News & notices - 22 February 2017

Posted Feb 22, 2017 in News

Below are the news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church submitted for the Wednesday 22 February edition of UC e-News.

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Donations of items for KCO

The KCO Event Office is looking for donations or loans of a number of items for use at KCO 2017 (25-26 March). They need 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!

 

Ecumenical bequest to assist in work related to refugees and displaced persons 

Ecumenical Partners for Justice and Peace, a standing committee of the South Australian Council of Churches, is keen to hear from church-affiliated groups and organisations working to support refugees and displaced persons in South Australian communities who may be interested in obtaining funding from the bequest to continue or enhance their work. The closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 6 April, 2017. For more information, go to sacc.asn.au or contact Ecumenical Partners for Justice and Peace, SA Council of Churches, by email Turn on Javascript!

 

Disaster and Recovery Ministries SA training

An ecumenical ministry coordinated by the Uniting Church, Disaster and Recovery Ministries SA has the mandate under the State Emergency Management Plan to train and deploy chaplains (both lay and ordained) to Relief and Recovery Centres and on outreach visitation in times of disaster, such as bushfires.

Interested people are invited to be trained as chaplains on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 March, 2017. The two-day training opportunity will be held at McLaren Vale Uniting Church, and will be led by Rev Dr Stephen Robinson (National Disaster Recovery Officer, Uniting Church in Australia Assembly). There is no cost to participate.

RSVPs (including dietary requirements) must be sent by Friday 24 February. For further information or to RSVP, please contact Wendy Perkins on 8236 4284 or email Turn on Javascript!

 

Church Planting Intensive

Registration is closing soon for the Uniting Church SA’s first ever Church Planting Intensive. This exciting new course will be delivered from Monday 27 February to Friday 3 March at Uniting College for Leadership & Theology.

Led by Rev Tim Hein and Rev Dr Graham Humphris, the intensive is free of charge for Uniting Church members. Course content will include: informative sessions, times of discussion, and input from practitioners with experience in church planting (both Uniting Church and other denominations). 

For more information about the content of the intensive, please click here for the event page or read the New Times article here. To register or find out more, please email Graham at Turn on Javascript!

 

State Mission Fellowship & commissioning

State Mission Fellowship will be held on Tuesday 28 February at 10am at Scots Church Adelaide. This is the annual commissioning service for Uniting Church Adult Fellowships (UCAF), National and World Mission Support, and Frontier Services Committees. Uniting Church SA Moderator Rev Sue Ellis will be the speaker at the event. Come for morning tea and stay for lunch ($5). Everyone warmly welcome.

 

Receptive Ecumenism Conference – call for papers

Conference organisers are seeking expressions of interest in the presentation of papers at the four international Receptive Ecumenism Conference, which will be held from Monday 6 to Thursday 9 November, 2017. 

Taking place at University House at the Australian National University in Canberra, the 2017 conference will focus on “Leaning into the Spirit: discernment, decision-making and reception”. Priority will be given to papers that are mindful of this conference theme. It is envisaged that these papers will be of 20 minutes duration, allowing 10 minutes for discussion. 

If you wish to present a paper, you are invited to send an abstract of 200 words to Turn on Javascript!

More information about the conference is available here.

 

National Conference of Lay Preachers – save the date!

Lay preachers, candidates, worship leaders and friends are invited to attend the 2017 National Conference of Lay Preachers, which will be held from Friday 7 to Monday 10 July at the Centre for Theology and Ministry in Parkville, Victoria.

The $270 full conference fee includes meals (Friday dinner to Monday lunch). Part-time registration and accommodation options are also available.

For further information or to register an expression of interest, please contact Maureen Postma on 0403 841 200 or email Turn on Javascript!

 

Ecumenical meditation

The Hutt Street Centre offers ecumenical meditation sessions in a supportive community, in partnership with Adelaide City Council. All are invited to meet at the Hutt Street Library in Adelaide on the first and third Tuesday of each month, 7.30am - 8.30am, for silent meditation. On the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, 10am - 11am, drop in to learn some brief meditations to build energy and find calm. These sessions are open to all. For more information, please contact Nicholas Rundle on 0406 011 152.

 

Give away items

Clearview Uniting Church has several items to give away – two Easter banners featuring the words “Once for All” and “Jesus Lives” approx. size 87cm x 190cm, 30 copies of TNIV Bible, multiple copies of Australian Hymn Book and the Sing Alleluia supplement, and 43 plastic book holders to fit chairs with 10mm round tubular steel frame. Photographs of the banners and book holders are available. For more information, please contact Frances Raymond on 8262 5006 or email Turn on Javascript!

 

World Day of Prayer – Friday 3 March

The World Day of Prayer 2017 host country will be the Philippines and the theme is “Am I Being Unfair to You?” The scripture reading for the service is Matthew 20:1-16, and the Bible study texts are Matthew 20:1-16 and Numbers 27:1-11. For more information, please click here. Several Uniting Churches in SA will be holding World Day of Prayer events – see the full list 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 a garage sale at The Corner Uniting Church, the Invigor8 Ministry Conference (registrations close Wednesday 22 February), a concert and teaching day focussed on cultural wisdom around death and dying, Moonta Uniting Church’s 150^th anniversary celebration, the Church Planting Intensive at Uniting College, a celebration of the 25^th anniversary of the Landmines Petition, the State Mission Fellowship meeting and commissioning service at Scots Church Adelaide, and a pancake morning tea at Western Link Uniting Church in Findon.

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.

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!

 

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 & 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.

 

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