News & notices - 15 February 2017

Posted Feb 15, 2017 in News

Below are the news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church submitted for the Wednesday 15 February edition of UC e-News.

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CMLA Lent & Easter resourcing night

On Sunday 19 February, 6-9pm, the Centre for Music Liturgy and the Arts invites you to gather at St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church in Glenelg for an evening of resourcing for the forthcoming seasons of Lent and Easter.

Rev Christine Gilbert will share a reflection on the lectionary with connection to our context.

Music, worship resource ideas and readings will be shared and available in the published resource book for this event.

Come with a group from your worship team and share together with others.

Cost is $10 per person. Costs for groups of five people and over from one congregation are $50. Supper will be provided.

 

Pancake Day

Your support makes a difference!

In 2017, UnitingCare Glenelg is still feeling the positive impact of the 2016 Pancake Day grant on their community. The Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) model used at UnitingCare Glenelg helps to shape the way they engage with the people around them. ABCD is a way of working with people that looks for what they have to offer (their assets) and how they can use those assets to better their community.

Friendship Café is a UnitingCare Glenelg program which has been a long-term partner with Pancake Day. They serve up a warm meal and lots of friendly conversation with their community. In the ABCD model, people who come to Friendship Café for a meal are now the people who have skills and talents to offer! The sense of ownership and pride has had flow-on effects in UnitingCare Glenelg’s programs, and Pancake Day happily supports that work.

Join us to help raise funds to support programs like UnitingCare Glenelg’s ABCD program! Register to hold a Pancake Day anytime in February or March.

 

Life@death 2017

Entries now due for the 2017 Easter art exhibition, Life@death, a collaborative project from Gallery One and Mitcham Village Uniting Church. Entry forms and information regarding this year’s theme, “The Sleep of Reason”, can be found at www.galleryone.org.au

The exhibition opening will be held on Friday 17 March at Gallery One (1 Torrens Road, Mitcham). For more information, please email Dieter Engler at Turn on Javascript! or Gallery One at Turn on Javascript!

 

Urgent call for auditors!

Synod CBU urgently requires CPAs, CAs or Registered Company Auditors to provide low cost audit services to congregations. CBU provides bookkeeping services to 30 congregations, using MYOB. At times other congregations who do their own bookkeeping, using various methods and systems, approach CBU for a referral to a suitable auditor. 

If you are available and willing to join the team to provide this valuable service, please contact Marie-Ann Ellis on 8236 4251.

 

Uniting Leaders 2017

Registrations are now open for Uniting Leaders 2017! This conference is the second President’s Ministers Conferences for 2017. Join keynote speakers, Nancy Beach and Mark Conner at Hope Valley Uniting Church from Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24 August, 2017. Grow in your ministry leadership and connect with other Uniting Church leaders from across Australia.

To register for the event, please click here. For more information visit unitingleaders.org.au or email Turn on Javascript!

 

Day of Prayer and Fasting for Refugees – Sunday 5 March

In October 2016, at a meeting of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA), it was decided that the first Sunday of Lent (5 March 2017) would be a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Refugees and Asylum Seekers. 

The NCCA has published resources to assist with reflection, prayer, reading and study on this day. These documents represent a collection of some of the wonderful resources that have been gathered from our Churches.

For more information or to access these resources, please visit the NCCA website here.

 

Lent Event resources now available!

Visit the new lentevent.com website to access resources that offer thoughtful reflections and ideas for action during Lent including:
• this year’s study material, “Bread for the Road”
• weekly videos and PowerPoint for Sunday services
• Water Walk and South Sudanese Feast events
Draw inspiration from the themes that permeate this year’s material: Jesus the Peacemaker, Jesus the Table-turner, Jesus the Redeemer and Jesus the Life-bringer.

 

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 Western Link Friendship Club, the induction of Rev Douglas Monaghan, the induction of Rev Anne Butler, the CMLA Lent & Easter resource night, the Preaching Masterclasses at Adelaide West Uniting Church, and an early years course also at Adelaide West.

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.

Submitting the most current police check form

The Synod Screening Services Unit is unable to accept any ‘old style’ police check forms which continue to be submitted. These will be returned to the applicant for re-submission using the current form. Please destroy all stocks of old forms and download the current form from the website here.

 

Adelaide West Uniting Church Men’s Choir celebrates 10 years of music & fundraising

Over the past 10 years, the Adelaide West Men’s Choir have raised more than $50,000 for different charity groups around South Australia. They perform around the state, bringing music to different communities, any of whom don’t often have an opportunity to experience choir music. The Adelaide West Men’s Choir are celebrating their 10^th anniversary with a cabaret concert at Adelaide West Uniting Church on Saturday 1 April from 5 – 7.30pm. Come along and show your support of this important ministry.

 

Overdue 2017 Mission & Service Fund Contribution Response Forms

If you are yet to submit your 2017 Mission & Service Fund Contribution Response Form please download the form here and send or scan and email the completed document to the Synod office. This information and commitment to contribute is an important part of budgeting and subsequent reporting for the Synod office. Queries to Peter Harbison on 8236 4282 or 1300 766 956 (country callers) or email Turn on Javascript!

 

Overdue audited 2015 financial statements
Copies of audited 2015 financial statements for congregations, faith communities and ‘parishes’ were due with the Synod office by 30 June 2016. These statements provide important and useful information for a variety of purposes so please send yours in today, if you have not already done so. Queries to Peter Harbison on 8236 4282 or 1300 766 956 (country callers) or email Turn on Javascript!

 

KCO Group Coordinator handbook

The Group Coordinator handbook for KCO 2017 is now available online. Group Coordinators are encouraged to start planning and noting important dates to ensure everything is organised in the lead up to KCO on 25-26 March, 2017.

 

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