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Based on the RCL for every Sunday of the church year, this complete set of liturgies and prayers (adapted from Words for Worship) makes preparing worship a joy. Absolutely everything you need for every component of worship. These finely crafted liturgies adapted from Words for Worship are perfect for ministers and lay leaders looking to enhance worship. Each week includes the RCL readings and a brief reflection.

Twenty Eight sermons delivered during David Gills's time as interim Minister from October 2018 to November 2019, covering a number of topics.

Growing older is a time for reflecting back on our lives. We find ourselves wondering, 'What did it all mean? What is my life's purpose now?' This guide comprises six chapters: 'Memories' 'Who do you rely on?' 'Blindsided' 'Courage' 'The end of the journey' 'Gratitude and Generosity' Using a variety of thought-provoking exercises including journaling and reflection, the participant is invited to view their life story through different lenses, ...

The origins of the word seek, help us to remember that slowing down across a period, like the 40 days prescribed for this journey together, helps create space, to ignite our senses once again. This study is a reminder that He calls us both the seeker and His friend. The seeking is the conscious effort to surrender in our everyday lives in the natural means to God himself-to constantly set our minds toward God in all our experiences, to direct ...

Things that Jesus Did treats miracles and signs of Jesus in all four Gospels. Jesus performed signs of God's power, revealed the splendour of God, fulfilled the promises of the Old Testament, spoke words of transformation, and called ordinary people to follow Him on an extraordinary venture. This book is designed for personal and group study. In telling and interpreting these miracles and signs readers are given opportunities to experience th...

From the author, Ann Siddall: "I have written a book about contemplation because I believe that many of us long to find a gentler, more reflective way of life, a way of being in the world that balances our action and contemplation and which creates space for God, ourselves and others. We want to think that this is a realistic option, even amidst all the pressure and persuasions of our daily lives... Many of us are hearing a similar call and I ...

It has been a challenging start to summer here in Australia. Bushfire has ravaged its way through our State, severely affecting Kangaroo Island and the Adelaide Hills. But it hasn't just affected South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria have also been devastated by fire, the loss of loved ones, livelihoods, homes, churches, livestock, animals, businesses and properties. Ex-Uniting Church SA Moderator, Rev Sue Ellis in conjunction with Med...

My hope is that whether you are green-fingered or not, you will discover your own inner garden, the Soul, and the God who lies within it. For those who are 'true' gardeners in a way that I am not, may this encourage you to reflect as you work in your garden and discover more deeply your own inner world. For those who aren't able or inclined to physically delve into your garden, I hope you will nevertheless find some time away from the busyness...

We live in challenging times for Christians and the church in Western nations such as Australia which are now secular, multicultural and multi-religious. We are in a globalised world dominated by economic considerations and media reporting. The attitudes people adopt are influenced by postmodern thinking which is sceptical, relativistic and pluralistic. Enlightenment thinking with its emphasis on reason and science continues to be regarded as ...

The contributors to Growing Up Uniting were encouraged to be as honest and creative as possible. Most importantly we asked them to write from the heart, to be themselves. With an eye on what helpful knowledge might be gleaned from these reflections, we then offered some non-obligatory suggestions relating to their experience of church as stimuli. Most contributors took up these suggestions but not in a wooden or mechanical manner. Rather, many...

Australian History and Christianity written in Korean

Explores the integrated relationship between the pulpit, pew and public life and to live in a way the recognises the sovereignty of God in daily life. Alan Demack, retired Supreme Court Judge and Queensland's first Integrity Commissioner reflects personally on the role lay people play in mission and moral formation. This works explores what it means to abandon timidity and embrace Christ-given courage, particularly in public life.

Chris Budden 'challenges the reader and the church to recognise how "the gospel has been misshaped and claimed as a tool of empire". This book provides a fresh way of thinking about the just claims of First Nations Peoples which stem from their sovereignty.' Stuart McMillan

Exploring and Affirming My life is designed to help the reader undertake a personal exploration of his or her own life. Often important life issues get overlooked in the bustle of modern living and a guided encouragement to find issues that need to be reconciled helps as we grow older. Reminiscence can be a natural process of life but on its own it doesn't always bring out those things we need to focus upon. This book encourages the reader to ...

In 2015 the Uniting Church in Australia committed itself to work with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) "to establish a memorial for the Rev. Charles Harris." It is not clear what Charles would have thought of having a memorial in his name because the one memorial that he most cherished was a thriving Congress committed to serving the Indigenous people of Australia. However, whatever form remembrance may take, it i...

The READY project is in four parts, all based on the meeting of research with practical experience. The first one is the book which lays out the multiple levels of the challenge the church now faces. By looking over the many answers that have arisen, it states that the missional leadership task has not been taken up among most of the denominations and short-cuts and avoidance have dominated. The second part -FRESH WORDS AND DEEDS - unpacks a h...

Julie Perrin's first collection of prayers A prayer, a plea, a bird follows her best-selling collection, Tender, stories that lean into kindness (MediaCom Education 2019) These new prayers and stories address climate, pandemic and neighbourhood life. Many are written in this new decade. They touch into racism, grief and erasure whilst also finding joy. A beautiful gift for personal reflection and a ministry resource for pastoral care, worship ...

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Who should read this book?I believe there is a growing thirst in our western contemporary culture for depth, purpose and meaning in our lives. It feels like our world is speeding up. Economic pressures are leading to workloads that are ever-increasing. Our capacity to attend to our inner lives weakens in the face of expanding external demands. We often feel either wound up or worn out. Yet we are aware of our alienation (although sometimes onl...

In our world the short, quick, easily consumed-tweet, text, soundbite, post, clip, pic-dominates our awareness. Designers of social media seem intent on capturing our attention as often as possible in the shortest time available. But what if we are deeper, more mysterious, less easily manipulated than Facebook and Twitter would like us to be? What if there is more to us than this reductive ever-present commodification of ourselves allows? The ...