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Thursday, February 27, 2020
UCA National News 27 Feb-5 Mar 2020 - Welcome to Lent, A World without Nuclear Weapons, Summer Spirit, Frontier News and more
Lent is underway – from the global to the local there are a wide range of Lenten reflections and resources available to UCA members. Here is a collection of resources and campaigns to start you on your Lenten journey this year.
President Deidre Palmer and Associate General Secretary Rob Floyd welcomed members of the WCC's Commission of the Churches on International Affairs at the Assembly offices this week. CCIA Director Peter Prove, CCIA Commissioner Rev Gunilla Hallonsten and their colleagues have been holding workshops in Australia to focus on Pacific regional priorities.
National Consultants Rev Dr Apwee Ting & Rev Charissa Suli were in Perth from 21-23 Feb as guest speakers for Summer Spirit 2020. Over 50 people from across the WA Synod gathered at All Saints Floreat Uniting Church to be inspired, challenged and equipped for ministry in the areas of intercultural and intergenerational ministry under the theme, All of this is us: Church and Culture.
Frontier Services' first quarterly publication for 2020 is out now. This edition features a gripping account by Bush Chaplain Rev Rowena Harris of being trapped in Mallacoota by the bushfires. Also a feature on Pastor Julia Lennon, the first ever female Aboriginal Bush Chaplain, who's working to bring First and Second Peoples together in Oodnadatta.
The fourth UnitingWomen conference in Darwin is only four months away. Sign up now to escape the southern winter and share the spirit with your Uniting Church soul sisters from 9-12 July.
Donate to the Uniting Church in Australia's National Disaster Relief Fund and fund disaster recovery chaplaincy and support programs, helping communities rebuild after a natural disaster.
JOIN US IN PRAYER FOR:
All those seeking to deepen their discipleship through Lent
The work of the WCC Commission of Churches on International Affairs
Frontier Services' Bush Chaplains as they bring God's hope to the people of remote Australia
The family and friends of the Rev Bernie Clarke AM, former Assembly Associate General Secretary and National Consultant to UAICC. Bernie died on 23 February. A tribute to him will be published in next National Update.
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