The Advent gift on Day 20 of Sharing the Joy comes from the Seeking Common Ground Circle.Circle Advocate Rev Dr Matt Wilson offers this reflection on how Christmas draws unlikely partners together. As we look towards the coming of Jesus, we are reminded that Christmas is a time of bringing together. In wider society it […]
The Advent gift on Day 13 of Sharing the Joy comes from the Seeking Common Ground Circle.Reflect on this nativity icon from the Eastern Orthodox church.In the Eastern Christian Church an icon is a sacred image given special liturgical veneration. This nativity icon comes from the Eastern Orthodox church. Seeking Common Ground Advocate Rev Dr […]
The Advent gift on Day 18 of Sharing the Joy comes from the Seeking Common Ground Circle.Read this English translation of the birth of Jesus as narrated in the Holy Qu’ran. Many Christians do not realise that Jesus is revered as a prophet in Islam, second only to Muhammed. The nativity story in the Qu’ran […]
The Advent gift on Day 7 of Sharing the Joy comes from the Being A Multicultural Church Circle.Rev Cyrus Kung offers this spoken word poem.Find out more about the CirclesCheck back here as the Advent Calendar unfolds
The Advent gift on Day 6 of Sharing the Joy comes from the Walking Together as First and Second Peoples Circle.Circle Advocate Alison Overeem offers a reflection on ‘a shared basket of new life’ And so the seeds were sownAnd so the anticipation of new life was shownShown through the breezeShown through the treesShown through […]
The Advent gift on Day 5 of Sharing the Joy comes from the Working for Justice Circle.Rev Paul Goh shares a Refugee Prayer Guide for Advent and Christmas from the Synod of South Australia Refugee Advocacy group.Download the guide here.Find out more about the CirclesCheck back here as the Advent Calendar unfolds
The Advent gift on Day 4 of Sharing the Joy comes from the Transforming Worship Circle.Rev Mat Harry shares two fantastic examples of congregational creativity and innovation.Find out more about the CirclesCheck back here as the Advent Calendar unfolds
The Advent gift on Day 3 of Sharing the Joy comes from the Seeking Common Ground Circle.An Advent prayer from Voices United, the hymn book of the United Church of Canada. Who are we, O GodThat you should come to us?Yet you have visited your peopleAnd redeemed us in your SonAs we prepare to celebrate […]
The Assembly Circles and Act2: ReflectionsAs part of a wide consultation process taking place through the Act2 project, the Assembly President and General Secretary held a series of conversations with the Assembly Circles to explore the work of Act2 through the lens of each area of the Church’s work. We invited participants in these conversations […]
Reflecting on the Basis at 50Written by Bethany BroadstockIt is now 50 years since the founding document of the Uniting Church, the Basis of Union, was published in its final form.Almost 70 people from across the national UCA gathered online for a day conference hosted by Pilgrim Theological College in the Synod of Victoria and […]