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9 March 2021

 


This week in New Times Online

Principle 1 - Leadership, Governance and Culture

Last month the Ten Principles for a Child Safe Church was introduced and this time, the focus is on Principle Number 1, 'Child safety and well-being is embedded in organisational leadership, governance and culture'.

 

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Community Empowerment Award

Synod of SA short-term Recovery Liaison Pastor Rev Dr Phillip Marshall, who was placed on Kangaroo Island shortly after the bushfires last year, has been celebrated with the SA Power Networks Community Empowerment award.

 

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Spotlight

Easter 2021 Campaign - Postcard orders now open! The theme for the 2021 Easter campaign is New beginnings - New opportunities. An introductory Easter message from the Moderator is now available on the Synod website along with a range of congregational resources.

 

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Event Highlight

Harmony Week: 15-21 March

Harmony Week celebrates Australia's cultural diversity. It's about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.
This year ‘The International Day of Elimination of Racial Discrimination’ falls on Sunday 21st March 2021.

Worship resources can be downloaded here.

 


Upcoming Events

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

Upcoming events:

  • Unley area Joint Churches Lenten Study Groups >>>
  • An invitation to action/reflection/prayer >>>
  • Sacred People, Sacred Earth >>>
  • When nature is a blessing in worship >>>
  • Codes of Ethics Refresher >>>
  • Music on Flinders - Summer series >>>
  • When multiculturalism transforms worship >>>
  • Creative Singing Group ReUnion and Book Launch >>>

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

 


Prayer Points

This week we pray for:

  • For women everywhere. We especially give thanks for the ways women generously give their time, compassion and care to others
  • For the diversity of people – of cultures and ethnicities, of histories and life-stories, of skin colour and land and hearts that love the world, as the ‘Harmony Week’ approaches
  • For an end to discrimination in all its forms and that each person may be respected and valued as a child of God
  • For our eyes to be opened to see You in all that You have created and as we think how great You are. Move us to help our brothers and sisters to care for the earth that we share.

 


Reflection of the week

Our Lenten journey continues as we take our instructions from the Word of God.

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