Canterbury Press, 2010, RRP $26.95 Reviewed by Barb Bailey. THIS volume is a timely reminder of the privilege, responsibility and transformation possible through the journey of worship for pastors while leading the congregant in the knowledge that their expectancy and participation are what forms an authentic worshipping community. Richard Giles, formerly Dean of Philadelphia Cathedral, has written many books on ...

On Sunday 9 October, members of the 29th Synod experienced worship as Messy Church. Led by FUN (For Under Nineteens) Synod delegates and the South-East corner youth and children’s workers, people roamed between 13 different activities based on the reading John 15:1-17 (The Vine and the Branches). Synod Bible study leader, Rev Wendi Sargeant, reminded members that “it’s OK to ...

Worship on the first business day of the 29th Synod of the Uniting Church in Queensland was a reflection on the Call, “Uniting in Christ”. Bible study leader, Rev Wendi Sargeant, encouraged members of Synod to decorate cardboard cut-out people on their tables to represent all the people at the meeting as an “intercession action”. During the day people decorated ...

UNITING CHURCH members across Australia have been invited to leave their cars at home and cycle to church during the second annual Ride to Worship Week, October 7-13. The event, an initiative of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC), encourages people of all faiths to help tackle climate change through a fun, healthy community activity. Sydney Uniting Church ...

Neil Pembroke T & T Clark, 2010 RRP $47.95 Reviewed by Karyl Davison.In the notes I took in Introduction to Worship some years ago, I wrote down “pastoral care” as one of the purposes of worship. When I came back to the note, I didn’t really understand what we had been told, or what it really meant. Pastoral Care in Worship is ...

Edited by Louise Morse. Published by Monarch Books, Oxford, UK and Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA 2010. RRP $19.99 Reviewed by Ann Hewson who has worked as a Chaplain in Aged Care for over five years. This book begins by providing some background comments regarding dementia and the pain it can bring to both the individuals who suffer with this disease ...

I REMEMBER sitting in a music class at university having a vibrant discussion about what the definition of music was. Everyone agreed that playing, singing or improvising constituted music. But what about a bird singing? Was that music? Of course! So our thinking expanded. Could street sounds, noises that were unintentionally created, also be called music? At this point we ...

Rev David Gill, 1985 Assembly General Secretary, statement to the 4th Assembly (1985) A COMMUNITY defined by the miracle of grace. Lose sight of that miracle … and you are left with boredom in worship, triviality in doctrine, self-righteous wowserism in morality, self-justifying ideology in social ethics, piety that has no place for humour and churchmanship that is devoid of ...

FOR MANY years emotional experiences evoked by sense and touch and have been used to create a different style of worship. Known as alternative worship, it is used by Christian churches all over the world including, possibly its best known proponents, the Taizé Community. Cheryl Lawrie is the co-director of the Culture and Context Unit of the Synod of Victoria ...

Amidst the devastation of the Queensland floods, some Queensland Uniting Church members have prepared a liturgy and prayers of intercession for use in worship. Please download them in PowerPoint format here. Lament written by Jennifer Farquhar, Secretary, Presbytery of Central Qld. PowerPoints compiled by Karyl Davison, Rural Ministry Coordinator, Presbytery of Central Qld, and the Queensland Synod Communication Services Unit. ...