Christmas
Day at Uniting Churches in Sydney
Thinking
of celebrating the birth of Jesus in Sydney city
on December 25? How about … READ
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Wesley
concert to be televised nationally
Sydney's
Wesley Mission Christmas celebration on December
19 will be
screened nationally on the Nine Network at 7am
on Christmas Day. READ
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Because
children matter
Give
disadvantaged kids the best Christmas ever by
donating to Burnside's appeal. See the new website.
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Don't
spend Christmas alone
To
make Christmas Day successful the Exodus Foundation
needs donations of tinned hams, Christmas cake,
pudding, biscuits, tea bags, tinned fruit, long
life custard, sweets and nuts, and unwrapped
presents to distribute for children (toys,
books and sports equipment) and for adults
(socks, large T-shirts and toiletries).
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Church
leaders speak against abuses in Zimbabwe
South
African clergy from several churches say they
have been prompted to speak out by the steady
flow of tortured and abused Zimbabweans seeking
help and sanctuary at their doors. READ
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Moderator's
Christmas message
"As humans, we need to claim for ourselves,
and sometimes for others, a life based on God's
love, peace and joy." READ
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Do
we still embrace the spiritual at Christmas?
In
a post-September 11 world in which the spiritual
seems to lie tantalisingly beyond our grasp, there
are writers who remind us that what separates
us from the beasts is our souls, and no-one
can steal those from ourselves. READ
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Hope dies last. READ
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The
un-churches
Regardless
of their ages, people turning to emerging churches
say they value honesty and would rather struggle
with tough issues than be given easy answers.
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Try TheOoze.
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Or Emergent.
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Or even Scumoftheearth. READ ON
Messages
from church leaders
In
their Christmas messages this year the Anglican
Archbishop of Sydney says, "Don't let the
decorations distract you from the real gift of
life and peace God offers in Christ Jesus,"
and the President of the NSW Council of Churches
says, "When we do unwrap God's gift of his
Son for ourselves we find that he invites
us to share that gift with others." READ
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Stephen Webb Media Officer Communications Unit NSW Synod, Uniting Church in Australia Box A2178, Sydney South, NSW 1235, Australia email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 2 8267 4308; Mobile: 0423 259 945; Fax: 9267 4716; Web: nsw.uca.org.au/cu/ & insights.uca.org.au/ ------------------ The Communications Unit publishes the monthly magazine Insights, conducts public relations for the NSW Synod of the Uniting Church, and provides a variety of communications services. These include writing, editing, web consultation and development, desktop publishing and graphic design, public relations and advertising. For a consultation or free estimate on your project call the Communications Unit at (02) 8267 4307.
