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Faith

Reflection of the Week - 13th December 2022

All claims to the contrary, Jesus did not preach from a place of rigid binaries and judgments but from a place of continual becoming. He befriended outcasts and lived on the margins of society while staying in relationship with wealthy and powerful people, some of whom became patrons and disciples.

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Moderator’s SA Flood Appeal

The Riverland in South Australia is preparing for what is believed to be one of the larger floods of the River Murray. The Moderator is calling the Uniting Church in South Australia to respond to this emerging disaster, through financial assistance and prayer.

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Reflection of the Week - 6th December 2022

‘Nobody is so poor that he/she has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich that he/she has nothing to receive.’ These words by Pope John-Paul II, offer a powerful direction for all who want to work for peace.

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Synod Strategy and Planning Mission and Property Update

The Synod Strategy and Planning – Mission and Property working group has been working on the next steps in the project requested by the meeting of the Synod in June 2022 in relation to developing a draft property strategy to take to the next meeting of the Synod in June 2023.

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Voice to Parliament to be shaped after Australia's Referendum

All Australians will have a rare opportunity to come together with First Nations People to achieve a greater sense of equality, fairness and justice, the Federal Government’s Special Envoy on Reconciliation, Senator Pat Dodson, has told a Parliament House Forum.

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Reflection of the Week - 22nd November 2022

The words “gratitude” and “grace” come from the same root word, gratia in Latin. . . . “Grace” is a theological word, one with profound spiritual meaning. Grace means “unmerited favor.”

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Unexpected Joy - Christmas Appeal 2022

The Christmas season is a time to celebrate JOY. Churches remember the joy of the gift of a Saviour to the world arriving in the baby Jesus. Part of our celebration is the giving of gifts, and we always remember the vulnerable at Christmas by ensuring their needs are met. Many congregations arrange Christmas Hampers and gifts of toys to charities.

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Reflection of the Week - 15th November 2022

Once we know that the entire physical world around us, all of creation, is both the hiding place and the revelation place for God, this world becomes home, safe, enchanted, offering grace to any who look deeply. —Richard Rohr, The Universal Christ

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Partnerships Take Time

Just like the woman at the well (John 4:1-4), partnerships take time. Time to sit and wait; time to share stories; time to reveal true dreams and desires; time for honesty and trust; and time for God to be at work.

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Reflection of the Week - 8th November 2022

On All Saints Day we recall the great cloud or crowd of witnesses who have gone before, who are with us now, and who will be beyond our time. On All Souls Day we remember those who have passed away. What a wonderful annual reminder that God’s love reaches across all time and space.

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Reflection of the Week - 1st November 2022

Wealthy, corrupt and unscrupulous. Shocking the gathered crowd and righteous folk. Unsettling Law, tradition and culture. Sharing food and wine as if friends or even family. Why would he do that? I mean Jesus.

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