On Sunday April 25th we will be recognising Anzac Day. This is the 106th anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, along with soldiers of many other nations, landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula, near the beginning of the First World War which was expected to be the war to end all wars. 
 

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At its meeting on 9 April 2021 the Synod Standing Committee approved an increase of 1.3% to the minimum ministerial stipend which will apply from 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2021. Both the current Jan-Jun 2021 and Jul-Dec 2021 stipend allowances and charges information is available on the Synod website.

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PreachFest is a 3-day festival created to inspire and enliven the craft, art and vocation of preaching across Australia. Through the lens of COVID, political changes, environmental concerns, culture changes, local needs and the many other contextual realities of our time and place, important questions will be explored.

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An ANZAC Day and RAAF Centenary Choral Evensong Service willb be held on 25 April from 6.00pm - 7.00pm at the Pilgrim Uniting Church. The service setting will be Thomas Attwood Walmisley’s D Minor Service and the anthem of Jonathan Dove’s, ‘They will rise.'
 

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Willunga Uniting Church is looking forward to hosting a Biggest Morning Tea on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 10.30am at Bethany Hall, Willunga, 33 St Andrews Terrace. All morning tea favourites will be there including scones with jam and cream, homemade cakes and the best coffee!

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Please note, many gatherings of people in SA are still restricted in size and physical distancing and COVID guidelines still apply.

Upcoming events:

• Music on Flinders - Summer Series >>>
• Newland Salutes the Anzac Spirit >>>
• ANZAC Day and RAAF Centenary Choral Evensong Service >>>
• Lifeline Adelaide - Accidental Counsellor online workshop >>>
• International Workers Memorial Day >>>
• Interfaith forum >>>
• Death Cafe - a life and death conversation >>>
• SA History Festival - Pilgrim Uniting Church Archive Display >>>

Want to share your event with the wider Uniting Church in SA? Complete the Events Form here.

This week we pray for:

• Loving God, we pause to remember those who sailed from this country many years ago, and all who have served down the years in time of war. We remember the many Australian service personnel who have given their lives in many theatres of war, resisting evil, defending our country and standing with others to protect freedom in the world. We pause in our lives to honour them as Anzac Day approaches.
• We pray for widows and orphans and those who carry the scars of war in their minds and bodies. May we as a nation always be generous in caring for them and providing for their needs. May we be challenged by this costly sacrifice, to be a little less inwardly focused, and dedicate ourselves afresh to work for peace in our world, our country and our relationships with others
• For the people of Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste for God to intervene in these situations and that our government will play an important part in assisting wherever possible.

Not everyone is called to be a preacher or a missionary, but everyone is called to pray. For a Christian, praying should be as natural and as essential to a person’s spiritual body as breathing is to your physical body. The Bible gives countless promises about what God has given to us through the power of prayer.

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