Welcome to Gungahlin Uniting Church
Today we come to worship followed by morning tea and a light BBQ lunch. We also share in communion as part of worship today and everyone who is with us is invited to come forward to receive the bread and wine as an expression of your faith. Our congregation is made up of many different people and we are all part of the one Christian Community – Welcome!
Where are we up to with the Mustard Seed Uniting Food Pantry
Please fill in your volunteer agreement and fill in your Working With Vulnerable People Licence application.
- Saturday 1st June 9.30am – Working Bee to put shelving together, landscape and pave, erect street sign etc. Please bring barrows, spades, rubber mallets, gloves, etc.
- Thursday 13th. June 7.30pm, or, Sunday 16th. June 2pm – Orientation of food pantry for all volunteers and interested people
- Sunday 16th. June, as part of our 9.30am worship, opening of The Mustard Seed Uniting Food Pantry.
More families struggling to put food on table!
Posted Wed May 8, 2013 9:40am AEST ABC News.
Anglicare ACT is reporting a 7 per cent increase in demand for emergency food relief over the past year.
More than 6,500 Canberrans received emergency food supplies through St John’s Care in Reid last year.
Anglicare spokeswoman Jenny Kitchin is appealing for donations of perishable food to bolster dwindling stocks and help many families through winter.
“What they’re often doing is adults not eating themselves so they can have enough food on the table for the children, often children are actually going without lunches at school,” she said.
“In some of the worst cases we have, about 7 per cent of families, children are actually not having any food at all for a whole day or so.”
Ms Kitchen says governments need to act.
“We want to look further at the ACT Government and Federal Government to look at how they might be able to increase the level of affordable housing,” she said.
“Certainly looking at our public transport system, how much easier we could make it for people to get to places where there is cheaper, quality, healthy food.”
Working with Vulnerable People License
If you are a leader in OASIS, BILLABONG (leaders and mentors), BOY’S BRIGADE, PLAY GROUP (leaders and grandparents), or a MUSTARD SEED UNITING FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEER (on the days it is open), then please read this!
The ACT government is requiring all volunteers and paid employees who work with vulnerable people to become registered and get a license. There is a form to fill out which then needs to be submitted to get your license.
All volunteers for the food pantry also need to fill out a volunteer agreement form that relates just to the pantry.
All the forms, including an information sheet, are in the foyer on a table. If you are volunteering on the food pantry you need one pile that has the food pantry form on top.
This may sound complex, but it’s what we have to do and helps us feel confident in the part we play within our community life.
If you have any questions please see Alison McKenzie.
Food, Poverty and Faith – Bible Conversations.
Three Bible Conversations around the themes of Food, Poverty and Faith. Sunday afternoons at Gungahlin Uniting, 19th., 26th. May, and 16th. June. 4.30 – 6pm.
Three themes to help us reflect on these social issues in the light of the Gospels particularly as we come to opening the Mustard Seed Uniting Food Pantry.
Week 1. Food. What are some of the issues facing our world in terms of food production and justice? How ethical are we in our thinking about food? Is there anything relevant to this in the Gospels?
Week 2. Poverty. Is poverty inevitable? Is poverty someone’s fault? How do we impact on the world’s poverty? Is there anything relevant on this in the Gospels?
Week 3. Faith. How is our faith touched by these issues? Do we really believe God is working in our world for good, or is that just hope? What do we read from the life of Christ on the matters of faith, poverty and food?
All are welcome.
With Love to the World
The latest edition of With Love to the World is now available in the foyer. With Love to the World is a short daily devotional guide with a reading, reflection and prayers suggestion for each day of the week. The readings each week match the readings we often use in church on the Sunday. If you would like a copy feel free to take one. If you would like to put $4 in the box next to this month’s edition that would be welcomed.