News & notices - 2 August 2017
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
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This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
This week's reflection focuses on compassion - both the feeling and the call to act on it, following Jesus' example.
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
On 18 July, the ABC released an article titled “‘Submit to your husbands’: Women told to endure domestic violence in the name of God”. Christian denominations, church leaders and news organisations have offered a variety of responses.
Recently, a religious organisation has called for a religious exemption to the Disability Discrimination Act, arguing that people with mental illnesses could disturb the “sacred activities” in church services. Rev Andy Calder comments.
In the reflection this week, Uniting Church members are invited to share a prayer for National Missing Persons Week (30 July - 5 August) contributed by Senior Constable Robyn Ferraro from Missing Persons Investigation Section (148) of the SA Police.
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
Service to God in the outback can be like the story of Moses and the Burning Bush, says Pastor Paul Glazbrook, Patrol Minister for the Parkin-Sturt Patrol in South Australia.
Later this year, the Federal Government will review its climate policy. Many Christians have seen this as an opportunity to send a strong message about faith and stewardship, and to call on the government to take stronger action on climate change.
This week's reflection focuses on Psalm 139:11-12: “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.”
“God is good in the midst of the darkness; God is good in the midst of evil. God is in the midst, no matter what is happening in the world. And he loves you, and he’s here for you.” Cath Taylor from UnitingWorld talks about finding God in the midst of chaos.
There are a number of national Uniting Church conferences being held in Adelaide over the coming months. This handy guide outlines the when, where, what and who of four conferences happening in July and August.
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
This week's reflection focuses on cycles of creativity and the need to make time for rest.
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
New and interesting articles, videos, photographs and other content are posted online every day. These five recent items address topics such as stewardship, how congregations contribute to the economy, modern hymns, SA photography, and religious discussions.
In recent months, Grange Uniting Church has begun to seriously consider how they will continue to serve and act as a witness in their local community. Inspired by the recent discussion of church planting, the congregation feels led to a regeneration process.
This week's reflection focuses on sowing seeds and producing rich harvests - on farms and in our own lives.
The first results from the 2016 Australian Census results were released on Tuesday 27 June, and many news sources were quick to identify a significant change in relation to religious affiliation.
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
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