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What’s Emerging? Week 1: Friday 11 June 2021

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Amidst the toilet paper hoarding and fights over pasta in the shops we saw on television, many of us were privileged to witness and take part in a growth of love and kindness that is also happening. Throughout the pandemic, we at St. Andrew’s are holding open a space for giving and receiving. What a gift to be part of God’s outpouring of kindness in our community.

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 1: Wednesday 9 June 2021

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Octavia E. Butler was an award winning, African American science fiction author. As a child, Butler was painfully shy. Paired with dyslexia, Butler was an easy target for bullies which led her to believe she was “ugly and stupid, clumsy and socially hopeless.” As a result, she found solace reading at the Pasadena Central Library. At the age of 10, she begged her mother to buy her a Remington typewriter on which she “pecked” her first stories “two fingered.”

Butler offers this beautiful poetic reflection on the organic nature of God, life and community:

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