Our Mustard Seed Uniting Food Pantry continues to grow and we continue to need volunteers to support this great work.

We are looking for:
An admin support person who would come in for an hour or two each week to record new members, update statistics, make member’s cards and other various admin tasks. It would be best if this was done from the office, but the time is negotiable.

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Gungahlin Uniting Breakfasts
Come along & share breakfast with friends from Gungahlin Uniting Church at the Siren Bar and Restaurant. All are welcome!

Men’s Breafast
Saturday 9th May at 9am

Women’s Breakfast
Saturday 16th May at 9am

Mustard Seed Uniting Food Pantry Extension
The builders of the food pantry shed have been and looked at the site and discussed possibilities and will give a quote to extend our current store size. [Read more…]

Celebrate Gungahlin Festival Stall – Call For Volunteers
Gungahlin Uniting Church will be holding a stall at the festival, to be held on Saturday 11 April from 11am – 4pm.  We will be having a cake stall and promoting GUC’s various programs and services.  If you can assist by providing goods for the cake stall and/or volunteering to staff the stall for a couple of hours, please see Elizabeth Phythian and/or add your name to the lists in the foyer.

Big Working Bee
Saturday 29th March – 9am to 12pm.
Please bring barrows, shovels and rakes!
(See Mark Butson for more details)

Dress Up Clothing Wanted for Oasis
Yvonne is leading Oasis this term and would love to get some dress ups so as to be able to act our some of the Gospel passages.  Fabrics or materials such as old sing or cot sheets, old ties, etc, old belts, would all be appreciated.

Please remember…
Please remember that we all work together and that not everything has to be directed to our minister Mark.

If you have items for the bulletin…
they can go straight to Wanda Beeby, Editor (bulletin@web1.gungahlinuniting.org).

If you have items for Church Council…
please see Heather Lamb, Secretary (secretary@web1.gungahlinuniting.org) or Chris Dodd, Chairperson (chairperson@web1.gungahlinuniting.org).

If you have roster problems…
please make your own swap, or if you have roster enquiries, please contact Kate Morse, Office Manager (office@web1.gungahlinuniting.org).

If you have property questions…
please contact Mark Butson (mark.butson@web1.gungahlinuniting.org) or Steve Sweet (steve.sweet@web1.gungahlinuniting.org).

Get Involved This Easter
Last year you couldn’t buy Fairtrade Easter eggs in supermarkets. Mary Appiah is a farmer who grows cocoa.  The more cocoa she sells on Fairtrade terms, the more her community can benefit from fair prices.  Mary is coming to Australia this Easter. Sign our petition asking Coles and Woolworths to increase their Fairtrade Easter range next year.

Go on, be a good egg.  Sign with Mark:  Google ‘sign with Mary’ and sign a petition online.

Welcome to Gungahlin Uniting Church
Welcome as we begin another term and to the Christian community life of Gungahlin Uniting. Each week during term we usually have morning tea in the middle of worship. After morning tea there is Oasis (for Primary aged children) and for our Billabong Group (Youth) there are various ways or participating. Today is Mentor Sunday and our Billabong Group meet with their mentors. After morning tea in the main worship space there is a time for prayer, readings and the message. Please feel at home and welcomed!

First Sunday Converse and Café – Next Sunday, 3rd
Converse and Café is a time of conversation and reflection, music to listen to and prayer. Following we walk down to a local café for a light meal. Everyone is welcome to this relaxed and open time.

Congregation Meeting to discuss the 14/15 budget
Following worship next Sunday 3rd. there will be an opportunity for anyone who would like to meet to discuss the budget. We have this congregational meeting each year to ensure that we are on track in terms of our finances and to offer our support to the treasurer and Church Council as they have prepared a budget for the year to come.

Food Pantry Volunteers
The Mustard Seed Uniting Food Pantry is doing very well and growing. Each week our food pantry is open on a Thursday from 11am-1pm & 6-7pm. The food pantry relies on volunteers, but it is a great way to be involved in your community and your church and is very rewarding. If you would like to talk about volunteering on a Thursday, please speak with Susan Kemp or Shirley Williams.

Rubbish Bins
The Rubbish Bin committee has met and after getting a consultant to undertake a full review and cost benefit analysis and present a report with detailed footnotes and indexation it has been decided unanimously that we don’t need to take the bins out each Sunday to the kerb. Thankyou to all who have helped do this over the past years, but now the rubbish truck (which is smaller than a usual rubbish truck) will come in and the driver will roll out the bins for emptying!

With Love to the World
The latest edition of With Love to the World is available in the foyers. With Love to the World is a publication of the Uniting Church and has daily readings focused around the Bible readings we have each Sunday. As well as the readings there is a short reflection and some prayer suggestions. With Love to the World is a good way of spending a short time on some days reflecting about your faith. If you would like copy there are in the foyer on the table near the door. Please take a copy and make a donation of $4 if you are able.

Myung Hwa Park – Closure of ministry
Myung Hwa has now completed her Chaplaincy responsibilities at ANU and the University of Canberra prior to taking up responsibilities as Moderator of NSW/ACT Synod. Her Closure of Ministry Service for ministry with St Columba’s and City Congregations will take place 3pm on Saturday 30th August at City Uniting Church, 69 Northbourne Ave Canberra. Myung Hwa will be installed as Moderator on Friday 26th September at Turramurra Uniting Church, 10 Turramurra Ave, Turramurra NSW.

Bookcase
In the Quiet Room, you will find a bookcase with a range of books. They are all pre-loved books, mostly with Christian themes, that the previous owners are happy to share with you. Feel free to browse any time, or take a book home to read. You will find devotional books, biographies, social commentary and other material.

Message from Maggie
Hello everyone this is your greeting from Namibia, I hope the Congregation is doing well, I am doing fine also just busy, this week I had two tutors from UC who come to Namibia to give classes. I have given them two small candles and a material for the Alter, but somebody needs to make it look nice, I was going to do it but I did not had time.

Cheers to all,
Maggie