2019, 11th August

Greetings, At the last Church Council meeting Peta led devotions and as part of this raised the issue of mental health being something of great concern for many young people.…

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2019, 4th August

Greetings, Late last year, in preparation for this year, I read a book called The Hospitality of God: A Reading of Luke’s Gospel. In this book author Brendan Byrne (professor…

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2019, 28th July

Greetings, One of the big discussion topics at Synod was the response of the Uniting Church to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act which was passed on 29 November 2017. This…

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2019, 21st July

Greetings, Early next week Tony’s mum celebrates her birthday so she is coming to dinner Sunday night. When people come over for a special celebration meal there is a sense…

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2019, 14th July

Greetings, As part of the Synod meeting we participated in Bible Studies each day. These were led by Dr Liz Boase who asked us to consider the following two questions…

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2019, 7th July

“I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”…

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2019, 30th June

Greetings, My parents have recently decided to downsize from their home and move into a smaller unit in a retirement village. In some ways this couldn’t have come soon enough,…

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2019, 23rd June

Greetings, “The Answer to the Great Question … Of Life, the Universe and Everything … Is … Forty-two,’ said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.” Deep Thought is the…

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