News & notices - 25 May 2016

Posted May 25, 2016 in News

Below are the news and notices from congregations, the SA Synod and the wider Uniting Church submitted for the Wednesday 25 May edition of UC e-News. Please note that events are listed separately here.

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Remind, Refresh, Resource – Clare

It's not too late to register (purely for catering purposes) for the Remind, Refresh, Resource event at Clare Uniting Church this Saturday 28 May, 9.30am-4pm.

Open to all who enjoy learning about worship leading, church life and all age ministry in a fun environment, the venue will be warm & welcoming.

The Clare event will include the following elective workshops:

• Congregational responsibilities – governance, WHS and copyright with Malcolm Wilson
• “Building Intentional Faith Formation into Family Routines”: Intergenerational – gathered and household worship with Melissa Neumann
• Worship Leading and Preaching with Amelia Koh-Butler
• “Down from the Mountain”: Intergenerational – discipleship development with Mike Wardrop

Sponsored by Uniting Foundation in conjunction with Mission Resourcing, the Remind, Refresh, Resource event aims to encourage and assist congregations and faith communities in their mission and ministry within their contexts.

The day is free and lunch will be provided. Registration is required for catering purposes. To register please click here.

For more information, please contact Bev Freeman on 8236 4243 or email Turn on Javascript!

 

Communicators Catch-up

The Synod Communications team will host a “Communicators Catch-up” at Adelaide West Uniting Church (312 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Brooklyn Park) on Tuesday 7 June, 10.30am-1pm, including a supplied morning tea at 11.30am.

The team will offer some quick and simple tricks for creating notices, flyers and email lists, updating websites, sending notifications, finding and editing images, navigating video and audio files, photography, and anything else that can be squeezed into the session! If this is of interest, please email Turn on Javascript!

 

Exciting news!

The South Australian Council of Churches has announced that Candace Champion will participate in the World Council of Churches Conference on “Reconciliation Processes in Indigenous Contexts” in Trondheim, Norway, on 20-21 June. The conference will centre on two thematic focusses – “Truth and Healing” and “Reconciliation and Transformation” – and will be hosted by the Sami Church Council (Church of Norway). We pray for Candace as she takes to this important gathering the experience of being a young adult leader in the Uniting Church and a member of UAICC SA.

 

Elder abuse can be stopped

Around one in 20 older Australians experiences some form of abuse. The abuse can be financial, emotional, physical or even sexual.

Office for the Ageing, SA Health established the SA Elder Abuse Prevention Phone Line and Stop Elder Abuse website to increase awareness of abuse of older people.

Recognise the signs and help put an end to Elder Abuse.

Visit www.sahealth.sa.au/stopelderabuse for more information.

Take action if you suspect abuse is occurring, or if you want to talk about your own experiences.

Call the Phone Line on 1800 372 310 for information, advice about resources and referral to support services

Office for the Ageing, SA Health.

 

Free music recitals

A free Thursday lunchtime recital series to provide performance experience for students and recent graduates of the Elder Conservatorium of Music has recently been launched by Pilgrim Uniting Church in the city. In addition to providing the use of its venue, the church also pays for the performer’s accompanist and undertakes promotion activities. The young musicians really appreciate the chance to present their own recital program, take the performances very seriously, and musical standards have been extremely high. Pilgrim Church has a long tradition of fine music, and by funding this initiative hopes it can play a part in nurturing and encouraging Adelaide’s young musicians.

The next performer will be baritone Anthony Zatorski, who is an honours student at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. He will be performing works by Schubert, William Bolcom and John Cage at 1pm on Thursday 2 June at Pilgrim Uniting Church (12 Flinders Street, Adelaide).

 

Community events

A couple of upcoming community events may be of interest to Uniting Church SA members.

The first of these is a rally and march to urge the government to close Manus and Nauru, and bring asylum seekers and refugees here. The event will begin at Parliament House in Adelaide from 12noon on Saturday 25 June. More information will be made available on the Standing with Refugees Facebook page.

The second event is the SA Unions Women’s Policy Forum featuring a panel of four female leaders who will discuss issues important to women in the lead-up to the July Federal Election. Issues covered will include domestic violence, Medicare, penalty rates, education, childcare and more. It will be held at Adelaide West Uniting Church (312 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Brooklyn Park) on Thursday 9 June at 6pm. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Kate Coleman at Turn on Javascript! or on 0419 818 195.

 

NCLS 2016 – order surveys now!

Orders are now being taken for survey forms for the National Church Life Survey (NCLS) 2016.

The Standing Committee has directed all Uniting Church SA congregations to participate in the survey, which will take place in November 2016.

It is requested that all congregations order the required number of survey forms by 30 June, 2016. No money is required when orders are placed. Invoices will be distributed at a later date.

Congregations are reminded that Synod will pay the $250 registration fee, leaving congregations to pay $1.50 per survey form ordered.

For more information or to order survey forms, please contact Bev Freeman on 8236 4243 or email: Turn on Javascript!

 

NCLS promotion for congregations

Looking to promote the NCLS in your congregation? There are a couple of different promotional items that can be used by churches.

A promo video is also available here. A publicity template is available for use in church bulletins, websites and newsletters. Congregations are welcome to amend the text. Logos and graphics can also be found on the 2016 NCLS website.

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