St Luke's Uniting Church, Highton
St Luke's is a congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia, located in Highton, Geelong.
St Luke’s is fortunate to be hosting a polling station at the up coming State election on November 24th.
On this day we will be holding a cake stall, and we need bakers! Can you help?
Forms with ingredients lists, etc. are available are available in the Foyer from Isabel Tattersall or from the pigeonholes during the week.
Uniting Church President Dr Deidre Palmer has joined faith and community leaders in calling for children being held in detention on Nauru to be brought to safety in Australia.
This week we’ve had the Uniting Spring Newsletter arrive at St. Luke’s, and also samples of this year’s fundraising Christmas Cards. Available to order from the Office or Jean Daw.
Uniting Spring Newsletter 2018
From Lewis Pascoe at Uniting Barwon:
Hello everyone,
The month end book sale will be held on Friday 26th October at the Uniting Barwon Grovedale site (272 Torquay Road, cnr Reserve and Torquay Roads) between 10.00am – 2.00pm.
Plenty of old and new stock to browse through and all books are only $1.00!
We look forward to seeing you there.
Encompass Community Services is holding a FREE Disability Awareness Training session ‘DON’T STARE, BE AWARE’ on Thursday 9th Nov, 10am-11am.
If you or anyone you know is interested to participate in the session, please let us know by Friday 2nd November.
The session aims to promote disability awareness; and create more inclusive, accessible and diverse work environments.
This project is an initiative of Encompass; funded by Give Where You Live.
Please feel free to contact Franchette “Fritzie” Punsalang on 5222 3377 for any questions.
The Combined Refugee Action Group will hold a Community Picnic on Sunday October 21.
Everyone is welcome, and particularly African Australian members of the Geelong community who have been impacted by recent negative media and political comment.
Let’s get together and enjoy one another’s company. We are all Australian.
Eastern Beach BBQ area from 12:00 noon.
Bring food to share, seats or picnic rugs to sit on, sports equipment for games, and musical instruments.
2 Worlds Festival Geelong – Celebrating Culture
2 Worlds Festival is a unique event celebrating indigenous and western music, art and culture by bringing together some of Australia’s best talent.
It will be held at the Fyansford Paper Mills in Geelong on Saturday 20th October.
This is a not for profit event, supporting the Märrma’ Rom Foundation that is based in Geelong and who run a leadership program empowering indigenous youth.
Website: http://www.2worldsfestival.
Please contact kieran@2worldsfestival.org.au if you have any questions
BACKGROUND
The inspiration for the Two Worlds Festival comes from the Marrma’ Rom-Two Worlds Foundation. ‘Marrma’ Rom’ translates to ‘two worlds, two cultures or two belief systems’ in Yolngu Matha, the language of the people in Arnhem Land.
The Foundation was started in 2011 by Cam Begg and Melissa Patterson, in partnership with the communities of NE Arnhem Land. It is a leadership program to empower the next generation of young men and women from North East Arnhem Land. The vision of this Foundation is to enable them to walk confidently in ‘two worlds’. These young participants learn about the world in which we live, gaining valuable knowledge and skills that help them thrive in this ever-changing, technology driven society. They become independent and develop ‘life skills’ that enable them to live in both worlds. They will be the role models for their community in the future.
Since 2011 there have been 22 students come through the program, each individual staying for periods of time ranging from 3 months to 3 years. Yirrmal Marika, Yolngu musician, was one of the first participants starting in 2011, has been with MRF for 7+ years. He is still actively involved and one of the organisers of the festival. Yirrmal has developed into an amazingly accomplished musician for his age, performing traditional songs along with western inspired tunes sung with passion and emotion. Yirrmal has been working with mentors Neil Murray, Shane Howard, Archie Roach and Steve Teakle. He has performed at many of the biggest festivals in Australia and has won multiple awards and accolades. Yirrmal aims to set an example for Indigenous youth and to be a strong, positive role-model for the young generation.
For testimonials and more information on Marrma’ Rom Two Worlds Foundation go to www.mrf2worlds.org.au
For more information (and to hear the mesmerising sounds of Yirrmal), go to http://www.yirrmal.com/
Dear friends,
You will have seen in the news that the cities of Palu and Donggala in Central Sulawesi were hit by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake. The earthquake triggered a tsunami along coastal areas in Palu, killing 1,234 people and displacing roughly 50,000 from their homes.
The event has been very personal for us. UnitingWorld staff and our partners in Indonesia have lost friends and loved ones.
More than 4000 vulnerable people in Central Sulawesi who are clients of a microfinance project supported by our partners, Tanaoba Lais Manekat (TLM), have been affected by the disaster. TLM are in the process of evacuating their team there but it will be some months before they are able to locate and assess the impact on the people they serve.
Our Southeast Asia Regional Office staff have lost family members and are waiting for news from friends.
Friends, we are asking you to pray for our staff and partners during this time. We are walking with them as they assess the impact and determine how they are best placed to serve.
If one part of the body suffers, all suffer together with it – 1 Corinthians 12:26
If you would like to support our partners as they respond to this tragedy, please donate through Uniting World at www.unitingworld.org.au
