Uniti ng Church Ne ws & N ot es
7 October 2015
Congregations
Presbytery & Synod of WA
Web of Learning
Jobs: Paid and Volunteer
Ministry Resourcing Centre
Prayer Calendar
Events Diary
If you would like your news or events listed in News and Notes, email
newsandnotes@wa.uca.org.au or contact the Media and Communications Team on (08) 9260 9800
or 1300 736 692.
To read news and notes online visit http://unitingchurchwa.org.au/news-notes/.
Congregations
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The Grand Opening Community Festival at the new Billabong Community Centre,
corner Liffey Street and Campbell Road, will be held this Saturday 10 October, 10.00am–
3.00pm. Free activities and entertainment for the whole family, as well as food and a ribbon
cutting ceremony. For more info email luke@thebillabong.org.au.
Margaret River Uniting Church is hosting Hall on the Road's one day seminar on
'Creation' on Saturday 10 October, 9.30am–4.00pm. The presentations are: Dr Sue Boorer,
‘Taming the chaos dragon: the Creation of the world in the Old Testament;’ Rev Dr Alex
Jensen, ‘Out of nothing: creation and science;’ and Dr Nancy Ault, ‘Creation Spirituality.’
There will be opportunity for discussion. Cost of $20 includes morning tea. Register on the
day at 60 Tingle Avenue, Margaret River. For more info email Kerry pthall@murdoch.edu.au
The Titanic presentation with Fran Taylor will be held on Thursday 15 October at
7.30pm at St Aidan’s Uniting Church Claremont, corner Princess and Chester Roads. Fran
was a guest on a ship which, from above the wreck site, commemorated the centenary of
the sinking of The Titanic. During the voyage, authors delivered interesting and informative
lecturers. Fran’s talk will be based on that information, as well as her own research. A light
supper will follow. For more info email staidans@iinet.net.au.
South Metro Regional Gathering will be held on Saturday 17 October from 9.30am–
12.30pm at Applecross St Stephens Uniting Church, 2 Mackenzie Road. Please note the
change of venue. Rev Ruth Vertigan will introduce the idea of the Labyrinth and then you
can experience the publicly available one at the church. There will also be a time of sharing
some of the events happening in the wider church. All welcome. For further info email
marie.e.wilson@bigpond.com.
Trinity North Uniting Church Spring Fashion Parade will be held on Saturday 17
October from 2.00pm–4.30pm at Cousin’s Hall, St Stephen’s School, Doveridge Drive,
Duncraig. An afternoon of fun with a Postie Fashion Parade, then try on the outfits yourself
and enjoy afternoon tea. Tickets $5 per person. Contact Dorothy Horton 0433 329 822 or
Barb Marshall 0407 823 313.
Capel Uniting Church 50th Anniversary of the church buildings worship service will be
held on Sunday 25 October at 3.00pm at Capel Uniting Church, 5 Scott Road. The
moderator will be in attendance. All welcome. RSVP for catering purposes appreciated to
Vera Regan on 9727 2544.
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St Andrew’s Uniting Church, the founding Presbyterian church in Perth, together with
adjoining buildings has been sold and will close on Friday 30 October. Any congregation in
need of church furniture or paraphernalia, please contact 9385 9650 for negotiation.
Trinity North Uniting Church Twilight Fair will be held on Friday 27 November from
4.00pm–8.00pm at the Greenwood Worship Centre, Marlock Drive,
Greenwood. Something for all ages with a variety of stalls, food and entertainment. For
more info, contact the office on 9448 4543 or Heather on 0424 230 204.
Presbytery and Synod of WA
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The Moderator and Synod of Western Australia express sadness at the passing of
Rev Olive Stafford last Wednesday 30 September at Wearne House in Mandurah. Olive was
a nurse who served in hospitals in Fremantle, Osborne Park, Wooroloo, Perth Dental
Hospital and Papua New Guinea prior to training as a deaconess in the Methodist
Church. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this sad time. Her
funeral will be held this Friday 9 October at 2.00pm at Mandurah Uniting Church, 156
Pinjarra Road.
A Commissioning Service for Kristin Grainger to Ministry of Pastor will be held at
Manjimup Uniting Church, Bath Street on Sunday 11 October, 10.30am. All are welcome to
attend.
The Uniting Church Centre will begin the process of pulling together the 2016 Planner
for the Uniting Church WA to be distributed in the monthly mail-out on Tuesday 1
December. To include your 2016 event on the planner, email the date and title by Friday 16
October to maggie.johns@wa.uca.org.au.
Intercultural Conference and Workshop scheduled to be held on Saturday 24 and
Sunday 25 October at Noranda Uniting Church has been postponed until 2016. Guest
speaker, Rev Amelia Koh-Butler is unable to attend due to family illness.
Pastoral Relations & Placements Commission (PR&PC) webpage is available to view
all vacant placements, by-laws, ministry changes and pastoral and placement updates. Visit
http://unitingchurchwa.org.au/pastoral-relations-and-placements-commission.
Web of Learning
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Preaching Workshops with Rev Dr Ian Tozer will be held on Saturday 10 October from
10.00am-4.00pm at Victoria Park and Districts Star Street Uniting Church, 43-45 Star Street,
Carlisle; and Saturday 21 November from 10.00am-4.00pm at All Saints Floreat Uniting
Church, 50 Berkeley Crescent. Cost $20 includes morning and afternoon tea. BYO lunch.
To register email cedal@wa.uca.org.au.
Jobs: Paid and Volunteer
(unitingchurchwa.org.au/jobs)
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The Gap Uniting Church is an active congregation in the inner west Brisbane suburb of
The Gap in Queensland. They seek to live out their vision of ‘growing lifelong disciples of
Christ’ through intentional mission planning, community engagement and intergenerational
ministry. They are seeking a minister of the Word with vision and energy to provide
strategic resourcing, pastoral and worship oversight and encouragement of discipleship.
For a Position Description and information about how to apply via the Queensland Synod,
please visit www.thegapuca.org.au/about-us/seeking-a-minister/.
The Northern Regional Council of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian
Congress is seeking a person to minister in the Darwin region with its members living or
visiting in the area. This position is open to a minister of the Word, deacon or pastor. A key
aspect of the work will be networking with Uniting Church congregations in the area,
enabling them to establish and grow relationships with Indigenous members of the Uniting
Church and helping them establish pastoral care teams reaching out to Indigenous people in
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the local community. Applications close 30 October. For more info email
steve.orme@ns.uca.org.au or call 8982 3400.
The Living Waters Uniting Church, Pilgrim Presbytery of Northern Australia is seeking
a full time minister of the Word. Please direct your expressions of interest to Bruce Slater
on (08) 8982 3100, 0418 266 098 or www.ns.uca.org.au.
Acacia Prison has a part-time chaplaincy vacancy. For a position description, contact Alan
Jennings, executive officer at the Council of Churches WA on 9275 3144 or email
executive@churcheswa.com.au.
The Council of Churches is an ecumenical body encouraging churches to pray together,
join together in conversation, promote joint social mission and work together for justice and
peace. The council is seeking a treasurer to present the accounts on a monthly basis and
assist with the preparation of the annual budget. MYOB system is used. This is a volunteer
role. For more info call Alan Jennings on 9275 3144 or 0411 640 881.
Ministry Resourcing Centre
The Ministry Resourcing Centre is located in the Uniting Church Centre, 85–89 Edward Street,
Perth and is open Monday to Friday 8.30am–5.00pm. Contact Margaret Johnston on 9260 9800 or
email resource@wa.uca.org.au.
Renovate or Die: Ten ways to focus your church on mission by Bob Farr with Kay Kotan. To
organise your church for new life, more needs to be done than rearranging the pews, painting the
fellowship hall or paving the parking lot. If leadership is maintenance minded then inspiration might
be found to become more mission-driven. $21.25
Leading Into the World, by Paul Galbreath. A practical guide to the way liturgical practice can
shape more faithful living in the world. This book’s focus is on care for the earth: “how might
Christian worship, historically rooted in the cycle of the seasons, in growth, death, and rebirth,
cultivate in us greater care for God’s wondrous, vulnerable creation?” $28.95
Voices of Aging: Adult children and aging parents talk with God, by Missy Buchanan. Through 20
heartfelt meditations we step inside the mind of two generations as they struggle with the
frustrations of aging. $18.25
Messy Family Fun: A holiday club for all the family, by Lucy Moore. Days and days of fun for
children and adults together. For church communities doing Messy Church to strengthen
relationships and ideas for a community day, with Jesus as the focus. $20.25
Calendar and Lectionary of the Uniting Church Year C 2015-2016 by the Uniting Church in
Australia, National Working Group on Worship. For your reading preparation for Year C and all
the early birds who are planning rosters for 2016 already. $2.85
All items plus postage. For more info contact Margaret Johnston on 9260 9800 or email
margaret.johnston@wa.uca.org.au.
Prayer Calendar
For the week commencing Sunday 11 October: Cannington, Forest Lakes and Gosnells
congregations and Beananging Kwuurt Institute. Please also pray for the Kiribati Protestant Church
and the Congregational Christian Church in Samoa.
(Please check the calendar for your church, committee or network and contact Heather Dowling
with any specific prayer requests.)
Events Diary
If you are planning an event for 2015 that you think would be of interest to other people in the
Uniting Church community, let us know so we can put it in our calendar. We would also encourage
you to contact us during your planning so you can check what other people are doing to avoid diary
conflicts.
For more information on these events visit http://unitingchurchwa.org.au/events
This Week
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Saturday 10 October, 9.30am–4.00pm. Hall on the Road's one day seminar on
'Creation' at Margaret River Uniting Church
Saturday 10 October, 10am–3.00pm. Grand Opening Community Festival at Billabong
Uniting Church
Saturday 10 October, 10.00am-4.00pm. Preaching Workshop at Victoria Park and Districts
Star Street Uniting Church
Saturday 10–Tuesday 13 October. Micah Challenge Voices for Justice in Canberra
Saturday 10 October, 9.30am–4.00pm. Hall on the Road's one day seminar on
'Creation' at Margaret River Uniting Church
Sunday 11–Saturday 17 October. Anti-Poverty Week
Sunday 11 October, 10.00am. Harvest Festival Service at Gingin Uniting Church
Sunday 11 October, 10.30am. Commissioning Service for Kristin Grainger to Ministry of
Pastor at Manjimup Uniting Church
Monday 12 October. General Council Meeting
Next Week
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Thursday 15 October, 10.00am. Emergency Hospitality Program Meeting at 53 Carson
Ave, Gosnells
Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm. The Titanic presentation with Fran Taylor at St Aidan’s
Uniting Church, Claremont
Friday 16 October, 1.00pm. Wesley Recital with Krista Low on cello at Uniting Church in
the City, Wesley Perth
Saturday 17 October. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Saturday 17 October, 2.00pm–4.30pm. Trinity North Uniting Church Spring Fashion
Parade at Cousin’s Hall, St Stephen’s School, Doveridge Drive, Duncraig
Saturday 17 October, 4.30pm. Information session for Alo Timor Leste Insolidarity Visit
at Victoria Park and Districts Star St Uniting Church
Saturday 17–Sunday 18 October. Samoan Leaders National Conference in Brisbane
Saturday 17 October, 9.30am–12.30pm. South Metro Regional Gathering at Applecross St
Stephens Uniting Church
Sunday 18 October, 11.00am. South Mandurah Uniting Church’s Great Outback BBQ
on the Estuary Road Foreshore, Mandurah
Sunday 18 October, 2.00pm. Ordination Service for Kim Francis as a Deacon at Nedlands
Uniting Church
This Month
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Sunday 24 October, 11.00am. Ordination Service for Rick Morrell as a Minister of the
Word at Cottesloe Civic Centre lawn
Sunday 25 October, 9.30am. 50th Anniversary of the Ordination of Rev Alan Pederick at
St Augustine’s Bunbury Uniting Church
Sunday 25 October, 12 noon-5.00pm. Safe Church Awareness Workshop at Beldon-Iluka
Uniting Church
Sunday 25 October, 3.00pm. Capel Uniting Church 50th Anniversary of the Church
Buildings at Capel Uniting Church
Friday 30 October. Presbyterian Ladies’ College Centenary Open Garden Day
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Saturday 31 October, 9.30am–4.30pm. Hall for All Leadership Intensive: Issues in
Leadership at Willetton Uniting Church
Next Month
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Thursday 5–Sunday 7 November. 3DM Learning Community at Churchlands Christian
Fellowship, Balcatta
Friday 6 November, 1.00pm. Wesley Recital with Anastasia Buettner-Moore on piano at
Uniting Church in the City, Wesley Perth
Wednesday 11 November. Contribution deadline for the December edition of Revive
Sunday 15 November. Christmas Bowl Appeal WA Launch at St Aidan’s Uniting Church
Claremont
Friday 20 November, 1.00pm. Wesley Recital with the Wesley Scholars at Uniting Church
in the City, Wesley Perth
Saturday 21 November, 10.00am-4.00pm. Preaching Workshop at All Saints Floreat Uniting
Church
Friday 27 November, 4.00pm–8.00pm Trinity North Uniting Church Twilight Fair at
Greenwood Worship Centre
Saturday 28 November–Sunday 13 December. Young Adult Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Sunday 29 November. Abolitionist Sunday
Later
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Friday 4 December, 1.00pm. Wesley Recital with Angela Currie and friends at Uniting
Church in the City, Wesley Perth
Monday 7 December. General Council Meeting
Thursday 17 December, 10.00am. Emergency Hospitality Program Meeting at 53 Carson
Ave, Gosnells
Friday 18 December, 1.00pm. Wesley Recital with Angela Currie on organ at Uniting
Church in the City, Wesley Perth
Sunday 27–Wednesday 30 December. Vietnamese National Conference in Sydney
Next Year
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Monday 9–19 April. Alo Timor Leste Insolidarity Visit in Timor Leste.
Thursday 28 April–Sunday 1 May 2016. UnitingWomen ‘Sharing Stories of Hope’
Conference in Adelaide
Wednesday 31 August–Saturday 3 September 2016. The World Methodist Conference in
Houston, Texas