News

• Global Peace Prayer hosted by National Council of Churches WA is an online Prayer Service at 12pm AEDT Wednesday 22 March via Zoom, as part of a global movement of prayer for peace. Find out more and how to join here.
• Concert for CARAD - Enjoy a variety of musical styles and presentations from performers who are volunteering their time to raise much needed funds for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in WA. Sunday 26 March 2023 2.00pm to 5.00pm at Uniting Church in the City, Wesley Perth. 
• Help Fight Famine - Right now there is a global hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa and East Africa no one is talking about. UnitingWorld is part of the #HelpFightFamine alliance in Canberra this week to call on the Australian Government to help save lives by increasing aid to this emergency. You can learn more and join the call by emailing your MP here - www.fightfamine.com.au
• Good Sammy donation bins are available until 7 April in the reception of both HBF Arena in Joondalup and HBF Stadium in Mount Claremont in a special donation drive run by VenuesWest. 
• Methodist Ladies College had a Service of Commissioning for their 13th Principal, Ms Rebecca Clarke on 10 March 2023. Uniting Church WA Moderator, Susy Thomas, attended the service and conducted the Opening Prayer and Commissioning.
• Kalamunda Uniting Church are holding a Market Day on Saturday 1 April from 9.00am to 12.00pm.

Events

March

• Monday 20 - Sunday 26 March. Harmony Week.
• Tuesday 21 March. International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
• Wednesday 22 March, 5.15pm to 6.00pm. Taize Service at Uniting Church in the City, Trinity Perth.
• Thursday 23 March, 4.30pm. Act 2 Drop In online.
• Friday 24 March. Uniting Church Centre closed.
• Friday 24 - Sunday 26 March. Mission Shaped Ministry at St Augustine Uniting Church, Bunbury.
• Saturday 25 March, 9.30am to 4.00pm. Leading Lively Worship at Kalamunda Uniting Church, Kalamunda.
• Saturday 25 March, Market Day for YouthCARE at Pinjarra Uniting Church
• Sunday 26 March, 2.00pm - 4.00pm Messy Church at Star Street Uniting Church
• Wednesday 29 March, 5.15pm to 6.00pm. Taize Service at Uniting Church in the City, Trinity Perth.
• Friday 31 March. Uniting Church Centre closed.

April

• Saturday 1 April, 9.00am to 12.00pm Kalamunda Uniting Church Market Day at Kalamunda Uniting Church.
• Sunday 2 April, 1.00pm. Palm Sunday walk for justice for refugees at St George's Cathedral.
• Wednesday 5 April, 5.15pm to 6.00pm. Taize Service at Uniting Church in the City, Trinity Perth.
• Thursday 6 April. Term 1 last day.
• (For a list of Easter Services please go to our Easter Events page.)
• Friday 7 April. Good Friday Public Holiday. 
• Sunday 9 April. Easter Sunday Public Holiday.
• Monday 10 April. Easter Monday Public Holiday.
• Wednesday 12 April, 5.30pm. Act 2 Drop In online.
• Wednesday 12 April, 5.15pm to 6.00pm. Taize Service at Uniting Church in the City, Trinity Perth.
• Friday 14 April. Uniting Church Centre closed.
• Sunday 16 April, 5.00pm,  Social.Justice.Church Uniting Church in the City, Wesley Perth.
• Wednesday 19 April, 5.15pm to 6.00pm. Taize Service at Uniting Church in the City, Trinity Perth.
• Friday 21 - Sunday 23 April. Contextual Theology and Multicultural Ministry Intensive Weekend at Mt Pleasant Uniting Church
• Friday 21 April. Uniting Church Centre closed.
• Friday 24 April. Term 2 first day.
• Tuesday 25 April. ANZAC Day Public Holiday.
• Wednesday 26 April, 5.15pm to 6.00pm. Taize Service at Uniting Church in the City, Trinity Perth.
• Friday 28 April. Uniting Church Centre closed.
• Thursday 28 April, 11.00am. Act 2 Drop In online.

This week we pray for:

Bay Life and Capel Uniting Churches; Augusta and Margaret River Uniting Churches; the Methodist Church in Fiji

Books, resources and more to inspire, encourage and educate. 

Check out job opportunities from within our networks

Presbytery Minister (Pastoral) - Presbytery of WA - Expressions of interest are invited from Ministers of the Word/Deacons to fill a vacant placement within the Presbytery of Western Australia. The Presbytery Minister (Pastoral) will ensure the health and vitality of ministers as well as congregations, ministering alongside members of the Pastoral Relations Committee within the Presbytery in their tasks of pastoral oversight.
Applications close: 5.00pm, Friday 7 April 2023

Minister, Wagin Group of Congregations is a full-time vacant placement comprising three small rural congregations in the Wheatbelt area of Western Australia.  Worship services are conducted in the towns of Wagin (weekly), Darkan (twice monthly) and Dumbleyung (monthly), as well as a short worship service at the local aged care facility (twice monthly).  This single ministry placement is supported by a willing team of lay leaders and lay preachers.
Applications close: 5.00pm, Friday 7 April 2023.

Minister, Geraldton Lighthouse Congregation - Applications are invited for a Full-Time Minister/Pastor to fill a vacant placement at Lighthouse Church Geraldton. Lighthouse congregation is a multi-generational, contemporary, and evangelical congregation of the Uniting Church, located in Geraldton, a large coastal city 420kms north of Perth, Western Australia.
Applications close: 5.00pm, Friday 7 April 2023

Do you have an event to share with the wider church? Email Wendy at newsandnotes@wa.uca.org.au