Refugee Week –
Sunday 17 to Saturday 23 June is Australia's
peak annual activity to inform the public about refugees and celebrate positive
contributions made by refugees to Australian society. The theme for Refugee
Week 2012 is Restoring Hope. If you would like further
information about Refugee Week and events taking place in your area, please see
www.refugeeweek.org.au.
FROM THE FACULTY
UME Strategic Planning Retreat – please note that the faculty will be attending the Retreat this Thursday and Friday (21-22 June). Please pray for all who will attend this time of prayer and discussion focussing on education within the Synod.
Texts the faculty will be using in second session:
- Homiletics
(Peter Davis) – The Witness of Preaching, Thomas G Long, 2nd
edition, WJK 2005.
- More details to come.
FROM THE COLLEGE SECRETARY
At UTC we are seeking to develop the College’s profile and make the most
of the College’s resources. With this in mind, would you please take a moment
to send me an email (suzannec@nsw.uca.org.au) to
indicate what first prompted you to consider studying at UTC? Was it a
recommendation by word of mouth or email; the Synod website; UTC website,
facebook or twitter; perhaps an advertisement in Insights; a church bulletin or
some other literature; or an ad on the radio? If you would please send me a
note about how you first came to consider UTC, this will help us in thinking
about how we promote the College. Indeed, if you have any ideas you would like
to offer about the College’s communication, we would be very glad to receive
them.
FROM THE CHAPEL
There is no chapel service this week. This week’s lectionary is
Pentecost 4: 1 Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 or 1 Samuel 17:57-18:5,
10-16; Psalm 9:9-20 or Psalm 133; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13, Mark 4:35-41.
EVENTS
Anniversary of the Uniting Church - this Friday 22nd June is
the 35th
Anniversary of the forming of the Uniting Church in
Australia
On 22 June 1977 the people of the Congregational, Methodist and
Presbyterian Churches came together in Sydney Town Hall to announce to the
nation and the world that a new church had been born. It was in this 'Statement
to the Nation' - a short announcement of identity, intention and thanks - that
many of the core social concerns of the Uniting Church were articulated.
Information about resources for celebrating the anniversary and an invitation
to share your church’s story can be found on the Assembly website
www.uca.org.au
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The Climate Commission Forum held 6 June - there are free copies of the Climate Commission’s reports available outside the student admin office. If you would like a recorded copy of the forum, please contact the College Secretary.
Book Launch of Professor Bruce Mansfield’s Summer is Almost Over at
the Centre for Ministry on Sunday 8 July 2012, 3pm. Summer
is Almost Over is a personal account of Bruce’s ideas behind the
Reformation History courses he conducted at Sydney and Macquarie Universities.
Lecture by Professor Paul Dafydd Jones on “Patience and passion –
Christian theology after Karl Barth” at the Centre for Ministry on Wednesday 11
July 2012, 7.30pm. Paul has
written numerous articles and essays on systematic, political, and constructive
theology. The lecture will be followed by a response by Matthew Wilcoxen and the
evening will be chaired by Ben Myers.
Seminar and lecture by Professor Marcia Bunge on Explorations of Child Theology: implications for churches, families, schools and mission at the Centre for Ministry on Wednesday 24 July 2012. An afternoon seminar with students will be held from 1.30-3.00pm and an public evening lecture from 7.30pm.
The Hannam Student Graduation will be held on Friday 17 August 2012,
4.00-9.30pm in the Dining Room. If you would like to
attend, please contact Sang Taek Lee.
25th Anniversary of the Centre for Ministry – please claim
Sunday 7 October in your diaries to celebrate 25 years of
ministry at the CFM and over 100 years of forming people and transforming lives
within the Burnside property. More details to come.
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