Imagine connecting the gospel with our contemporary culture.

You are invited on Saturday May 15 to join with us as we engage these questions and more.  We will be resourced in our thinking by Queensland based mission consultant, writer, thinker, imaginer and missionary Duncan Macleod.  Duncan brings years of experience exploring these topics, and leading the Uniting Church in Queensland in developing and implementing a Vision for Mission.

When: 10am to 3pm, Saturday 15^th May
Where: Clarence Uniting Church, Bellerive
Who: Existing, past and future leaders, Christians who are thinking deeply about how we connect with our world
Cost: $30 includes morning tea and light lunch
How: Complete and return registration form, together with payment, or pay by EFT and e-mail us your details (registration form available from Liz Carter)

This day represents a unique opportunity for us to gather, think and imagine together.

Imagine is a joint venture between the Uniting Church Presbytery of Tasmania and the Baptist Union of Tasmania.

If you’d like to know more about this day and how you can be involved in it, please contact Scott Guyatt on 6331 9784 or e-mail scott.guyatt@victas.uca.org.au

Sanctuary is space to pause and reflect during Lent.

Sanctuary is an opportunity to enter into the spiritual journey of Lent.

Sanctuary is a series of quiet reflective gatherings engaging in various models of alternative worship, experiential encounters and meditation.

Sanctuary is being held at Clarence Uniting Church: Bellerive 7:30PM each Wednesday evening during Lent.

Sanctuary is beginning this coming Wednesday evening.

Sunday 22nd February at 6pm

Grace Church
45 Melville St
Hobart

Entry by donation with proceeds going towards mission trips to India.

Restorative Justice operates on principles of truth-telling, accepting responsibility and grace. In many ways it’s about establishing a mindset which in turn creates an environment where wholeness for individuals and communities is a real possibility.

Our forums this year are double edged. Some important topics will be explored; all from the perspective of how they demonstrate a commitment to Restorative Justice.

These events are open to anyone. They represent opportunities for listening, discussing and acting. Through these forums the Commission for Mission is attempting to work with the UCA community by stimulating interest and involvement in a range of themes. These themes have been identified as important to the missional life of the church.

Come along and be part of Mission now….

Information for the first of the Victorian events on the theme of Restorative Justice: Principles, along with online registration forms can be found by clicking here.

Please check the link as information will be updated on a regular basis.

Following morning tea Dr Zirnsak will be convening an open conversation with all interested people seeking to gain an understanding on issues of justice in Tasmania and to g discuss the work of the Justice and International Mission Unit. This conversation will begin at 11:15AM and is open to all interested people. If you are unable to attend the service because of commitments with your own congregation you may like to come across after church to share in the conversation. Mr McMullen will be holding a similar conversation at Sandy Bay at 11AM and Scots-Memorial at 12:30PM for those who may be closer to that worship centre.

Dr Zirnsak was employed as the Synod Social Justice Development Officer in the Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania in June 1999 and became Director of the Justice and International Mission Unit of the Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania in early 2004.

Mark is the National Coordinator of the Australian Network to Ban Landmines, Treasurer of the National Committee on Human Rights Education, Chair of the Victorian Human Rights Education Committee, Chair of the Victorian InterChurch Gambling Taskforce and Chair of the Victorian Council of Churches Social Questions Committee. He is also on the National Steering Committee for the Micah Challenge, a global campaign in the Christian community to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals are achieved, which includes halving absolute global poverty by 2015.

From December 1997 to the end of 1999, Mark had been National Religious Network Contact and Victorian Religious Network Coordinator for Amnesty International Australia. In 2003 Mark was awarded the National Meritous Service Award by Amnesty International Australia.

On the previous Friday evening, the 13th of February, Mark and Anthony and Jill Ruzbacky (formerly Cooper) will be hosting a workshop on justice issues at Wesley Uniting Church from 5:30PM to 7:30PM.

If you’re interested in joining this group, please contact Judith Cornish.

Our next prayer breakfast will be in Kingston Uniting Church on Saturday, 22nd November.

All are welcome to be part of this unique form of fellowship as a community, as we look to the future and offer our visions of hope, our requests and our concerns.

Following prayers, there will be a hearty breakfast over which we can continue to enjoy our friendship together.

Bring gold coins to participate in games and auctions.  Tea, coffee and supper provided.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL!  Call Natalie on 6227 8513.

7:00pm, 9th August 2008
Clarence Uniting Church
2 York St, Bellerive

Cost: $15 entry, $45 family

This social night is being organised by a group of our younger families.

5:30 for 6:00pm, 2nd August 2008
Kingston Uniting Church
42 Jindabyne Rd
Kingston

For everyone who cares about justice, our planet and seeking God’s realm.

Sunday 20 July 2008 at 4:30pm
Clarence Uniting Church
Cnr Cambridge Rd and York Street, Bellerive

Enquiries: Paul Chalson 0409 473 081