Reflection of the Week - 28 January 2020
This week's reflection offers a prayer to clear the soul from clutter.
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Rising from the ashes to a New Beginning
Ex-Moderator Rev Sue Ellis has written a 46-day devotional study for Lent that focuses on building hope out of loss.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 21 January 2020
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Reflection of the Week - 21 January 2020
This week's reflection brings a message about Australia Day.
Where do we start telling the story of Australia?
"The Day of Mourning worship service encourages us to pause to remember the violence and dispossession inflicted on our First Peoples, and to lament that as a Church and as Second Peoples, we were and remain complicit." - Dr Deidre Palmer
News, Notices & Prayer points - 14 January 2020
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Reflection of the Week - 14 January 2020
This week's reflection reminds us to keep trusting in God.
Urgent prayer and support needed for those affected by recent bushfires
As you celebrate this Christmas, and in the coming weeks, I invite you to remember in your prayers the South Australian communities who have been devastated by the bushfire events of the past few days which have shocked us all.
Celebrating 125 years of Women's Suffrage in SA
On 18 December 1894, the colony of South Australia became only the second in the world (after New Zealand) to grant voting rights to women. On the same day, we were the first in the world to grant women representation in parliament too. Trish Brice reflects on this history and its link between faith and activism.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 17 December 2019
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Reflection of the Week - 17 December 2019
This week's reflection reminds us of the real story of Christmas.
Synod Standing Committee - December 2019 update
Synod Standing Committee meeting updates are published to inform the wider Uniting Church SA community of the discussions, deliberations and decisions arising from each meeting of the Committee. This update refers to the recent December 2019 meeting.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 10 December 2019
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Pacific church leaders and 200 Australian Christians in Parliament to discuss what it means to be a part of the 'Pacific family'
Last week 200 Australian Christians and 15 Pacific church leaders held almost 100 face-to-face meetings in Parliament with the nation’s politicians, including senior government ministers, as a part of the Micah Australia Voices for Justice Conference.
Reflection of the Week - 10 December 2019
This week's reflection talks about the "busyness" of this time of year.
"See what you made me do"
We are in the middle of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which runs from 25 November to 10 December. In her book "See what you made me do", Jess Hill has shone a spotlight on domestic violence. Read a review by Rev Alison Whish.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 3 December 2019
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Reflection of the Week - 10 December 2019
This week's reflection reminds us to really think about how we prepare for Jesus' coming.
SA Bushfires Chaplaincy Update
Last week disaster chaplains in South Australia were called into action when bushfires broke out on the Yorke Peninsula. Listen to an update from Wendy Perkins.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 26 November 2019
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
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