News & notices - 8 March 2017

Posted Mar  8, 2017 in News

News & notices – 8 March 2017

Below are the news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church submitted for the Wednesday 8 March edition of UC e-News.

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Save the dates – Transforming Worship and Uniting Leaders conferences to be hosted in Adelaide in 2017

There are two large conferences to be hosted in Adelaide in 2017.

Register for the Transforming Worship Conference to be held at Burnside City Uniting Church from 27-30 July, 2017. Find out more and register here.

Uniting Leaders 2017 ‘Growing leaders to grow the church’ will be hosted by Hope Valley Uniting Church from 22-24 August, 2017.  The three day leadership conference features keynote speakers, Nancy Beach and Mark Conner. Register and find out more here.

Books to give away

The Blackwood Uniting Church have a collection of the following books to give away:

The Australian Hymn Book
Sing Alleluia (A Supplement to the Aust. Hymn Book)
Good News Bible
If interested, please phone Jacqui on 8278 7699 or email Turn on Javascript!

Uniting Communities – ‘U City’ project

Work is set to start on the Uniting Communities ‘U City’ CBD project. Read more about the project here. 

Free Bibles

The Bible Society Australia is celebrating its bicentenary. As part of their celebrations they are giving away free Bibles.  If you want a new Bible or want to give a Bible to a friend, register here.

 

Stop the Traffik Easter campaign

For 10 years, Stop the Traffik has asked chocolate companies and stores to take action in their supply chain to prevent and end the trafficking of children to produce the cocoa that ends up in our chocolate. Things are improving, but there are still changes that need to be made.

After two years of campaigning, Woolworths and Coles have both released policies seeing them sourcing their own branded chocolate products to an internationally recognised standard by 2020. Aldi and Haigh’s were first to provide a fully certified Easter range. Now there will be at least four places for people to source 'traffik-free' chocolate over Easter.

Stop the Traffik is asking supporters to thank stores for their support and to continue to urge Darrell Lea to take steps in relation to their chocolate supply chains. For more information about how to take action in either of these ways, please visit the Stop the Traffik website here or contact any of the stores on social media to share your thoughts.

South Australian Council of Churches 70^th birthday celebrations

The 70^th birthday celebrations of the SA Council of Churches (SACC) will begin at 10am in the Pilgrim Church Hall at 12 Flinders street, Adelaide. There will be an entire day of celebrations. Click here to view the program. RSVPs are essential and are due by Wednesday 12 April to Turn on Javascript!.

Upcoming events

The majority of Uniting Church SA events are listed on the upcoming events list here.

Some of the events coming up this week include the Fearless youth night at Journey Uniting Church and Blank Canvas, a youth and young adults’ art cafe at the Corner Uniting Church.

Check out the full list to see other exciting events happening in the coming weeks! Events can be submitted to the list here.

 

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Didn’t read the last “News & notices”? The items below are ones you might want to catch up on.

Donations of items for KCO – updated list!

The KCO Event Office is still looking for donations or loans of a number of items for use at KCO 2017 (25-26 March) – a number of new items have been added since last week’s list.

The KCO Event Office is seeking shoe boxes, newspaper, thick cardboard tubes (20 needed; large enough for a tennis ball to fit through), small paper plates, dolly pegs, telescopes (two minimum needed, with skilled operators if possible), dress ups/costumes and props (for a photo booth), and sports cones/markers (approx. 60).

As mentioned last week, KCO also needs natural baskets (for storage), natural products/loose parts for nature play (bark, sticks, leaves, gum nuts, milk crates etc. – nothing sharp or breakable please), board games or books (preferably related to the 2017 KCO theme, “Big World”), floor cushions or blow up couches, large washable floor rugs, bubbles, volleyball nets, fairy lights or string lights, and bean bags (large ones for sitting on and small ones for sports/games).

If you are able to supply any of these items or would like more information, please email Laura Carson at Turn on Javascript!

Retired Ministers’ Day 2017 – save the date!

The Uniting Church Retired Ministers’ Day for 2017 will be held from 10am at Nunyara Conference Centre on Tuesday 28 March. Invitations will be sent by email.

Intergenerational Worship Ideas for Lent

A resource to assist and inspire churches to adapt elements of a worship liturgy (call to worship, prayers, songs and Bible reading) to be more intergenerational during the season of Lent has recently been made available on the Uniting Church SA website. The resource is based on the lectionary readings but ideas can be adapted to suit any Bible/theme focus. It is available to download here. This resource has been written and produced in partnership across three Uniting Church Synods, including South Australia’s Intergen team.

Seeking large print hymn books

Tea Tree Gully Uniting Church is seeking large print hymn books for ministry at local nursing homes. If you have any available, please contact the Church Office on 8396 3252 or email Turn on Javascript!

 

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