News & notices - 20 April 2016

Posted Apr 20, 2016 in News

Below are the news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church submitted for the Wednesday 20 April edition of UC e-News. Please note that events are listed separately here.

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Mother’s Day Project

Adelaide West Uniting Church and Welcome to Australia are collecting “tokens of love” for mothers newly arrived in Australia this Mother’s Day (Sunday 8 May). They are seeking gifts (socks, soaps, chocolates, etc.), cards with positive messages, and donations to be used for small gifts. Items clearly labelled “Mother’s Day Project” can be delivered to:

c/- Ruth at Adelaide West Uniting Church, 312 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Brooklyn Park

or to

Megs Lamb c/- MCCSA, 63 Commercial Road, Salisbury

Please deliver items unwrapped; gift bags would be great.

Schools, churches or other organisations wishing to advertise this project can print out the flyer available here.

 

Photos of Maughan Church

The closing service for Maughan is on Sunday 15 May.   The service will include an audio/visual photo presentation of Maughan through its life. We have photos and film from the opening worship service, but have less depicting the church’s later life.

So we need your help to complete the picture.

If you have photos or film of Maughan Church from any period, please forward them to the committee organising the closing worship. Photos will then be scanned and the originals returned to you. Any notes about the date and people in the photos will be greatly appreciated.

Photos can be sent via email to Turn on Javascript! or via post to Uniting Communities, Maughan Photo Presentation, PO Box 2534, Adelaide SA 5000.

Any queries can be directed to Dr Deidre Palmer on 8236 4221 or at Turn on Javascript!

 

Workers' Memorial Day

On Workers' Memorial Day (Thursday 28 April), a service will be held commemorate lives lost to work-related death. The Uniting Church SA holds such services each year.

Attendees are invited to contribute a personal item or photograph for the memorial display at this ecumenical service. The service will also feature a candle-lighting ceremony, a symbolic release of doves, memorial balloons, and light refreshments.

This year’s service will take place at Pilgrim Uniting Church (12 Flinders Street, Adelaide) from 10am on Thursday 28 April.

For more information, please contact Voice of Industrial Death on 8524 6879 or Asbestos Diseases Society of SA on 8241 7297.

 

Calling for biscuits!

As you may know, a special part of the Kairos prison ministry program is “biscuit ministry”.  Up to 650 dozen (yes, you read it right) homemade biscuits and slices are taken into Mobilong Prison for each four-day course, where they are shared amongst guests, team and other prisoners. Receiving these homemade gifts is a really special part of the Kairos experience.

If you would like to be of this great ministry, the Kairos team would love your help in making biscuits or slices on or before Friday 22 April.

For information on the “dos and don’ts”, packing information, and how to get these homemade goodies to the Kairos team, please contact Leah Hopton via email at Turn on Javascript!

 

History grants for 2016

The Uniting Church SA Historical Society is again inviting applications for history grants. Grants up to $1,000 are awarded each year to assist churches and leaders preserve, record and publish stories of Uniting Church congregations and agencies/organisations in South Australia. The closing date for 2016 applications is Friday 29 April. Application forms are available by sending your request to Turn on Javascript! or by phoning 8297 8472.

 

Remind, Refresh, Resource – Rosefield Uniting Church

Congregations from Adelaide are invited to gather for three days of resourcing at Rosefield Uniting Church. This event is hosted jointly between the Presbytery and Synod of SA and Rosefield Uniting Church from 10am Friday 13 May to 1.30pm Sunday 15 May. Keynote speakers include Rev Dr Sunny Chen and Craig Bailey.

There will be three opportunities to undertake electives over the course of the weekend. Electives will focus on leadership, worship and preaching in the Year of Luke and needs for local congregations.

Tickets for the event ($0-$11.99) are now available and electives for the Rosefield event are also open. Each attendee must select three electives (one each from 1, 2, and 3) using the event booking form here.

The Rosefield teaching weekend is the first of three Remind, Refresh, Resource events to be held in South Australia.

 

Celebrating 40 years – June 2017

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Uniting Church in Australia, a national history conference will be held in Adelaide on the June long weekend in 2017. The Uniting Church SA Historical Society is hosting this conference and the program is being planned by a steering committee of the new National UCA Historical Association. This celebration of 40 years will also explore the enduring legacy of the Protestant Reformation its 500th anniversary year.

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