Faith Mentors

Faith Mentors

Oct 2, 2018 | EXPERIENCING FAITH

Think for a moment about who has influenced you in your faith journey. What was about who they were or are that matters? What characteristics do they bring that draw to them?  What is the story of faith they hold? We all have people who are faith mentors in our faith...
Like Children, Servant, and Crying Out

Like Children, Servant, and Crying Out

Oct 2, 2018 | IMAGES

The Revised Common Lectionary readings for the month of October, invite us to journey with Job, to delve into the letter to the Hebrews, and share the challenges from Jesus’ encounter with wealth and the poor, with our own questions of importance and place.  The...
Job 1

Job 1

Oct 1, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE

Job 1:1; 2:1–10 Introduction to prayer: Grant us the imagination of a child  as we approach Queen to H4 takes pawn?! In a game of chess pieces are moved and taken as the game progresses without a thought for how the pieces might feel, it is just a game after all....
Mark 9:38-50

Mark 9:38-50

Sep 24, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE

The reading from Mark 9:38-50 has a couple of references to Salt.  The one that catches my attention is the last verse – Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Some of the cooking shows I have seen over time talks about salt...
Who is watching who?

Who is watching who?

Sep 24, 2018 | MISSION

I was reading an article on the abc news site the other day about China’s social credit system. Essentially you get credit for ‘good works’ as defined by the state and lose credits for ‘bad works’, again as defined by the state. It got me...
Frontier Services Worship at Kingston

Frontier Services Worship at Kingston

Sep 24, 2018 | ACTIVITIES

If you came to worship at Kingston Uniting Church on Sunday August 26 you may have been a little surprised by what you saw and heard. The communion table was decorated with some red satin, on which sat a large loaf of damper, and a very well used, rusty billy.  A...
Meeting John Flynn

Meeting John Flynn

Sep 20, 2018 | INSPIRING

Why I have always been enthusiastic about supporting Frontier Services In 1929 to 1949 I attended Rose Bay Presbyterian Church; a suburb of Sydney. In October 1942 I was about to celebrate my 15th birthday. Back in those days you went to Sunday School until your were...