Uniting in Prayer is an invitation for the whole Church to slow down, listen deeply to God, and reconnect with one another across cultures, communities and distances.

From Pentecost Sunday on 24 May to the 49th Anniversary of the Uniting Church in Australia on 22 June, we are embarking on a shared season of national prayer.

Over these 30 days, 30 voices from across the Church will come together. Each day, a new voice will lead us in praying as one body around a single, unifying question: “What does it mean to be woven together in Christ's love across cultures and boundaries?”

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Day 24: God makes all things new

A Prayer in Yolŋu Matha (Gupapuyŋu) 

Godthu ŋuli ga djäma bukmak nhä malanha yuṯakumana. 

God-Waŋarr Bäpa,
Dhuwala napurru ga ŋäŋ’thun nhuna
nhakuna buku-gurrpan dhiyaku ŋarakawa wäŋawa buku-ḻiw’marama,
ga yolŋuwa mala. 

Märr ga walala dhu ga nhina mägayaŋura romŋura
nhokalaŋuwurru yan djälkurru ga romgurru ga djägaŋura.  

Gurrupulu yolŋuwala mala ŋunhi ŋayi ga dhuwala nhina
bawalamirriŋura wäŋaŋura nhuŋu mägaya rom,
ga dharaŋanawuy, ga gatjpu’yunawuy rom
dhuwalaŋuwuydhi yana nhokuŋu God Garray djiwarr’puy. 

Dhiyaku napurru nhuna ga ŋäŋ’thundja dhiyaŋuwurruy bukmakthu yana.
Djesuwalaŋawurru yäkukurru napurru ga ŋaŋ’thundja.

Yow yow. 

A communal prayer compiled by Ramingiṉiŋ church elders:
Rosita Gaykamaŋu, Veronica Gaykamaŋu, Daphne Banyawarra, Lizzy Ḏurrurrŋa, Glenda Bulwarrŋu, Frances Rrikili, Robert Yawar’ŋu, Jeffrey Yebarrarr-1, Ross Malibirr, Selina Rawurruwuy and Mätjarra Garrawurra.