by admin | May 23, 2024 | Australia, RESOURCES, Worship
People of many homelands – will you join us beside the river and bring your memories of place your wisdom of country to this place and this time in the hope that this land might become more truly our shared home? Yes, we will come People of many languages...
by admin | Jan 12, 2024 | Worship
In about 2011, Rev Jenny Tymms prepared an Affirmation of Faith based on the Revised Preamble to the Constitution of the Uniting Church in Australia. This was done in consultation with First Nations people so that the language would work well in ways that were...
by admin | Jan 10, 2024 | Music, RESOURCES
The stunning guitar instrumental album “Reverie” by the impossibly talented Rob Timbs is now available for free on the “Songs of Faith and Hope and Love” website. It’s been made to sound even better by the original engineer Chris Adams...
by admin | Dec 14, 2023 | RESOURCES, Worship
I was introduced to the description of Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer by Kenda Creasy Dean and Ron Foster in their brilliant book about youth ministry, The Godbearing Life. The term comes from the Greek work theotokos, and the theological notion is more...
by admin | Nov 22, 2023 | Intergenerational, RESOURCES, Worship
Christmas Eve at Blackwood Uniting Church in December 2018 was an Australian-themed nativity called “Christmas in the Shed,” named after an album and songbook by the same name compiled by Adelaide singer-songwriter Leigh Newton. Leigh was our special guest...
by admin | Jul 26, 2023 | Discipleship, RESOURCES
I’m making some memes. Right-click or control-click to download at full size.