Welcome to Gungahlin Uniting Church!
Today we worship together as one Christian Community. Communion is an important part of our worship today and everyone who is here is invited to share in the bread and the wine. After worship we will have morning tea and a BBQ lunch. Please feel free to stay around and share in this time together.
Baptism Conversations!
– Have you ever thought of being baptised?
– If you have already been baptised, have you ever thought of reaffirming your baptism?
– Would you like to simply talk about these things?
If you are any age from teenage up and would like to talk about Baptism and what it means, or would like to remember your baptism and reaffirm your faith, then Rev. Mark will lead “Baptism Conversations” throughout August. As part of these conversations we will also provide the opportunity for anyone who would like to be baptised, or renew their baptism, to do so. If you would like to talk to Mark about this please feel free. Baptism Conversations will be held on Sunday’s from 4.30pm on 29th. July, 5th, 12th, 19th, August.
With Love to the World
There are still a few copies of With Love to the World available near the door in the foyer. With Love to the World is a daily devotional book that has the readings we use on Sunday for worship and is published by the Uniting Church.
Insights Magazine
The latest edition of Insights is available at the door for free. This magazine is published by the Uniting Church and helps to remind us of the many things happening in the wider church.
Billabong…
Next Saturday, 19th, 4pm-5.30. Billabong will be meeting at the GUCCC to make cup-cakes for Sunday’s morning tea. Billabong is our high school aged youth group and everyone is welcome as well as friends. Please bring along your favourite cup cake mix!
Grow One 2012 (Giving financially to your church!)
Each year we have an opportunity in this congregation to consider our giving to the church. This we have called Grow One. Your financial giving to the Gungahlin Uniting Church congregation is used in many different ways:
- To employ the Minister
- To support the work of the Uniting Church Presbytery
- To support the Synod. (Our congregation gives money each year to the Synod and the money we give goes towards Social Justice work, Multicultural church work, supporting students who study theology, and Hospital Chaplaincy.)
- To support the work of Agape Home in Thailand (an orphanage for children affected by AIDS)
- To enable our own work with children, the community, worship & the running and maintenance of our building & administration.
Asking members of the congregation each year what they think they can regularly give helps us draw up a responsible budget and helps us know how much we have to give to each of the areas above. All we ask you to do is to consider what you already give and to think about what you might be able to give in the year ahead. The table below helps us see what we give as a percentage of our income.
You can choose to give to Gungahlin Uniting Church in a number of ways:
- Direct giving (automatically through your bank to our bank)
- By using dated envelopes (one for each Sunday which you put in the offering bags)
- By putting lose money into the offering bags
- By making a donation
On Sunday 17th. June, you will be invited to participate in Grow One as part of our worship by simply writing on a slip of paper how much you feel you are able to give and how you would like to give it. Of course this can be done anonymously. Those slips of paper will be brought forward then as part of our offering.
| Weekly Giving Chart | |||||||||||||
| INCOME (approx) | 15% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | |
| Fortnightly | Annual | ||||||||||||
| 380 | 10,000 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 580 | 15,000 | 43 | 35 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 770 | 20,000 | 58 | 46 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 960 | 25,000 | 72 | 58 | 48 | 43 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
| 1150 | 30,000 | 87 | 69 | 58 | 52 | 46 | 40 | 35 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 |
| 1350 | 35,000 | 101 | 81 | 67 | 61 | 54 | 47 | 40 | 34 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 7 |
| 1540 | 40,000 | 115 | 92 | 77 | 69 | 62 | 54 | 46 | 38 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 8 |
| 1730 | 45,000 | 130 | 104 | 87 | 78 | 69 | 61 | 53 | 43 | 35 | 26 | 17 | 9 |
| 1920 | 50,000 | 144 | 115 | 96 | 87 | 77 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 10 |
| 2120 | 55,000 | 159 | 127 | 106 | 95 | 85 | 74 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 32 | 21 | 11 |
| 2310 | 60,000 | 173 | 138 | 115 | 104 | 92 | 81 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 | 12 |
| 2500 | 65,000 | 188 | 150 | 125 | 113 | 100 | 88 | 75 | 63 | 50 | 38 | 25 | 13 |
| 2690 | 70,000 | 202 | 162 | 135 | 121 | 108 | 94 | 81 | 67 | 54 | 40 | 27 | 13 |
| 2880 | 75,000 | 216 | 173 | 144 | 130 | 115 | 101 | 87 | 72 | 58 | 43 | 29 | 14 |
| 3080 | 80,000 | 231 | 185 | 154 | 138 | 123 | 108 | 92 | 77 | 62 | 46 | 31 | 15 |
| 3270 | 85,000 | 245 | 196 | 163 | 147 | 131 | 114 | 98 | 82 | 65 | 49 | 33 | 16 |
| 3460 | 90,000 | 260 | 208 | 173 | 156 | 138 | 121 | 104 | 87 | 69 | 52 | 35 | 17 |
| 3650 | 95,000 | 274 | 219 | 183 | 164 | 146 | 128 | 110 | 91 | 73 | 55 | 37 | 18 |
| 3850 | 100,000 | 288 | 231 | 192 | 173 | 154 | 135 | 115 | 96 | 77 | 58 | 38 | 19 |