Drawing on the Uniting Church’s Our Vision for a Just Australia statement, a 4-page guide provides links to prayers, campaigns, and resources for raising awareness and taking action during the season of Lent. Read more
If you were unable to attend last year's Synod Expos which were held across the state you can now view Rev Canon Dave Male's presentation in its entirety. Dave's inspirational keynote address was a highlight of the expos and further resources for congregations will soon be available. Read more
Multiple Grant opportunities
A number of grant opportunities are now available including multicultural, heritage and community based grants. The Highbury Street Fund has also just opened for applications. Read more
During these difficult times we are pleased to provide you with resources for worship leaders to use to encourage people to worship and pray together as a gathered community or at home. These resources have been prepared by Rev Cheryl Wilson:
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Amplify Children, Youth and Family Ministry Conference
The Amplify Conference is now available in South Australia as a 'Local Church Experience' with a digital package or as an 'Individual Online Experience.' This fantastic, national, interdenominational training event was originally being held in four hub locations around the state but is now offered in different formats. Read more
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Call for Submissions: Celebrating Uniting Church women on International Women's Day 2022Uluru Statement from the HeartSynod Meeting 2022CALD Research Report now
available for downloadLessons from COVID-19 for the Climate EmergencySally StampPop-up Shop event- Ash Wednesday Quiet Day
- Need a job - but don't have experience?
Lent Event is coming!
Safe Church NewsNew Synod Refugee Advocacy
Guide - now availableCOVID UpdateMulticultural Grants OpenHeritage Grants OpenCommunity Grants Open- Highbury Street Fund Grants Open
International Mission Op ShopJust EarthBreathe - Seeking expressions of interest from artists for
August SALA ExhibitionArtist in Residence Week- 2022 Lent Resource
It’s only when we find ourselves in God, and live and see through God’s eyes that ‘everything belongs.’ All other systems exclude, expel, punish, and protect to find identity for their members in some kind of ideological perfection or separate superiority. Most think ‘the contaminating element’ must be searched out, isolated, and often punished. This wasted effort keeps us from the centrally important task of love and union. To have naked interface with the Ultimate Other is to know one’s self in one’s truest and deepest being.
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This week we pray for: - For the people of Ukraine and for the people of Russia that this war will come to an end and all nations will support on-going peace in the region
- For the wisdom of world leaders as they come to terms with the unfolding crisis in the Ukraine
- For all people fleeing discrimination and harm may they find welcoming arms of safety and support
- For those impacted in Australia by extreme flooding.
The Synod of SA is adapting and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. For all current updates please visit the Synod website COVID page at this link.
The Uniting Church Synod of SA has embarked on a journey to identify its key missional priorities and directions for the next 3-5 years. Read more
Please note, many gatherings of people in SA may be further impacted by recent COVID-19 restrictions. The list below is the most up-to-date information available at the time of publication and may be subject to change.
- Ash Wednesday Lament for Asylum Seekers >>>
- Uluru Statement from the Heart Symposium and Workshop >>>
- Harvest Thanksgiving Service >>>
- A Variety Concert >>>
- Pop-up Shop >>>
- Ken Sumner - The influence of colonisation in faith >>>
- Paul Goh - Christianity in a global and post-Christian world >>>
- Olga Gostin - How Culture Shapes Identity - Seminary of the Third Age >>>
- Olga Gostin - How Culture Shapes Identity - Video
presentation >>>
- Amplify Children, Youth and Family Ministry Conference >>>
- Ways Christianity Relates to Cultures >>>
- Live arts at Newland >>>
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