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In this newsletter you will see we have many events planned for August through to October, including:
We will keep you updated to any changes to these events, guided by the latest restrictions. Don't forget - if your community is in lockdown or unable to gather for worship, there are resources to help you remain connected with one another and God. Check them out here.
As the weather warms, the skies brighten and all the earth awakens to spring may you know the hope of God.
Peace,
Jenni, Neryl and Anne
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Reflection
Even a lockdown couldn’t disturb the July Book Club as we engaged in lively and broad ranging discussion about Hugh Mackay’s The Kindness Revolution. We explored his ideas and suggestions as to how to restore hope, trust and optimism in Australian society and in our context in our church and in our worship. Kindness, we were reminded, lies at the heart of civil society, it holds communities and institutions together and is an antidote to cynicism and indifference, and it is our kindnesses and the kindness of others that will endure into the future.
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One last chance to go on a tour!
Artists from all around South Australia and beyond have shared theological reflection through art and transformed the Synod office building. Come and see the artwork before the exhibition ends on 17 August. Tours conducted by Dieter Engler, Karan Hudson and Neryl McCallum.
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Save the date - if we can we will share wonderful music and celebrate 10 years and more of MiniM!
Venue details to be confirmed.
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Change of date!
Due to the current restrictions in singing, we have changed the Music and Worship workshop to 23 October.*
Place and times remain the same.
*If this affects your current booking, please contact us on admin@cmla.org.au and we will be happy to refund your booking. Alternatively, you can roll over your booking to the new date.
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Music has always played a role in worship, from the Israelites living in Exile to the Psalms to the church gathering together in Colossae to Gregorian chant to Wesleyan hymns to the pop rock of Hillsong, singing and music has been a way for people to meet with and offer praise and prayer to God.
Music is important in worship, it can enliven and deepen worship, and it can do the opposite. What we sing shapes our theology and our knowledge of God.
This full-day workshop will enable church musicians to gather together to engage in conversation, share experiences and ideas and resources. It offers an opportunity for church musicians to contemplate the how and why of having music in worship and their own practise.
When: Saturday 23rd October, 10am - 4pm
Where: Rosefield Uniting Church
Cost: $50 for the day (includes morning and afternoon tea)
$120 for a group of 3 or more people from one congregation
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In the fifth year of CMLA's Preaching Series we continue to explore the art and practice of preaching. In times like these, how might you grab hold of the gospel and find words that are responsive to and accessible for those who gather, and have context and meaning for those who don’t?
Monday mornings
9:30am - 11:00am
September 6 and 20, October 11 and 25
Cafe Fellini's, North Adelaide
Cost: $25 per session, $75 for all four
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Save the date!
More details to follow for Songwrite in Adelaide
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CMLA’s Celebratory Dinner
– 10 years …and more to come!
Sunday November 14, 5.30pm
at Nunyara Conference Centre
More details soon.
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From our wider community...
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Artist in Residence John Coleman and Jenny Butten
14-21 November
St Andrew's Uniting Church
92 Jetty Road, Glenelg
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Bridgewater Arts Centre Event
* After the Storm - A storytelling event in the tradition of
New York’s ‘The Moth’. Saturday 14th August, 7:30pm
* SALA Exhibition - 4 Women with a Palette - Free
Through the whole month of August
Friday and Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 1-4pm
* An introductory workshop on the Enneagram
led by Robin Sinclair and Yolanda Lieneman.
August Fri 27th - Sat 28th
* Concert - Two acts: 1. The Borrowed Ones - featuring Kathy Pike,
and 2. Jemma Nicole
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