We need Easter faith
We need Easter - the experience of Good Friday and Easter Sunday faith. Rev Jennifer Hughes shares her reflections on the importance of Easter faith and the good news of the Easter story.
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News & notices - 12 April 2017
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
Reflection of the week
This week's reflection focuses on familiar routines, transformation and Easter.
A Prayer for the Coptic Church in Egypt
On Palm Sunday, bomb blasts killed at least 44 people across two Coptic churches in northern Egypt. As we grieve this tragic loss of life, we hold our Coptic brothers and sisters in prayer. Rev Dr Zi Jhang has shared a prayer through UnitingWorld in the wake of the attacks.
What’s happening in your Church? 2016 NCLS update
The National Church Life Survey has released some of its 2016 survey data. Find out when your Church will receive the results in full.
Reflection of the week
This week's reflection focuses on worry and anxiety.
News & Notices - 5 April 2017
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
Five things to click this week
Check out these five interesting news items we have sourced from the web this week.
Support in the aftermath of TC Debbie
Uniting Church President Stuart McMillan has asked church members to lend their support to Uniting Church appeals for communities suffering in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
News & notices – 29 March 2017
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
Continued care for refugees
The Uniting Church SA has a history of offering support to refugees and asylum seekers in our local community. Many have also participated in peaceful protests against the offshore detention of people seeking asylum.
Don't change 18C, says UCA President
The Uniting Church in Australia Assembly has released a statement from President Stuart McMillan as a response to recent government discussions of Section 18C in the Federal Racial Discrimination Act.
Reflection of the week
This week's reflection focuses on belief and looks forward to Easter.
Ample learning for Annesley students at Adelaide Zoo
Families from Annesley Early Learning Centre, part of the Annesley Junior School associated with the Uniting Church SA, recently went on an exciting trip to the Adelaide Zoo! Read all about it in this short article.
News & notices - 22 March 2017
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
Reflection of a 2nd Gen Migrant on Harmony Day
"The most confronting for me was to look around the room and see about 290 ‘white’ people and half a dozen indigenous people, and one other Asian who was new, like me." Rev Dr Amelia Koh-Butler reflects on Harmony Day (21 March), diversity and 'the other'.
The importance of church planting
Since the launch of Generate 2021, the new church planting initiative of the Uniting Church SA, Rev Dr Graham Humphris has had many questions to answer – most commonly, why plant new churches when existing ones are declining?
Reflection of the week
This week's reflection focuses on the call to be peacemakers - on Harmony Day (21 March) and every other day.
Uniting Church delivers apology and child safe pledge
Uniting Church leaders appearing before the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse have pledged to survivors to make the Church the safest place it can be for children.
News & notices – 15 March 2017
This week's news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church.
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