The Uniting Church in Australia - Conversations on the Way Forward - Sunday 25th July 2021
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The Uniting Church in Australia
Conversations on the Way Forward
‘Hope Uniting Church’
Sunday 25th July 2021
JESUS MAFA. Jesus multiplies the loaves and fish, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of
the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-
imagelink.pl?RC=48287 [retrieved July 20, 2021]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr
(contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact).
PRAYER:
Loving God, thank you for your grace and love, held out so unconditionally
for all to accept. Yet we are conditional people, we like to see results, we
look at our resources and we cling to old habits.
Give to us the faith and confidence to look around us and believe that we
could be those who carry the baskets of food to others, in whatever form
that they long for it. May we be a blessing for our community, for those
journeying through Alpha or reaching out through all the paths you call us
to take.
Father God, be with Ansie and Willie and girls as they establish new
routines. Be with our leaders and our church as we minister to each other.
We can do little without you and we long to be true disciples. Amen.
Welcome
Welcome
welcome to worship, both in person and online while we celebrate our
Lord’s Supper. If you are visiting for the first time, please make
yourself known to us. Come and fellowship with us over a cuppa after
the service.
Worship Services
Sunday 25th July
Readings:
• 8:30am Killarney Holy Communion Sunday 25th July
2 Samuel 11:1-15
• 9:30am Warwick Holy Communion
Psalm 14
Sunday 1st August Ephesians 3:14-21
• 9:30am Warwick Baptism John 6:1-21
TICKETED SEATING BOUQUETS Sunday 1st August
Thank you to those who have tried our 2 Samuel 11:26, 12:13a
Psalm 51:1-12
ticketed seating which allows for us to have
Ephesians 4:1-16
150 people in the Church. We have experienced new pews
John 6:24-35
and new views! It will only happen on occasion, with new
tickets, so please keep coming and make us a welcoming
Church.
INTRODUCING AUGUST
August is our hospitality month, where we bless community
groups. We will be using ‘Surprise The World’
BELLS
Bless 1st August welcoming a Baptism family
Our next
Eat 8th August Meet and Greet luncheon, Pam Fletcher Congregational
receiving the Moderator’s medal for Community
Meeting for Warwick
Service and we unveil our 150th memorial plaque
will be Sunday 12th
Listen 15thAugust blessing our Veterans
September following
Learn 22nd August listening to our Blue Care Service our Worship and a
Sent 29th August Blessing the Lighthouse and Chaplaincy shorter morning tea.
Jazzy Breakfast
Thank you to our workers and our supporters for making this
such a happy part of our community Jumpers and Jazz
program and raising funds for our local chaplaincy.
Meditating on John 6: 1-21
Here we But, then, in our scarcity and our despair,
have that that’s when we glimpse Jesus walking on
well known the water, coming right alongside us to
miracle of encourage and guide us into his
Jesus where abundance. That’s when we know him as
he feeds that crowd of five thousand on a our Lord and hand him the rudder of the
meagre five barley loaves and two small boat so he can steer us towards his
fish ,after which the disciples still collect Kingdom.
baskets filled with the leftovers. It
This miracle of abundance out of scarcity
underlines God’s amazing abundance
urges us, in faith, to give the little we are
proclaiming that we are given more than
and have ...however small, useless and
we could ever need…more food, faith,
insignificant it might seem…so that Jesus
love, grace, forgiveness and salvation.
can mysteriously multiply it and use it
Here, we see how Jesus works such reach out to those around us and those far
abundance out of scarcity and it off. They don’t need to be grand
encourages us not to lose heart at the little gestures…just those little everyday things
we can offer him, for he can do the that God in Jesus will use to make a
impossible when it is needed… in spite of difference in the struggling humanity
us! Like the disciples in this reading, we around us.
can also find ourselves with such limited This is the true work of the church…that’s
resources and manpower that we feel at a us, you and me! It means believing all
loss to know how and where to turn. We
things are possible through our infinitely
find ourselves in that same boat in the
loving God of enormous abundance.
dark, on a rough and roaring sea, toiling
hard…but seeming to make very little Shalom, Jean
progress.
New Horizons
August edition out next week
Please get articles to Angela by
Thursday 29th July at the latest!
It will include a review of our Plenty
workshop
Digital issues by email and hard copies
available.
Please see Angela (46673726) if you
would like an email copy.
THIS WEEK
Today Sunday 25th July
Covid Leader: Terry Smart
21st & 28th August
Flowers: Sue Campbell/Lyn Parkinson
8:30-5pm
Monday 26th July
Food provided. More information and
8:15am Courthouse Cuppa
registration via link https://ucaqld.com.au/about-
us/chaplaincy/pastoral-care-volunteers/care-essentials- 10:45am Akooramak Worship
courses/. More information coming on a highly 1:30pm Warwick Fellowship
recommended course. While recommended Tuesday 27th July
for Church leaders, it will be invaluable for 11:00 am Pastoral Care
all wanting to extend a pastoral hand to 6:00pm Alpha
others. Wednesday 28th July
9:30am Killarney mainly music
1:30pm Wesley Bowls
For those with new
3:00pm Selah Home Group
mobile phones!!
7:00pm Beta Home Group
Thursday 29th July
9:15am Warwick mainly music
1:00pm St Andrew’s Bowls
5:00pm Killarney Girls Brigade
We now have a direct Friday 30th July
link to our secure Saturday 31st July
UCARE tithing site, and Hospitality 5 All who can
we thank you for Sunday 1st August:
every gifting we get Covid Leader: Lawrie Clayton
for mission. Flowers: Alison Baistow
Cheques can be mailed to:
o Warwick Uniting Church, PO Box 436 Warwick Q 4370
Giving online via our bank account: Uniting Church Warwick Killarney
o Westpac BSB: 034 226 Acc:141717
Please mark deposits offerings or donations
Minister: Rev Ansie Liebenberg E: minister@wkuc.org.au Ph.0481 713 761
Office: Phone 4661 1080 Email address: warwick@wkuc.org.au
PO Box 436 Warwick Qld 4370
Web: http://wkuc.org.au Facebook Page Facebook Group page
Link to our YouTube channel for live Worship recorded for viewing any
time
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