9:30am All Age Worship with Communion & BBQ
Rev. Jonathan Barker

Bible Readings
Isaiah 40:1-8; Psalm 85:1-2,8-13
Mark 1:1-8

Greetings to the Gungahlin Uniting community

This coming Sunday is the Second Sunday of Advent and our theme is JOY. In the introduction to “God with Us – Reflections for Advent – 2017” it says “JOY is not the frothy delight of escapism, but the serene joy of those who can sail over the seas of turbulent times with tranquillity.” Jesus’ humble birth occurred in turbulent times, but the event prompted angels to burst into song. May we be moved to sing joyously about the alternative way of God coming among us to heal a broken world.

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9:30am All Age Worship
Rev. Jonathan Barker & Jenny Batt

Bible Readings
Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 80:1-7,17-19
Mark 13: 24-37

Greetings to the Gungahlin Uniting community

This coming Sunday is the first Sunday in Advent and our theme is HOPE. In the foreword to our “Reflections for Advent” it says “HOPE is not the escapist hope of returning to an imagined better past, but the living hope of a new future where equity and justice flower”. The birth of Jesus signifies that God’s new future for all humanity is about to be “born” – good cause to shout “Alleluia!”

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