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Spice Kids

26/04/2022 by John

The Spice kids is a group of people who meet for lunch together after worship on the 5th Sunday of the month.

This is a social group for people who have no family responsibilities at lunch time. Whilst everyone is always welcome, it’s fair to say that the majority of us who attend are in the more ‘mature’ stages of our lives (although from the behaviour of some, you would never know it).

We simply get together, eat a delicious meal and enjoy one another’s company.

For further details please chat to Jean Terbeth. If you don’t know Jean, feel free to email Gungahin Uniting Church at office@gungahlinuniting.org or call the Church office on 6242 5001.

Food Garden Outreach

26/04/2022 by John

Are you aware we have an active food garden? Here are some pictures of what the garden has produced.

The food garden was established in 2015 with the aim to engage and create community with the view to providing vegetables to the Mustard Seed Food Pantry.

We are looking for gardeners, people who have a passion for community outreach or people
who just have a wish to get involved and learn more about/help with growing vegetables and composting etc.

If interested, please see contact the Church Office.

The Happiness Trap

03/04/2022 by John

Publisher: Exisle Publishing (1 March 2007)
Language: English
Paperback: 284 pages
ISBN-10: 0908988907

A guide to ACT: the revolutionary mindfulness-based program for reducing stress, overcoming fear, and finding fulfilment.

Popular ideas about happiness are misleading, inaccurate, and are directly contributing to our current epidemic of stress, anxiety and depression. And, unfortunately, popular psychological approaches are making it even worse!
In this controversial but empowering self-help book, Dr Russ Harris reveals how millions of people are unwittingly caught in ‘The Happiness Trap’! He then provides an effective means to escape, through a revolutionary new approach which is shaking the very foundations of western psychology.

This book is for everyone, from CEOs to sales staff, from astronauts to housewives. Whether you’re lacking confidence, facing illness, coping with loss, working in a high-stress job, suffering from anxiety or depression, or preparing for the performance of your life – within these pages you will learn scientifically proven techniques to:

reduce stress and worry
rise above fear, doubt and insecurity
handle painful thoughts and feelings far more effectively
break self-defeating habits
improve performance and find fulfilment in your work
build more satisfying relationships and, above all,
create a rich, full and meaningful life.

‘Dr Harris shines a powerful beacon forward into the night. enjoy the journey. You are in excellent hands.’ Steven Hayes – bestselling author of Get Out of Your Mind And Into Your Life

About the Author
Dr Russ Harris is a medical practitioner with a passion for life, health and healing. A leading authority on stress management, Russ regularly travels all over Australia, and internationally, training coaches, psychologists, doctors, and other health professionals in the use of ‘mindfulness’.

God Attachment: Why You Believe, Act, and Feel the Way You Do About God

03/04/2022 by John

Title: God Attachment: Why You Believe, ACT, and Feel the Way You Do about God
By: Tim Clinton, Ed.D.; Joshua Straub, Ph.D
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Publisher: Howard Books; Reprint edition (November 29, 2014)

God. Whether one loves him, hates him, denies or defies him, it is hard to deny the worldwide fascination with God. This book explores why and suggests a personal response to the God Attachment in all of us.

Why has the human race, the world over, been so fascinated with…some might say obsessed with…God? This built-in attachment to God crosses religious, political, ethnic, cultural, and generational barriers.

Drs. Clinton and Straub reveal fascinating research about this worldwide phenomenon. From avoidant, anxious, and fearful to secure and personal, the range of responses to our internal attachment to God has a profound influence on the way we do relationships, intimacy, and life choices.

With helpful self-assessments, intriguing questions, and surprising revelations, this book moves from worldwide statistics to personal challenge, offering the means to become securely attached to God in a way that can have positive effects on our attitudes, approach to life, and overall life satisfaction.

Author Bio

Tim Clinton, Ed.D. (The College of William and Mary) is President of the nearly 50,000-member American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the largest and most diverse Christian counseling association in the world. He is Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care, and Executive Director of the Center for Counseling and Family Studies at Liberty University. Licensed in Virginia as both a Professional Counselor (LPC) and Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Tim now spends a majority of his time working with Christian leaders and professional athletes. He has been married 30 years to his wife Julie and together they have two children, Megan and Zach.

Joshua Straub, Ph.D. has served on the executive staff for the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) for the past five years and is an adjunct professor at Liberty University. Having served either as a counselor, professor, or pastor since 2000, Josh now spends his time training and speaking to Christian counselors, pastors, and lay leaders across America for the AACC, Acquire the Fire conferences, and local churches. He specializes in attachment research, crisis and trauma, the Millennial Generation, and on cultivating healthy relationships both with God and others. Josh is married to his beautiful wife, Christi.

Organ Recital at North Belconnen Uniting Church

22/09/2018 by John

North Belconnen Uniting Church will be hosting a classical organ music recital on its historic 1920 CW Leggo Pipe Organ. The organists for this event will be local musicians David Franks and Ian Kummerow.

Thursday 27th September 2018 12.30pm (duration approximately 45 minutes followed by light refreshments) North Belconnen Uniting Church, Conley Drive, Melba ACT.

All Welcome! A retiring paper note donation will assist the work of both the host church and the Royal School of Church Music (ACT Branch).

Spice Kids

Food Garden Outreach

The Happiness Trap

God Attachment: Why You Believe, Act, and Feel the Way You Do About God

Organ Recital at North Belconnen Uniting Church

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