Margaret Johnston, Culture of Safety Research Officer for the Uniting Church WA, provides a copyright update, to the article she shared last week.
Providing community services has faced some new challenges during the COVID-19 outbreak, but UnitingCare West, a Uniting Church WA community service provider, is continuing to support vulnerable people in WA through their programs.
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Take action to call for compassion
Rev Steve Francis, Moderator of the Uniting Church WA, and Geoff Bice, Social Justice Consultant for the Uniting Church WA, have sent a joint letter to the church encouraging them to write to their Federal Member of Parliament, asking them to act with compassion for some of the most vulnerable people in Australia.
Do you feel God may be calling you to ministry in the Uniting Church WA? Do you want more information on the various possibilities for ministry for both lay and ordained in the Uniting Church? Are you seeking to deepen your relationship with God and discern God’s calling to you?
The Uniting Church WA Ministry Expo will help you to explore all of this and more.
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Staying messy
For almost ten years, Messy Church at Bunbury St Augustine Uniting Church has been an all-ages worship connecting families to the message of Jesus. The monthly gathering usually consists of craft, songs, a story, prayers and a shared meal.
This month, however, due to COVID-19, Messy Church in Bunbury looked a little different. Instead of gathering at the church, people ran Messy Church activities in their own homes over the Easter long weekend, connecting as a group via live stream to share in some of the activities together.
This sweet and simple Apple Crumble recipe was sent in by Cheryl Smith from Pinjarra Uniting Church. It was also featured in their church newsletter. Serve this tasty crumble with cream or vanilla ice-cream for added goodness!
Have you got a favourite recipe? Send it in to revive@wa.uca.org.au or mail them to Revive magazine, GPO Box M952, Perth, 6843.
Ingredients
3 or 4 green apples
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup plain flour
3/4 cup rolled oats or muesli
60g butter
Method
Preheat oven to 180o degrees.
Peel and core the apples, slice thinly and place apple into a buttered ovenproof dish.
To make the crumble topping, place sugar, flour and the oats or muesli into a mixing bowl.
Chop the butter into small pieces and add to the bowl.
Using your fingers, mix in butter until mixture is crumbly, then sprinkle it over the apples.
Bake for 35 minutes.
Kevin Tengvall, founder of the Ride for Life program of Merredin Uniting Church, shares his reflections on the program, as the mission comes to a close.
Ride for life was started in 2010 as a mission of Merredin Uniting Church. The idea came to me after talking to a work colleague who challenged me by asking why I wasn’t doing any ministry with kids. Which led me to question: what could I do? And how could I do it?
As our lives, workplaces and churches have changed the way they operate in a world of COVID-19, Geoff Bice, Social Justice Consultant for the Uniting Church WA, shares how churches can continue to serve those who are vulnerable in our community.
While we are physically distancing due to COVID-19, Louise Powell, member at Northway Uniting Church who is currently undertaking a Period of Discernment with the Uniting Church WA, reflects on the ‘time out’ many of us have been given.
As many congregations are seeking different ways of keeping in touch with their members, Margaret Johnston, Culture of Safety Research Officer at the Uniting Church WA, gives us a timely reminder that, through your good intentions, you might be in breach of copyright.