News & notices - 26 October 2016

Posted Oct 26, 2016 in News

Below are the news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church submitted for the Wednesday 26 October edition of UC e-News.

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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.

 

Resources Open Day 

The Uniting Church SA Resources ministry centre will host an open day on Wednesday 2 November. The event will provide an opportunity for church leaders and members to ask questions, tour the office, meet the staff, and find out how Resources can support congregations in ministry.

There are a variety of talks and tours being run over a morning session and an afternoon session - people are invited to attend as many or few as these as suits them. 

For more information please download the flyer here. RSVPs are needed by Thursday 27 October to Leah Hopton on 8236 4229 or email at Turn on Javascript!

 

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.

 

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 Global Leadership Summit videocast at Seeds Uniting Church, an opportunity to meet the principal at Uniting College for Leadership & Theology, a spring fete at Spicer Uniting Church, the Mega Messy Church Meet-Up, a service to farewell Rev Sybil Peacock at Colonel Light Gardens Uniting Church, the final service at Yacka Uniting Church, a redevelopment celebration for The Grove Community, a free concert in Cherry Gardens, Messy Corner at The Corner Uniting Church, an All Saints Day Service of Remembrance in Victor Harbor, the Resources Ministry Centre Open Day in the Synod office, and the installation of Rev Sue Ellis as Moderator of the Uniting Church SA.

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.

Insurance renewal – 2016-2017 

As per last year, the Insurance team is offering an opportunity for congregations to pay insurance premiums on a quarterly basis. Read the notice from Insurance here.

 

Child Safe Environments Refresher Training

The refresher course scheduled for Sunday 23 October has been cancelled due to a lack of registrations. The final chance to attend refresher training in 2016 will be at Rosefield Uniting Church on Sunday 13 November.

For more information or to register, please click here or contact the Called to Care Training and Development Officer on 8236 4248 or email Turn on Javascript!

 

Living Stones: the Uniting Church and Palestine

Last week, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev Dr Olav Fyske, officially launched the Living Stones campaign for Palestine – the awareness-raising campaign that the Uniting Church in Australia committed to last year at the 14^th Assembly. A section of the Assembly website is now dedicated to this campaign, accessible on the Assembly website here.

Uniting Church President Stuart McMillan and General Secretary Colleen Geyer have written a letter about the campaign for distribution to churches and faith communities. A flyer about the campaign is also available here.

 

Unclear or Nuclear Future for SA

Brougham Place Uniting Church has rescheduled their “Unclear or Nuclear Future for SA?” event to Friday 25 November, 7-10 pm. The event was originally scheduled for 28 September but was cancelled due to the South Australian storms. More information about this event can be found on Facebook here.

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