News & notices - 19 September 2018

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News & notices – 19 September 2018

Below are the news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church submitted for the Wednesday 19 September edition of UC e-News.

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November Presbytery and Synod meeting approaches

The upcoming meeting of the Presbytery and Synod will occur at Adelaide West Uniting Church from the 15-17 November, 2018. An Intention to Attend letter will be sent out in the next week or so for people to advise their attendance.

Proposals for this meeting are due on 31 October, 2018. Read more about submitting a proposal to the Presbytery and Synod meeting  here.

There are also various vacancies on committees. These include Standing Committee, Parkin & Mission Trust, Covenanting Committee, Placements Committee and Chariperson, Placement Committee. To nominate on any of these committees, please visit the web page for nomination forms here.

If you have any queries please contact Malcolm Wilson, Associate General Secretary Planning and Management via email Turn on Javascript! or phone (08) 8236 4206

Celebrating 50 Years of Ordination

Rev Dr Tony Nancarrow is celebrating 50 years of ordination in a service at Rosefield Uniting Church on Sunday 7 October. Tony’s distinguished ministry spans the Uniting Church SA Synod, wider church and international arenas through pastoral and preaching ministries, communications, providing resources for church life and serving on numerous boards. There will be a morning tea beginning at 9.15am followed by the service. Tony's celebration service will be held at Rosefield Uniting Church, 2-6 Carlton street, Highgate.

SAYCO 2018

Registrations for SAYCO 2018 close this Friday, 21 September. For more information about this event and to register, go to the SAYCO events page.

UCA stallwart dies

Rev Bruce Prewer, Uniting Church minister and the author of many books of prayers, poems and reflections passed away in Sunbury on 11 September. Bruce was born in 1931 and ordained in 1955.

His passion for writing contemporary, ecumenical liturgy grounded in the Australian context influenced generations of Christians from the 1970s to the present day.

Works such Australian Prayers, Worship in a Caravan Park, Kakadu Reflections, Australian Psalms and Brief Prayers for Busy people reflected spiritual and cultural themes unique to the Australian experience.

His popular psalms included biblical psalms transposed rather than translated from ancient Israel to contemporary Australia. Others were original psalms, written in the Biblical spirit or re-shaping New Testament material into psalm form.

Bruce’s worship resources across the Revised Common Lectionary are an extensive collection of prayers, psalms, poems and sermons over the three-year cycle.

While his language and imagery is accessible and clear, encouraging Christians to speak openly and frankly to God, Bruce was a wordsmith and a poet.

 

Upcoming events

The majority of Uniting Church SA events are listed on the upcoming events list here.

Events coming up in the next week include:

Plus many others!

Check out the full list to see other exciting events happening in the coming weeks! Events can be submitted to the list here.

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Didn’t read the last “News & notices”? The items below are ones you might want to catch up on. 

Have you appointed  your Congregational representatives for the Presbytery and Synod meeting yet?

The Presbytery and Synod meeting will be held on 15 -17 November 2018. Initial information will be sent to those who were registered members at the November 2017 meeting. Please ensure that you have notified the Secreteriat of your elected congregational representative(s) via Turn on Javascript!. Each congregation can elect one confirmed lay representative.

  • If Congregation membership is greater than 150, two confirmed lay representatives can be elected.
  • If Congregation membership is greater than 250, three confirmed lay representatives can be elected.

Resignation of South Australian Council of Churches Ecumenical Facilitator/Executive Officer

Geraldine Hawkes tendered her resignation effective 31 January 2019. Geraldine has made a significant contribution to the ecumenical movement in South Australia and beyond. There will be an opportunity to express appreciation of her leadership and to say farewell. When this opportunity has been arranged, it will be communicated through UC e-News and New Times.

 

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