News & notices - 2 November 2016

Posted Nov  2, 2016 in News

Below are the news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church submitted for the Wednesday 2 November edition of UC e-News.

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“We are the Uniting Church”

The Uniting Church in Australia Assembly recently released two videos about the Uniting Church – “Series One – Our Story” and “Series Two – Our Faith”. These are the first of six short videos being prepared as part of the “We are the Uniting Church” video series. The videos are six to eight minutes long, and are designed primarily for use with newcomers to congregations, organisations or schools. They are particularly suitable for group settings. To view the first two videos, please click here.

 

Presbytery & Synod - call for nominations

Nominations are now open to fill vacancies on a range of Presbytery and Synod committees and boards. Nomination forms are available on the website here. Nominations close at 4pm on Friday 4 November, 2016. To submit a completed nomination form or to find out more, please email Chris Jaensch at Turn on Javascript!. Forms not submitted to Chris by email may be placed in the nominations box at the November Presbytery and Synod meeting.

 

Remind, Refresh, Resource - CALD ministry

Mission Resourcing will host another Remind, Refresh, Resource event on Saturday 26 November at Colonel Light Gardens Uniting Church. This session will focus on resourcing the church in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) ministry.

Rev Dr Raymond Joso, Mission Initiatives Consultant for the NSW & ACT Synod, will be the keynote speaker for the event. 

Entry is by donation, but registration is required to participate in workshops and to determine catering needs. Registrations can be made here. More information is available on the Uniting Church SA website here.

 

Uniting Church SA 2017 calendar collection

The 2017 Uniting Church SA calendar is now available online here.

Print copies of the calendar will be provided to congregations who placed an order. Those who nominated to pick the calendar up at the Presbytery and Synod meeting from 3-5 November are reminded to do so. Others who nominated to pick the calendars up from the Synod office (Level 2, 212 Pirie Street, Adelaide) may do so from Tuesday 8 November. Those who opted to have the calendars posted should receive them within the next couple of weeks.

If you have queries, please email Communications at Turn on Javascript!

 

UniSA Hawke EU Centre event – “Offering hospitality when the stranger is at the gate”

Professor Alison Phipps will speak at a Hawke EU Centre event being held at Adelaide West Uniting Church on Saturday 12 November, 2-4pm. The talk will look at the role faith communities played in welcoming refugees to Europe, and especially in Scotland over the past 10 years. Alison will also reflect on congregations’ reluctance to act until a point of crisis has been reached, and the compatibility of practical realities with faith-based teachings. For more information, please click here.

 

Uniting Venues

As weather starts to warm up, many congregations, families and other groups may be beginning to think about taking a holiday or going camping. Uniting Venues provides a number of different locations and types of accommodation. There are still some vacancies for the December/January school holiday period. For more information, please visit the Uniting Venues website here.

 

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 Presbytery & Synod meeting, a trivia night at Belair Uniting Church, a L’arche Adelaide family picnic in the South Parklands, An Afternoon with Gilbert & Sullivan for Mostly Music @ Malvern, and a Child Safe Refresher at Rosefield 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 last week’s “News & notices”? The items below are ones you might want to catch up on.

Christmas service times

Want to invite the wider community to your Christmas services? The Uniting Church SA website will again provide a space for congregations and faith communities to list details of their Christmas services and events. To have your Christmas gatherings included please email your service details (service name/type, date and time, location) to Turn on Javascript!

 

Mental health resource

A hard copy version of the new Uniting Church SA mental health resource, “Caring for Community”, will be distributed with 2017 calendars at the November Presbytery and Synod meeting.

Congregations who have not placed a calendar order can collect their copies of this resource from Bev Freeman at the Presbytery and Synod meeting, or by contacting Mission Resourcing on 8236 4249 to get them posted. A downloadable version of the resource is available here.

 

National Church Life Survey – stories and forms

The National Life Survey (NCLS) is underway, and survey forms should now have been received by all congregations who placed an order.

Mission Resourcing is offering three prizes for the most efficient return of forms, and for the best NCLS stories from the survey. The prizes include Sunday preacher + tailored consultation (with Church Council or Congregation) on local results and possibilities + boxed kit of resources tailored to local needs, valued at $250.

Send your good news stories to Bev Freeman on 8236 4243 or email Turn on Javascript!

 

SA Council of Churches – Annual General Meeting

All are welcome to attend the South Australian Council of Churches’ annual general meeting on Saturday 19 November at Hebart Hall, Australian Lutheran College (104 Jeffcott Street/200 Ward Street, North Adelaide).

The main topic of the meeting will be “The Reformation: 500 years on”, and it will be led by Dr Stephen Pietsch from the Australian Lutheran College. Registration at the meeting opens at 8.45am. The meeting will run from 9am-1pm with time for prayer, conversation and decision-making.

For more information or to view the full agenda, please visit the website. Please RSVP via email to Turn on Javascript!

 

Australian Advent and Christmas Resources

Looking for grassroots resources for Advent and Christmas? The Centre for Music, Liturgy and the Arts has compiled new music, dramas, advent wreath liturgies, poetry and more! Contributing artists include Malcolm Gordon, Craig Mitchell, Rosemary Nairn, Neryl McCallum, Amelia Koh-Butler, Leigh Newton, JS Hudson and Jenni Hughes. Only $20.

Available at the upcoming Presbytery and Synod meeting, at the Centre for Music, Liturgy and the Arts, or by digital download from MediaCom.

 

Venue correction

The October/November print edition of New Times included a diary note about an upcoming free concert in Cherry Gardens. The note misstated the location of the event. It will be held at Cherry Gardens Memorial Hall (not at Cherry Gardens Uniting Church) on Sunday 30 October from 2pm. For more information, please click here.

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