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Everything In Common | Support for Korean Reunification | Anniversary for Korea and Australia | Disaster Appeals | Concert Fundraiser | Lent Event 2010 | Experience Placements | Peacemaking
Everything In Common
The 2009/10 Everything in Common Gift catalogue and website have been launched. To request additional copies of the catalogue please contact UnitingWorld on 02 8267 4267 or email info@unitingworld.org.au
Meaningful gifts from the catalogue can also be purchased online at http://www.everythingincommon.com.au/
Support for Reunification on the Korean Peninsula
Significant steps towards peace were made last week as an international consultation took place in Hong Kong supported by the World Council of Churches. The consultation focused on reconciliation and reunification on the Korean Peninsula. Rev Gregor Henderson (former Uniting Church President) and Rev Kisoo Jang (Secretary Korean Commission in NSW) attended as representatives of the Uniting Church in Australia.
120 year Anniversary for Korea and Australia
In October, Korea and Australia celebrated 120 years of mission, friendship and growth. The first Australian Missionary, Rev. Henry Davies arrived in Pusan on the 4th October, 1889 and since that day, the Church in Korea has grown into a powerful agent for reconciliation and justice.
Celebrations were held in both Korea and Australia in Sydney and Melbourne. The celebration hosted by the Dong San Church in Parramatta was host for a sumptuous Korean banquet and Church Service afterwards for the occasion. Similar celebrations were held by the Korean Church of Melbourne.The room was filled with both old and new faces of mission in Korea, warm wishes and many happy ‘Yobosayo’s’. President of the UCA, the Rev. Alistair conducted the service and many distinguished guests spoke of the power of depth of the friendship between Australian and Korea including the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea Mr Woong Nam Kim, the Moderator of the PCK Rev Yong-Soo Chi, Rev. John Barr and the Hon Laurie Ferguson MP.
During the celebrations a new Mission Declaration was signed between the PCK and the Uniting Church committing to working in partnership together in the future.
The night was proof that the ministry of the church is much more than the sum of its part and testament to the strong relationship forged through 120 years of mission and service.
Click here to read about our North Korea appeal.
Disaster Appeals
UnitingWorld’s partners in Asia and the Pacific have been working to provide relief and plan rebuilding efforts for disaster affected communities. Rob Floyd visited Samoa from 20th to 24th October to set in motion a relief effort in partnership with the Methodist Church in Samoa and the Congregational Christian Church in tsunami affected Samoa.
Click here to read updates from the efforts in Samoa, The Philippines and Sumatra.
Concert Fundraiser for Emergency Relief Appeals
On Saturday 14th November 2009 a light classical music concert will be held to raise funds in support of the UnitingWorld relief efforts in Samoa, Sumatra, the Philippines. The concert will begin at 7pm at the Chapel of St Andrews Centre for Ministry, 16 Masons Drive North Parramatta. Performers include Christopher Perrin, trumpet, Gregory van der Stuik, trombone, John Martin, piano and Ann Perrin, bass.
For more information contact Ann Perrin on 02 9630 7554, or email ann@kookaburramusic.com
Click here to download a concert flyer.
Lent Event 2010 – Joining God at the Edges
Lent Event will be back in 2010, challenging Australians to re-evaluate their lifestyles while helping some of the world’s poorest people in the forty days leading up to Easter. To date Lent Event has raised more than $1 million for UnitingWorld’s relief and development projects. This effort will continue in 2010, with participants being given the opportunity to bring about positive change in communities in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, South India, Sudan, Timor-Leste and Zambia. Join Lent Event next year and join god at the edges.
Click here to learn how you can get involved.
Experience Placements
There are still numerous exciting experience placements available for 2010 in Asia, Africa and the Pacific. These include:
Architect/Draftsperson in Tonga to tutor a course in basic architecture or drafting. Possibility for full funding. Ideally a 12 months commitment.
Teachers and Principal in Tonga to set up and head an English speaking side school in Vava’u. Primary school teaching experience needed.
Communications in Amritsar, North India. Experience required
Click here for a full list of available placements.
Experience placements provide life changing opportunities to use your gifts in the service of communities who need them and to learn from new cultures and traditions. If you think you may have the skills and passion to explore these possibilities, please contact:
Kathy Pereira
P: 02 8267 4250
Peacemaking
A recent program on radio national, ‘Dreams of Peace’, has outlined the need for conflict resolution for communities in the Philippines. Conflict continues to plague the country with insurgency ongoing for four decades. Through the Young Ambassadors for Peace program UnitingWorld is committed to spreading the seeds of peace to fractured communities in the Philippines.
