Today at Gungahlin Uniting Church
It is good to come together to worship and it is good to have everyone here with us today – Welcome. Today we also welcome Rev. Dr. Geoff Broughton, from St. Mark’s Theological College in Canberra, who will bring us our message. Geoff is lecturer in Practical Theology and his chosen parable is The Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16: 1-31.) At Gungahlin Uniting we usually have morning tea in the middle of worship followed by Oasis for our primary aged children, today Mentors will gather with the youth, and in the worship space Geoff will bring us his message.
A month of Parables @ Gungahlin Uniting Church
Over four weeks, four guest preachers will give us the message based on a parable of their choice.
| Sunday 21st October | Sister Lorraine Gatehouse
Lorraine is from the Brigidine Order – The Gathering Place Dickson. |
The parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee
Luke 18: 9-14 |
| Sunday 28th October | Rev. Dr. Geoff Broughton
Geoff is a lecturer in Practical Theology at St. Mark’s Anglican Theological College Canberra |
The parable of the Unjust Steward
Luke 16: 1-31 |
| Sunday 4th November | Bishop Pat Power. (Retired)
Pat was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn |
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| Sunday 11th November | Rev. Kevin Dilks
Kevin is the Uniting Church Canberra Region Presbytery Minister for Administration and Pastoral Care |
The Parable of the Ten Pounds
Matthew 6: 25-34 & |
St Ninian’s Fete – Saturday 3rd November
If you have goods to donate to our stall at St Ninian’s fete, please bring them into the multipurpose room during morning tea or directly after the service finishes. We will be pricing them and loading them into a trailer straight after Church today.
Volunteer Roster for St Ninian’s Fete
Time: 8:00am – 10:15am
Volunteers: Elizabeth, Shirley, Mark, Marion
No of People Required: 5
Time: 10:00am – 12:15pm
Volunteers: Jenny Smith, Pam Thompson, Frank Thompson, Helen Lehman, Bob Lehman
No of People Required: 5
Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Volunteers: Jacqui Drohan, Rowan Ford, Margaret Ford
No of People Required: 5
Spice Kids Lunch
November 10th, 12 noon
We will be ordering a Chinese Banquet to be eaten in the Multi Purpose Room.
Cost approx $18.00.
Anyone free to join us is most welcome!!
With Love to the World (daily devotions)
With Love to the World is a booklet of daily devotions based on the readings we use each week in worship. The latest issue is available in the foyer for anyone who would like a copy. They are only $4. With Love to the World is published by the Uniting Church and is a good way to reflect briefly each day on God’s word for our lives.
Bible Study
Are you interested in attending a regular evening Bible Study?
Bruce and Liz Warren will be hosting one at their home on Mondays from 7:30 to 9pm.
If you are interested, please see Bruce or Liz, or email them on mail@bewarren.id.au
Bible Studies and Conversations at GUC on the Gospel of Luke.
Starting next Sunday evenings at 5pm. you are invited to come along to Bible Conversations on the Gospel of Luke. Luke is the Gospel that is the focus of our Advent readings and most of our reading throughout 2013 so this is a great opportunity for study, conversation and learning about this book. Everyone is welcome.
Participating in the life of Gungahlin Uniting in 2013 and election of Church Council
At Gungahlin Uniting we give thanks for the many many people who volunteer their time to support our life and mission. You are invited to fill in the form with all the jobs that need to be done as part of our church life! In addition we are asking about small groups and you are invited to fill in that sheet too.
As part of this, each year we also ask people to think about who they would like on our Church Council. The Church Council is the group that represents the congregation and oversees all direction, business and, at this stage, the property for us all. It is up to the congregation to consider and discern who should be on our Church Council. Members on the Church Council should be people who have the following skills and gifts.
- Are able to listen and work alongside others.
- Are willing to build the congregation up in faith and love.
- Are able to reflect creatively on the challenges of being the church in a secular society.
- Are able to support the Minister in his role and work.
You are invited to prayerfully discern who you believe have the skills and gifts to be leaders on the Council. Please put all your forms for participation, small groups, and Church Council nominations in the Gold Box in the foyer.
Blackout 2012
All around the world young people will be speaking loudly for Persecution by giving up their voice, their mobiles, social networking and other forms of communication. Blackout is all about supporting the persecuted church in a tangible way with both financial and prayer support. Blackout is asking people to give up something like Facebook, email, mobile phones, twitter, computer games, speaking or TV for 48 hours and to raise money in doing so!
This year Claire Warren will be participating in the very first Blackout by going completely without Facebook, email, mobile phones, twitter computer games AND speaking for 48 hours from the 2nd to the 4th of November. If you are interested in taking part or finding out more, have a chat to her.
For more information go to: http://www.opendoors.org.au/comingevents/blackout2012 or follow My Heart Bleeds | Open Doors Youth on Facebook.