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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
UC National News 14-20 July - Welcoming our next President, Follow the 16th Assembly in real time, One Great Sunday of Sharing and more
In three days, the 16th Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia will meet online for the first time and Rev Sharon Hollis will be installed as our 16th President.
In this feature article, we share some of Sharon's life journey and her vision for us to be courageous, creative and hope-filled, as we discern where God is calling the Uniting Church into the future.
You can join the Opening Service of Worship for the 16th Assembly and the Installation of Rev Sharon Hollis as President on our website and Facebook page. Tune in on Saturday 17 July at 11.30am AEST (QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, and TAS), 11am ACST (SA and NT) and 9.30am AWST (WA).
Meeting online for the 16th Assembly means there are more opportunities for the wider Uniting Church to connect into the work of the Assembly meeting in real time. We share seven ways to connect with the Assembly as it happens.
In the final week of Six Weeks of Dwelling in Prayer, President-Elect Rev Sharon Hollis leads us in prayer. Thank you to all UCA members for your prayers leading up to this 16th Assembly meeting.
Ahead of the One Great Sunday of Sharing on Sunday 18 July, the Synod of South Australia has shared this three-minute video and other worship resources for use in worship services celebrating our vibrant multicultural Church.
Every year the Birdsville Races draw people from all over the nation to the heart of the Outback in Queensland. Frontier Services is seeking volunteers who are willing and able to travel to Birdsville in the month of September to help with two exciting volunteer opportunities. For more information, email the Outback Links team or phone at 1300 787 247.
SCOTS PGC College is seeking expressions of interest for a Chaplain, to work with the Principal, staff, students and families in guiding and leading the spiritual components of the everyday life of the College.
The Pacific Islands Council of South Australia (PICSA) seeks a Regional Coordinator to oversee networks of support for Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste seasonal workers in Australia, as part of a project in partnership with the UCA Synod of Victoria and Tasmania and others.
JOIN US IN PRAYER FOR:
The 16th Assembly and all its members coming together for the first online Assembly meeting. May they dwell together in God's love, as a fellowship of Christ, discerning the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Rev Sharon Hollis as she is installed as the President of the UCA Assembly on Saturday. For strength and wisdom in her spiritual leadership over the next three years.
Dr Deidre Palmer. We give thanks for the gift of her leadership as President over this triennium, for her faithful service, her great encouragement of the whole Church and for her constant reminder of the abundant grace and liberating hope we have in Jesus.
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