Safe Church Audit for Congregations
The National Safe Church Unit has designated June as National Safe Church month. One of the ways we are responding to this is by launching our Synod’s annual Safe Church Audit for congregations.
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Messy Church Willunga Award
Messy Church Willunga recently received an Intergenerational award as part of the 2021 Every Generation Onkaparinga Awards
Reflection of the Week - 8 June 2021
We often hear people bemoan that the Church is dying. Is it? Or is it looking differently to how it was? And is that okay?
News, Notices & Prayer points - 8 June 2021
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 1 June 2021
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Letter Writing Action on behalf of the United Church in the Philippines
In February this year the Synod meeting witnessed a video testimony by Bishop Joseph of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP).
Reflection of the Week - 1 June 2021
I can remember speaking at an ecumenical conference some years ago and mentioning the Trinity. During the question time a Methodist minister commented ‘oh that’s the Sunday Methodist ministers have off and the service is left to the lay preachers.’
More Than a Word — Reconciliation Takes Action
We Al-li is a First Nations-led training organisation for healing people, sharing culture and regenerating communities. The workshop was held at Warida Wholistic Wellness in Lower Hermitage. Warida itself is also a First Nations led business on a sprawling, beautiful bush property.
In Pursuit of Climate Justice
Last Friday, May 21st, Uniting Church members across the country joined with young people at marches and other events across Australia calling for a more genuine response to climate change.
Reflection of the Week - 25 May 2021
Life is a spiritual journey. Contemplative living is a way of responding to our everyday experiences by consciously attending to our relationships.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 25 May 2021
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Climate Change Message from the Moderator
‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.’ (Acts 2:17, NRSV)
Pentecost 2021
On this coming Sunday we celebrate the day of Pentecost. Our remembering of the time the Holy Spirit come upon the believers in Jerusalem, empowering them to become witnesses, to Judea, to Samaria, teaching others to know that the knowledge of the good news of Christ, of the kingdom of God, will be passed down through the generations.
Reflection of the Week - 18 May 2021
Psalm 1 proclaims truths echoed in the book of Proverbs: that following the wisdom of God is the best and wisest way to live.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 18 May 2021
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Uniting Church Child Safe Principle 3: Involving Families and Communities
Last month we talked about Principle 2 which was all about listening to children and helping them to participate in decisions that affect them. The third principle relates to families and communities.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 11 May 2021
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Reflection of the Week - 11 May 2021
The core of the Christian message is love, God loves me!
Expression of Interest - Property Specialists
The Resources Board of the South Australian Uniting Church Synod together with its Property Committee are seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced individuals for the role of ‘Property Specialist.’
Churches Call for Climate ambition ahead of COP26
Senior Churches spokesperson, Bishop Philip Huggins, has described the United Nations COP26 climate talks as possibly the ‘last chance to save our planet’ in a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison.