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Celebrating Refugees Contributions to Society
A UnitingCare Emergency Relief Centre was needed in the Port Adelaide-Enfield area of Adelaide. And that's when Lefevre UC and volunteers from Port Adelaide UC stepped up.
Five things to click this week
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New and interesting articles, videos, photographs and other content are posted online every day. Here are five recent items that may interest the Uniting Church SA community.
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Sharing of a tissue – Bourke St pauses as memorial removed
Crosslight
This article from Vic/Tas magazine Crosslight reflects on the recent removal of flowers, messages and other items at the Bourke Street memorial. Representatives from the Uniting Church were present for this solemn task.
Medium
This post by Sean Blanda talks about the importance of listening to people with views and tastes different from your own. His writing seems particularly timely given the vastly different views and voices that are currently finding platforms in the news, politics and public sphere.
Marriage isn’t the ultimate way to grow spiritually
Relevant
In this article, Ashley Marivittori Gorman shares her reflections on how some Christian communities treat marriage and its relationship to Christian maturity. While she speaks from an American point of view, some of her insights may be relevant to Australian churches.
Inside one of Australia’s oldest working prisons
ABC News
The photos essay is accompanied by quotes and stories from people involved in Cooma Correctional Centre, a New South Wales jail built in the 1870s. While the text is brief, this story provides an interesting look at a facility not many see inside of.
YouTube
This video was published by the Sydney Opera House Talks & Ideas YouTube account, and was produced by the Opera House and Maserati. The heart-warming video depicts young girls sharing their dreams for the future and their ideas about how achievable these dreams are. This video was created to help promote the Opera House’s All About Women festival.
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International Mission Update - A Light for Peace
The new 'normal’ that we have entered into can certainly bring changes to how we as a church undertake international mission. However, despite this challenge we encourage reflection on the importance of partnerships, solidarity for social justice issues and ecumenical sharing.
The Art of Listening
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.
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