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This website has been developed and maintained by Rev Sandy Boyce (Deacon), a Uniting Church in Australia Minister (Deacon). It may be a help to people planning worship services.

International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Posted on October 7, 2016 by admin

October 15th is International Pregnancy & Infant Loss Day, where bereaved parents from Australia and around the world pause to remember their babies who’ve died. This annual day of remembrance is a significant one, honouring the approximately 106,000 thousand babies … Continue reading →

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Daylight saving

Posted on September 25, 2016 by admin

God who was and is and is to come, It must seem so silly for us to whine and moan about time. We have such a short span here in this life, and yet we make such a fuss over … Continue reading →

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UN International Day of Peace (Sept 21)

Posted on September 19, 2016 by admin

Each year the UN International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. Here’s the link to a Wikipedia article with some of the history. Here’s a link to Decade to Overcome Violence and a link to … Continue reading →

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Prayer for meetings

Posted on September 14, 2016 by admin

We bring to this meeting all of who we are. This is both our greatest weakness and our greatest strength. We will have come with priorities that we might barely be aware of urgent expectations that we haven’t yet identified … Continue reading →

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Olympics

Posted on August 4, 2016 by admin

The 2016 Olympic Games will kick off on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 28th edition of the Games will see 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees competing for 306 sets of medals in 28 disciplines. With the … Continue reading →

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Homelessness Week

Posted on August 1, 2016 by admin

Homelessness Week is usually held in the first week of August in Australia. In 2025 it is Monday 4th to Sunday 10th August. The National Homelessness Week theme for 2024 is Homelessness Action Now. Proverbs 31:9 “Stand up for the rights … Continue reading →

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Lord’s Prayer – various

Posted on July 16, 2016 by admin

Heavenly Father, heavenly Mother,Holy and blessed is your true name.We pray for your reign of peace to come,We pray that your good will be done,Let heaven and earth become one.Give us this day the bread we need, Give it to … Continue reading →

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‘Ordinary Time’

Posted on May 19, 2016 by admin

“Ordinary” time is derived from the word “ordinal”, meaning numbered. It is the season after Easter and Pentecost, where we begin to count the days until the final week of the church year, Reign of Christ Sunday. And then, Advent … Continue reading →

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A prayer for communities devastated by fires

Posted on May 8, 2016 by admin

Rev Cathie Lambert wrote this prayer in 2011 when fires devastated the Margaret River region. It may be adapted for prayers for others this week as we remember communities in Alberta devastated by the huge fire that has seen 80,000+ … Continue reading →

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Prayers from a progressive perspective

Posted on April 30, 2016 by admin

Prayers from a progressive perspective…..http://www.christ-community.net/prayers/