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MtE Update – May 13 2022

News

  1. Our next study series – Sabbath as Resistance – has begun this week (online) – info and registration is here! This is a great study book (the Sabbath may not be what you think!) – and there’s still time to join!
  2. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (May 11)
  3. This Sunday May 15, we will continue with the book of Revelation – 7.9-17.

Worship

  1. Our COVID policy for worship continues to be as follows, to be reviewed again by the church council in June:
  2. Mindful of the health-vulnerability of some members of our congregation and the uncertain state of play with respect to the pandemic, the church council has decided that we will continue to wear masks in worship throughout March, except for those who need to remove them when leading the worship, and for morning tea, or who have an exemption from wearing a mask. Holy Communion continues to be servied in both kinds, the wine via small communion glasses only.

MtE Update – May 6 2022

News

  1. Our next study series – Sabbath as Resistance – begins next week (online) – info and registration is here!
  2. There will be an informal congregational meeting following worship/morning tea on Sunday May 15
  3. The most recent Synod eNews (May 5)
  4. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (May 4)
  5. This Sunday May 8, we will continue with the book of Revelation – 3.14-22

Worship

  1. Our COVID policy for worship continues to be as follows, to be reviewed again by the church council in June:
  2. Mindful of the health-vulnerability of some members of our congregation and the uncertain state of play with respect to the pandemic, the church council has decided that we will continue to wear masks in worship throughout March, except for those who need to remove them when leading the worship, and for morning tea, or who have an exemption from wearing a mask. Holy Communion continues to be servied in both kinds, the wine via small communion glasses only.

MtE Update – April 29 2022

News

  1. Our congregational AGM will follow our worship service this Sunday, May 1.
  2. News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (April 26 )
  3. Our next study series – Sabbath as Resistance – begins in a few weeks (online) – info and registration is here!
  4. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (April 27)
  5. This Sunday May 1, we will revisit the starting verses of the book of Revelation – 1.1-3.

Worship

  1. Our COVID policy for worship continues to be as follows, to be reviewed again by the church council in May:
  2. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
  3. Mindful of the health-vulnerability of some members of our congregation and the uncertain state of play with respect to the pandemic, the church council has decided that we will continue to wear masks in worship throughout March, except for those who need to remove them when leading the worship, and for morning tea, or who have an exemption from wearing a mask. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.

MtE Update – April 21 2022

News

  1. On the Sundays after Easter, we will spend some time with the book of Revelation. Some details of the series of sermons can be found here; there will be a short “Intro to the book of Revelation” following worship this Sunday Sunday April 24.
  2. Our next study series – “Sabbath as Resistance” – begins in a few weeks (online) – info and registration is here!
  3. The most recent news from the Synod (April 21)
  4. The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (April 20)
  5. This Sunday April 24, Robert Gribben will be preaching (Craig will be liturgist).

Worship

  1. Our COVID policy for worship continues to be as follows, to be reviewed again by the church council in May:
  2. Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
  3. Mindful of the health-vulnerability of some members of our congregation and the uncertain state of play with respect to the pandemic, the church council has decided that we will continue to wear masks in worship throughout March, except for those who need to remove them when leading the worship, and for morning tea, or who have an exemption from wearing a mask. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.

Advance Notice

  1. May 1: Congregational AGM

Sabbath as Resistance – Study Groups May-June 2022

Our second-quarter study groups in 2022 will look at Walter Brueggemann’s “Sabbath as resistance”.

Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now by Walter Brueggemann

Brueggemans takes cues from various Old Testament themes and applies them to the ethics of life in the contemporary “now” culture.

This text is available in paper and electronic form (Amazon, Koorong [e-book is in epub format], Book Depository, and elsewhere).

The study groups will meet online for 60-75 minutes on:

  • Wednesday nights, 7.45pm
  • Friday afternoons, 1.30pm

You’re welcome to switch between groups if one week you can’t make your preferred session.

To allow for some time for you to get your copies (if going paperback!), the groups will start in Wednesday May 11 and Friday May 13, and run for 6 weeks – a chapter per week.

It will help if you register below, to received the Zoom meeting link (which is the same as for previous study groups).

REGISTRATION: Sabbath as Resistance

REGISTRATION: Sabbath as Resistance

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