Rev Tony Goodluck, serves as the Moderator of the Northern Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. In this 2024 Moderator’s Easter Message he reflects on the everyday inbreaking of the resurrected Christ into what might seem to be mundane everyday events. Moderator Goodluck suggests that it is in encountering the hope of new beginnings in our day to day lives that Christ comes to us, often unrecognised. He encourages us to live with open hearts so that we might
GOD IS WITH US – IN THE LIVING STORY – THROUGH THE LIVING WORD
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The fourth Sunday in Advent falls on December the 24th this year. The Lectionary Readings include 2 Samuel 7: 1-11, 16 ‘God’s Covenant with David’ and Luke 1: 26-38 ‘The Birth of Jesus Foretold’. Two great stories of two unlikely candidates, being David the shepherd-boy-become-king; and Mary, the teenage mother of Jesus.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing in the lives of these two reasonably unremarkable
As family and friends engage in ceremonies and protocols for an appropriate farewell for Mr G Yunupingu, the Uniting Church in Australia (Northern Synod) and the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (Northern Region) add our words of respect and tribute to the great Yolŋu leader.
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Moderator’s Pastoral Note_2023_0417_Mr G Yunupingu
Where do you go to refresh your soul? What do you do to get in touch with the deep parts of your inner being? Some of us like to walk; ’ find beautiful places in nature.
As I think about Easter this year I think about refreshment; I think about
