News & notices - 29 June 2016

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Below are the news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church submitted for the Wednesday 29 June edition of UC e-News. Please note that events are listed separately here.

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NCLS – orders closing soon!

Congregations yet to order their National Church Life Survey (NCLS) forms are urged to do so as soon as possible. Participation in the NCLS is very important. The data collected in the NCLS will help to provide a “big picture” of the whole Uniting Church SA, which will help to inform decisions about where to direct resources. Data will also be helpful for congregations individually.

To find out more or order a form, please contact Bev Freeman (Turn on Javascript! or 8236 4243) or Chris Jaensch (Turn on Javascript! or 8236 4279). Congregations will be invoiced at a later date.

 

Remind, Refresh, Resource -Eyre

Preachers, worship leaders and congregational leaders on the Eyre Peninsula are invited to Lock Uniting Church on Saturday 9 July for Remind, Refresh, Resource – an informative, fun day being resourced by the Uniting Church SA Mission Resourcing team.

The event, which is sponsored by Uniting Foundation, will commence at 9.30am. Lunch will be provided – registrations are required for catering purposes.

To find out more or to register, please click here.

Election booth stalls

If you are voting in the seat of Adelaide come to Broadview Uniting Church (corner Galway and Collingrove Avenues, Broadview). The church will be holding a cake stall and a barbecue (sausages, bacon and egg sandwiches). The op shop will be open, and Experience Café will be serving hot beverages from their coffee cart.

 

Michael Hawn music, worship and training events

Michael Hawn in the current Musician in Residence with the Centre for Music, Liturgy and the Arts. Michael will be presenting at several upcoming events in South Australia:

Intergenerational engagement in worship through music – Wednesday 6 July, 7.30pm - The Corner Uniting Church

Singing a Global Alleluia – Saturday 9 July, 2pm – The Corner Uniting Church

Workshop for worship leaders – Thursday 14 July, 2pm – Yilki Uniting Church

Workshop for musicians – Friday 15 July, 2pm – Adare Uniting Church

Songfest with Michael Hawn & the Angklung Orchestra – Saturday 16 July, 2pm – Newland Memorial Uniting Church

Morning worship with Michael Hawn & the Angklung Orchestra – Sunday 17 July, 9.30am – Newland Memorial Uniting Church

Music & worship: four-day intensive – Monday 18 to Thursday 21 July – Burnside City Uniting Church

IMPACT: an intensive in congregational worship – Sunday 24 to Wednesday 27 July – Burnside City Uniting Church

 

A call to pray for our brothers and sisters in West Papua

Uniting Church in Australia President Stuart McMillan has called the people of the Uniting Church to pray for our Papuan brothers and sisters in Christ as the Evangelical Christian Church in the Land of Papua (Gereja Kristen Injili Di Tanah Papua) lead their people through troubled times. Read more here.

 

Chaplaincy with Disaster and Recovery Ministries SA

Disaster and Recovery Ministries SA is coordinated by the Uniting Church and has the mandate under the State Emergency Management Plan to train and deploy chaplains 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 6 and Wednesday 7 September. The two-day training opportunity will be held at The Corner 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.

For further information, please read the flyer here or contact Wendy Perkins via email at Turn on Javascript! or phone on 8236 4284 or 0408 896 220. RSVPs (including dietary requirements) must be sent to Wendy by Friday 26 August.

 

Intensive course on power, sex and abuse

“Power, Sex and Abuse - Biblical and Pastoral Perspectives” is a four-day intensive course offered by the Uniting College through the Adelaide College of Divinity. 

The course includes two seminars with Prof Amy-Jill Levine, an acclaimed New Testament Studies scholar and author from Vanderbilt University Divinity School. She will speak on a range of topics that include the Bible and adultery, and the Bible and rape. 

Dr Tanya Wittwer, who has expertise in the area of domestic violence prevention, will also be presenting a full day seminar on pastoral perspectives and Rev Tim Hein, author of the upcoming book "Walk Unafraid: An Introduction to Childhood Sexual Abuse for Survivors & Leaders (IVP)", will be talking on "Child sexual abuse: trauma and recovery, pastoral roles and ongoing support". 

The course will end on the evening of Monday 11 July with Rev Dr Serene Jones, president of Union Theological Seminary in New York and the American Academy of Religion. Her lecture, "Revolutionary love", is open to the public and has no admission charge.

Registrations for this course close on Thursday 30 June, 2016. More information here.

 

Travel subsidies for Uniting Leaders Conference 2016 – closing soon!

Applications for travel subsidies to the 2016 Uniting Leaders Conference “UL16” close at 5pm on Thursday 30 June, 2016. UL16 will be held from 30 August to 2 September at Newlife Uniting Church on the Gold Coast.

For more information or to apply, please email the Uniting Church SA General Secretary at Turn on Javascript! with the subject heading “UL16 - Travel Subsidy”.

 

KCO news!

The KCO 2016 Group Coordinator’s Handbook, sign-up form, registration forms and Church Council forms are all available NOW at sa.uca.org.au/kco. This information will assist churches with bringing a group to KCO.

Remember to complete your National Police History Checks ASAP (no later than Friday 29 July).

KCO information, including links to these forms, was sent via email in a KCO Update last week. KCO Update is the main tool of email communication for KCO. To receive future KCO Update emails (if you are not already receiving them), please subscribe here. 

For more information about KCO 2016 or promotional materials, please contact the KCO Office on 8236 4246 or email Turn on Javascript!

 

Seeking expressions of interest – closing soon!

The Pastoral Relations and Mission Planning Team are seeking expressions of interest for people wanting to serve the rural church in positions currently designated as Field Officers. Field Officers will be remunerated at about 0.2 FTE and work with congregations in Mission Planning, developing collegiality and continuing education for ministers and leaders.

For more information, please contact Philip Gardner (Turn on Javascript!) or Ashley Davis (Turn on Javascript!).

Expressions of interest must be submitted to Philip Gardner (Turn on Javascript!) by Thursday 30 June, 2016.

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