morepraxis

Welcome Back!
The upper room project meets the first Monday of each month (6:-8:30pm) to engage with spirituality and justice as struggled with and fought for by the Prophets and Jesus. We meet upstairs in the Shine Caf?/Bar (74 Kingsway Glen Waverley) with gallery space, discussion corners, opportunity for practical response and pondering space.
We hope the [...]

morepraxis hub is a UCA initiative that seeks to encourage, coach and engage young adults to be active locally and deeper spiritually.
The group will meet weekly on a Monday. The nights will involve elements and approaches of narrative and peer reflection groups, discussion, coaching, alt worship and bible study. ?For a while I have had [...]

Tony Abbott, the poor and Jesus
ANDREW HAMILTON FEBRUARY 19, 2010 Eurekastreet
It is a commonplace to associate Tony Abbott’s politics with his Catholic faith. He certainly refers easily to the Catholic tradition in his speeches. This is helpful because it provides one gate to reflection on his policies.Last week at a meeting of Catholic Social Services [...]

Hi Guys
Peter Mallen has put together a Series of Bible studies to help you and your small groups prepare for Easter. The six?Bible?studies?take?up?some?core?themes?of?discipleship.?They?are?based?on?various?readings?from
the?book?of?Acts,?which?forms?a?companion?text?to?this?year?s?lectionary?readings?from?the?Gospel?of?Luke.
Acts?records?some?of?the?exciting?adventures?of?the?early?Christians?but?also?provides?many?insights?into?the
joys?and?challenges?of?the?Christian?life.

Week?1?? People?of?the?Way
Week?2?? Daring?to?be?different
Week?3?? Knowing?the?story
Week?4??? Living?the?story
Week?5?? Co?operating?with?God
Week?6?? Walking?the?way?of?the?cross

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PS. Tell me what you think and how they are working with your group(s).

Stop Uganda’s Gay Death Penalty
Uganda?s parliament is preparing to pass a?brutal new law that would punish gay people with prison — even death.
Initial international criticism drove the President to call for a review. But after a well-funded and vicious lobbying effort by extremists,?the bill looks set to be passed — threatening widespread persecution and bloodshed.
Opposition [...]

Endorsing Statement from Adrian Greenwood (Wow! I know!!)

Make Poverty History (MPH) is a campaign the Uniting Church has supported and engaged with for many years from policy development, to political lobbing, education,? service and aid partnerships throughout the world. The MPH Roadtrip is a great opportunity for our young adults to put their faith in [...]

Applications for the About FACE 2010 program close in 2 weeks ? Friday 26th February, 2010!
About FACE 2010 is a?Faith?And?Cultural?Exchange for young adults between 18 and 30 years, to take place from 26th June to 17th July, 2010.? Participants will elect to spend two weeks in a placement with either an Aboriginal community in [...]

Article in the Age by Simon – the?picture selection by me

As reported in?The Age last week (22/1), the Australian Defence Force has swiftly removed biblical references from soldiers’ gunsights manufactured by US company Trijicon.
The gunsights, which some US Army commanders have dubbed ”spiritually transformed firearm[s] of Jesus Christ”, have scripture references stamped next [...]