This Sunday, 20th June, we welcome Rolf Ditner into our faith community.
We extend a very warm welcome also to Rolf's family and friends who will be joining us for his baptism day.
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We'll soon be preparing the ministry rosters for July to September 2021.
Please email Debbie at office@mruca.org.au and let her know whether or not your are happy to continue serving in your ministry, or would also like to be included in another ministry. If you're not yet in a ministry and would like to be, please contact Debbie so you can be included in the next roster.
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A Contemplative Prayer Gathering for those who wish to meet the
Beloved in their home sacred space.
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Each week on Wednesdays at 6pm we invite you to light a candle, sit in your sacred space, and meditate with us via Facebook.
This week, we are returning to further meditation on 1 Corinthians 13 – Paul’s Spirit-filled meditation on the nature of God, on how we participate in God’s love.
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To access this week's meditation (and those from previous weeks) please click the link below. You can also find these on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.
If you would like to be emailed the guided meditation, in advance, to accompany your contemplative practice, email Debbie at office@mruca.org.au Meditations from previous weeks can be viewed on our YouTube channel. Click the button below for access.
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If you would like to receive a pastoral visit, please contact with the Debbie in the church office via phone 3358 6945 or email office@mruca.org.au
In cases of an emergency, please get in touch with Murray directly, 0421 234 541.
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Giving to the work of the church
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If you would like to give to the work of the church, you are encouraged to give via a direct credit. This can be set up through your internet banking. If you need any help to set this up, please speak with Anne Copeland.
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The account details are:
BSB: 034-065
Account Number: 264-563
Account Name: Merthyr Road Uniting Church
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On-line church resources for children
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In our transition to online services there has been one really important thing that has been missing... age appropriate content for our children. Children are just as much a part of our community as any of us. Here are some resources generously offered by Saddleback Church in California called Saddleback Kids. Click on the links below to access these resources.
Each week Saddleback Kids uploads new videos to their youtube channel. There are videos for early childhood and primary aged children. These resources are a tool for the whole family and can be a starting point for some great conversations. We recommend watching them together with your children, encouraging them to ask questions and to talk about what they have learnt. If there are parts of these resources that approach Christianity differently to you and your family take that as an opportunity to discuss with your children why you believe different.
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Please pray for Amber, Claire, Daphne K, Eugenie, Glen, Lisa Neill, Lindsay, Luke, Margaret G, Mervyn Thomas, Richard, Robyn, Rosemary H, Stewart, Vonda and the Bunting family.
We continue to pray for our parishioners each week. This week we pray for Helen B, Anne, Terry L, Joel and Carla.
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If you, or anyone you know, would appreciate our prayers or pastoral care, please contact
Murray on 0421 234 541 or Debbie in the church office on 3358 6945 or office@mruca.org.au
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To read the Uniting Church Qld Synod newsletter and the Moreton Rivers Presbytery newsletter, click on the buttons below.
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Good Afternoon,
Day Camp prep is in full swing now and we would like to invite congregations to bake some tasty goodies for our wonderful leaders! If you would like to send some bake goods. Drop off points will be the MRP Office (22 Ashgrove Ave, Ashgrove) or the Bus Stops: Bulimba UC, Albany Creek UC, Samford Valley Community Church, The Gap UC.
Please ensure that the containers are clearly labelled with the name of the congregation the name of the owner so we can safely return it. Otherwise, you can send them in a disposable container.
To ensure the maximum yumminess we ask that the goodies are baked and delivered on Monday or Tuesday of Camp.
Kind Regards,
Youth Ministry Team, Moreton Rivers Presbytery
Phone: Ph: (07) 3366 0236 email: adminsupport@mrpres.org.au
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Reading
Mark 4:35-41
35On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” 39He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” 41And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
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Reflection
Living in Australia we rarely face moments when we fear for our lives and need saving. 2020 was different in this respect. During our Black Summer the pictures of people evacuating from the beach at Mallacoota as fire engulfed the town became entrenched in our collective memory, and we have lived through a time when millions worldwide have died through infection of a virus. We hope when our lives are at risk, and we cry out as the disciples did in today’s reading, ‘do you not care that we are perishing?’, salvation will come.
A miracle didn’t happen on Mallacoota beach, nor for those who died of COVID 19, yet we often speak of God in a way that says God will intervene in our lives and save us. When this doesn’t happen, it can trigger a journey to disbelief. What do we do with miracle stories like today’s reading? Do we have to experience a miracle to know God is with us? What does your lived experience lead you to believe?
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