Thursday, March 12, 2020

UCA National News - 13-19 March 2020 - Ministry in the Hot Zone, UnitingCare welcomes COVID-19 measures and more

Hot Zone Map Courtesy of ABC
MINISTRY IN THE HOT ZONE
"When I was in self-isolation, you Facetimed me."
Pastoral care in the coronavirus pandemic.
UnitingCare Australia has welcomed Federal Government measures to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, but asked for more targeted and long-term support to those most in need. Click through for the full statement.

NSW/ACT Guidance for Worship

With 78 confirmed cases and more than 1800 under investigation NSW faces the most immediate threat from the coronavirus outbreak. The NSW/ACT Synod has produced a comprehensive guide for hygiene in worship.
Calvary and North Queensland Presbyteries have merged to become a new presbytery.
More than a decade after the conflict between Christian and Muslim religious groups in Ambon, the Protestant Church in Maluku is working to bring together mixed groups of Christian and Muslim women for education and microfinance opportunities.

UNITING WOMEN 2020

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.
PRESIDENT'S CONFERENCE 2020
This year's President's Conference will be held in Adelaide from 2-5 October, and explore expressions on the theme of "every member ministry". Registrations open, program now available.
 
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IN PRAYER FOR:
  • Those who have contracted the coronavirus, those who are self-isolating, those who are fearful or vulnerable, the health care workers and pastoral responders to the pandemic. May God bring comfort and healing.
  • Members of the Carpentaria Presbytery as they engage in God's mission in northern Queensland as First and Second Peoples together
  • The peacebuilders of Ambon and the work of UnitingWorld.

     
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