Templestowe VIC 3106
Australia
Synod Intercultural Forum Retreat
Event description
The Synod Intercultural Forum (SIF) of Vic/Tas
A one day retreat – Tuesday August 16, 2022
Manningham Uniting Church Community Centre Hub and Redgum Cafe
109 Wood Street, Templestowe ViC 3106
PROGRAM
SIF with purpose for purpose
Gather 9.30am for 10.00am start to 4.30pm close
Morning session 10.00am – 11.35am
- Welcome
- Stone soup worship – the SIF way
Morning tea and conversations during this morning session
- Intentional conversations to reconnect – over two and a half years, SIF were unable to physically gather; let us regroup
Lunch time 11.40am – 12.40pm
Including free time before afternoon session
Afternoon session 1.00pm – 4.30pm
- Your own stories your way (part one) – Ms Kelly Skilton, pastor, young adults advocate & Rev. Salesi Faupula, minister, Tongan Canterbury UC
Afternoon tea together
- Your own stories your way (part two) – Rev. Prof. Monica Melanchthon, lecturer, Pilgrim & Rev. Dr. Jong Soo Park, SIF chair and minister, Camberwell UC
- Thank you and a closing blessing – let the indigenous God spirit of the first nations peoples guide us onward
$20.00 per person, includes morning & afternoon teas and lunch
Registrations close Monday August 8
Contact: Rev. Juliette Maua’i (SIF secretary) 0456 690 291 or asojl@bigpond.com