes are a series of blessings declared by Jesus during his ‘Sermon on the Mount.’
Jesus invites himself to my house because, as he said in Luke 19:10, ‘the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
In September, UnitingWorld published an article stating, ‘South Sudan is in the grip of the worst humanitarian crisis in its history. Seven million people are at risk of starvation as drought, lock-downs from COVID-19 and increased violence choke food supplies.’
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
David Gardiner reflected on an article that he wrote back in 1995, which took a look (with a certain amount of humour) at his thoughts on the church of the future … given the year that we have experienced he was not far off the mark!
What do I make of Jesus’ instructions regarding responsible stewardship? I meet my obligations. I pay my taxes, and pay for my utilities by the due date. I place my tithed offering in the collection plate each Sunday. I wonder what else I should be doing?
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
In South Australia, we now have 20 households (60 people) who are in extreme stress at having to find a job and rental accommodation within three weeks.
Three years ago, Mtanios (Tony) fled his home in Tartus, a seaside city in Syria, with his wife Suhair and their two sons. They arrived in Adelaide as refugees and tried to build a new life in Australia.
October 22nd will mark the second anniversary of the apology to the survivors of institutional abuse. This has not been an easy space for the Church.
‘Who is God?' - Pastor Cyrus Kung speaks passionately about his own faith: who God is for him as a 2nd-generation Australian of Chinese ancestry, and the distinctive ‘lens’ that his heritage gives him in his exploration of matters of life and faith.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
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