In Peace,
Christine
Rev. Christine Gilbert Minister of the Word St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church 92 Jetty Road, Glenelg SA 5045 P: (08) 8295 1771 E: office@standrewsuc.org.au
What’s Emerging? Week 4: 30 June 2021
Monthly Archives: June 2021
What’s Emerging? Week 4: Tuesday 29 June 2021
Seemingly overnight, the situation in Australia has changed again. This prayer was posted on the Benedictine Abbey’s (Jamberoo) Facebook page as they awoke into lockdown yesterday.
In Peace,
Christine
Rev. Christine Gilbert Minister of the Word St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church 92 Jetty Road, Glenelg SA 5045 P: (08) 8295 1771 E: office@standrewsuc.org.au
Worship Guide for 27 June 2021
Hello All,
Attached is the worship guide and reflection from Sunday. Our worship included a prayer of lament – something I sensed would be a welcome offering as we continue to experience the pain of the pandemic.
In Peace,
Christine
Rev. Christine Gilbert Minister of the Word St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church 92 Jetty Road, Glenelg SA 5045 P: (08) 8295 1771 E: office@standrewsuc.org.au
Reflection for 27 June 2021
What’s Emerging? Week 4: Monday 28 June 2021
Rev Dr Barbara Holmes is an author, activist and academic living in the Midwest of the Uniting States. She spoke recently about the calling of the church in these times.
In Peace,
Christine
Rev. Christine Gilbert Minister of the Word St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church 92 Jetty Road, Glenelg SA 5045 P: (08) 8295 1771 E: office@standrewsuc.org.au
What’s Emerging? Week 3: Friday 25 June 2021
On life, love and eternity:
In Peace,
Christine
Rev. Christine Gilbert Minister of the Word St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church 92 Jetty Road, Glenelg SA 5045 P: (08) 8295 1771 E: office@standrewsuc.org.au
What’s Emerging? Week 3: Thursday 24 June 2021
In Peace,
Christine
Rev. Christine Gilbert Minister of the Word St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church 92 Jetty Road, Glenelg SA 5045 P: (08) 8295 1771 E: office@standrewsuc.org.au
What’s Emerging? Week 3: Wednesday 23 June 2021
This week is Refugee Week in Australia. As we know from experience at St. Andrew’s, those who are more recent arrivals to Australia – refugees and others – are effected by the pandemic in unique ways. Some are not eligible for government support. For others, the programs or promises made before they came to Australia were delayed because of COVID or changed completely. Many work in casual or insecure positions. And all feel intensely the separation from family and their country of origin at this time.
I pray we will continue to open our hearts to and befriend those in our midst who come from other lands and, this week, may we pray for refugees and those seeking asylum in particular.
Attached is a two-page offering from the Refugee Council of Australia addressing several common myths about refugees. I commend this document to you.
In Peace,
Christine
Rev. Christine Gilbert Minister of the Word St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church 92 Jetty Road, Glenelg SA 5045 P: (08) 8295 1771 E: office@standrewsuc.org.au
What’s Emerging? Week 3: Tuesday 22 June
Sunday’s Gospel reading invited us to find ways to abide in Christ, to gaze with him on the storms of anxiety and fear so they can be calmed by his peace and love. Seraphim of Sarov is a saint in the Eastern Church who reminds us that our peace has missional potential. It makes a difference in the world.
May you rest in God and abide in Christ today.
In Peace,
Christine
Rev. Christine Gilbert Minister of the Word St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church 92 Jetty Road, Glenelg SA 5045 P: (08) 8295 1771 E: office@standrewsuc.org.au
What’s Emerging? Week 3: Monday 21 June 2021
Today is winter solstice here in the Southern Hemisphere. And to observe this short day, a reflection by poet priest and one time prison chaplain Edward Hayes. I particularly like the line, “In the heart of every person on this Earth burns sparks of luminous goodness; in no heart is there total darkness.”
In Peace,
Christine
Rev. Christine Gilbert Minister of the Word St Andrew's by the Sea Uniting Church 92 Jetty Road, Glenelg SA 5045 P: (08) 8295 1771 E: office@standrewsuc.org.au