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Sydney Presbytery published Perfect Love Casts Out Fear - A Video Reflection by Joy in News + Updates 2021-09-02 14:40:21 +1000
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear - A Video Reflection by Joy
As we look around us, in this time of COVID pandemic, we see a fearful and divided community. I believe we are called as a Church to speak into this fear and division, words and actions of love, peace and healing.
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Sydney Presbytery published Learn to Rest - A Pastoral Note by Jenny in News + Updates 2021-09-02 11:56:15 +1000
Learn to Rest - A Pastoral Note by Jenny
Dear friends,
“I don’t think he knows what mood he’s in today. It’s been a roller coaster.”
Message from my son about his (3 1/2 year old) dog this week.
I think it sums up what I’m hearing from a lot of people about how they are feeling at the moment. I’m sensing a lot of confusion - in one minute we might be angry that things are so messed up, and the next minute we might celebrate something new that we have had to learn to accomplish. One moment we might be pleased that we can stay at home to work (well, I don’t have to get out of my Ugg boots, and I can hang out the washing between meetings and tasks) and the next moment we are lamenting the lack of socialisation.
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Sydney Presbytery published It's not my dog - A Pastoral Note from Jenny in News + Updates 2021-08-26 14:45:55 +1000
"It's not my dog" - A Pastoral Note from Jenny
Dear friends,
It’s not my dog, I don’t have to take it for a walk.
Just before I went on leave recently, a colleague shared this saying with me. I am quite sure this colleague did not realise the impact it would have on me, and how often I would repeat it as a kind of mantra. I certainly didn’t expect that to be so when I frantically wrote it down “just in case I forgot it later.”
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Sydney Presbytery published One Brick in the Wall - A Reflection by Susan Russell in News + Updates 2021-08-17 14:05:21 +1000
One Brick in the Wall - A Reflection by Susan Russell
On the wall near the café in Wesley Mission at 220 Pitt Street Sydney, you can read the following words attributed to John Wesley:
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
How do we do this 300 years post John Wesley’s plea? How can you make that difference in your own corner of the world, when you are dealing with your own issues, looking after family, juggling work and caring roles, and at times struggling with your own mental health issues that can strike any of us at any time?
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Glebe Hall Rates 2022
$110 plus GST / per hour $400 plus GST / night (post 5pm) $550 plus GST / full day (8am-5pm) $750 plus GST / full day (24hrs)
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Sydney Presbytery published Glebe Hall COVID-19 Safety Plan in Meetings + Events 2020-12-15 15:34:11 +1100
Glebe Hall COVID-19 Safety Plan Template
As per the current regulations in NSW, to host a gathering of any sort in a community 'concert' hall, you are required to complete a COVID-19 Safety Plan. Please refer to the NSW Government website here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/covid-safe/entertainment-facilities
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Sydney Presbytery published Tell Your MP You Support a Change in Drug Laws in News + Updates 2020-12-10 11:12:01 +1100
Tell Your MP You Support a Change in Drug Laws
Uniting's Advocacy Team is calling on your to help support proposed changes to drug laws in NSW.
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Sydney Presbytery published Sydney Presbytery Blue Christmas Service in News + Updates 2020-12-10 10:47:10 +1100
Sydney Presbytery Blue Christmas Service
𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲 𝗮𝘁 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝑺𝒚𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒃𝒚𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳, 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, & 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 - 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲, & 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰
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2020 Annual Report is LIVE!
𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 2020 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩!"COVID-19 has forced us all into a new way of living & being as we enter into a space, never before known nor experienced! As a Church, we have to respond also in a manner unknown and un-experienced before. We needed to continue being agents of change in changing times, agents of hope in hopeless times, agents of peace in unpeaceful times, & agents of joy in unjoyous times!" - 𝙍𝙚𝙫. 𝙑𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞, 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙮𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙗𝙮𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮.
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Sydney Presbytery published Safe Church Webinar - Being a Safe Church Online in News + Updates 2020-10-22 10:02:26 +1100
Safe Church Webinar - Being a Safe Church Online
The Uniting Church's National Safe Church Unit recently hosted a special webinar on 'Being a Safe Church Online'.Across the life of the Church those who have responsibility for engagement with children and young people are on a steep learning curve when it comes to applying their skills in digital environments.In this webinar, Safe Church leads from Uniting Church Synods and the National Safe Church Unit discuss issues around digital platforms for worship and ministry, livestreaming, social media, sensitive pastoral conversations, creating safe online communities, record keeping and adhering to the Codes of Ethics.
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Sydney Presbytery published Convo w/ Jon Owen and Graham Long in News + Updates 2020-10-16 09:10:57 +1100
Convo w/ Jon Owen and Graham Long
Join Jon Owen and Graham Long for an intimate conversation
Wed 28 October, 7:00pm – 8:15pm {online}COVID-19 has seen the world isolate in a way we could have never imagined.
Even though we have come out of lockdown across most of Australia, we are now living in a socially distanced world where we have little to no certainty of our future.
In many ways we are being forced to re-evaluate our lives and our values.Wayside Chapel has always maintained its place in the world based on its strong sense of mission and vision. You are invited to join us online from the comfort of your own home for an exclusive conversation with Pastor and CEO Jon Owen and Pastor Emeritus Rev Graham Long, to talk about how we can find strength and meaning during these uncertain and challenging times.
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Sydney Presbytery published Sydney Presbytery Values & Culture in News + Updates 2020-10-15 10:35:02 +1100
Sydney Presbytery Values & Culture
The SYDNEY PRESBYTERY – VALUES AND CULTURE resources were created to help all consultative committees and councils be clearer about their ministry and work together with congregations, agencies, ministers and other leaders. We hope that this tool will be used across the Presbytery to help guide our mission planning, consultation work, Presbytery deliberations and in the variety of processes we undertake in the course of our ministry and mission; and often as we seek to discern call and align with the leading of the Spirit in making decisions together.
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The SYDNEY PRESBYTERY – VALUES AND CULTURE resources were created to help all consultative committees and councils be clearer about their ministry and work together with congregations, agencies, ministers and other leaders. We hope that this tool will be used across the Presbytery to help guide our mission planning, consultation work, Presbytery deliberations and in the variety of processes we undertake in the course of our ministry and mission; and often as we seek to discern call and align with the leading of the Spirit in making decisions together.
Downloads:
The Values and Culture documents and Power Point presentation below have been created for you to use with your congregations, committees, councils and ministry teams. Members of the PRC are available to unpack this tool with you, and to assist you in applying it in the context of your local ministry and mission.
VITAL LEADERSHIP DIRECTORY
Download the Vital leadership Directory
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So This Is Christmas
Dear friends,
Congregation member: “I didn’t get anything out of worship today, Pastor.”
Minister: “That’s ok. We weren’t worshiping you.”
A meme from Facebook
Unbelievably we are heading into October! In so many ways this feels like it has been a long year already, and yet I find I am surprised that it is so late in the year. In some of our Congregations, thoughts are turning toward Christmas and how we will celebrate again the coming of the Christ Child. Already we know that it is going to be different this year.
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CSU MAGAZINE
Check out the first edition of CSU MAGAZINE! CSU reflects on keeping faith, doing justice & building community during COVID. The e-mag features interviews, articles, reflections & more.
Leading the Church to Life
Sydney Presbytery
Sydney Presbytery is the regional council of the Uniting Church (Synod of NSW & ACT), spanning from Bondi to Homebush, Sydney Harbour to the Cooks River.