Para Hills Uniting Church

28/12/2023

24/12/2023

Merry Christmas from the Para Hills Uniting Church and Hills Christian Church families!

18/12/2023

Hello everyone! Here's our Christmas Eve services this year -

A special morning service at 9:30am (including some fun gingerbread decorating for the kids!) as we prepare our hearts to welcome God coming to us in the most amazing way.

And on Sunday afternoon we will have a 4pm Family Fun Christmas Eve service hosted together with the Hills Christian Community.

We'll sing carols (some in Tagalog!), remember the wonderful story of Christmas, share in some Filipino traditions and practices and we'll even share some food after!

Can't wait! All welcome!

Merry Christmas everyone!

19/04/2023

We are so grateful to partner with all who helped bring together such a great celebration of harmony and faith! You are all wonderful people and we are better for these relationships!

Thank you Sindhi Sangat South Australia, thank you MACSA.

Thank you to all the amazing volunteers and all of those who contributed so generously to make it happen.

Massive thanks to DUSTY FEET MOB for the special way you brought us all together!

Sincere thanks to Abdulsalam Hamid Juma who guided us so richly with words and prayers on the evening.

Thank you to the wonderful Lubna Hammad for MCing so brilliantly.

Thank you to the incredibly kind and talented Carly Adler for your henna offerings and connection with guests.

And we are especially grateful for all who came and shared in the meal. It was more than a meal, it was a gathering of peace and togetherness, a gathering of goodwill and kindness. We always become more than we were because of these opportunities to walk together.

03/04/2023

Friends! Here are our Easter services 2023 - please note that we will be joining with our friends at Para Vista Uniting Church (141 Nelson Road, Para Vista) for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and we will be having our Easter Sunday service at Para Hills at 9:30. We hope this is a rich Easter experience for all. God bless!

23/03/2023

We wish our Muslim friends and neighbours a blessed and holy season of Ramadan! May this be a time of deep closeness to God, generosity and peace. Ramadan Mubarak!

We look forward to sharing together in the Building Harmony Iftar Dinner next week as a sign of our friendship and solidarity.

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦: 2023 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘥

01/01/2023

Happy new year everyone!

May this year be good year for you, full of kindness, joy, hope, peace, and courage.

Enjoy this new release by Uniting Creative as you enter into this brand new year.

15/12/2022

Come and join us for our Christmas Eve services this year!

We'll have a 6pm family friendly service and 11pm service to see in Christmas.

All welcome!

03/12/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=110&v=P5u5sUQ_Pw8&feature=emb_logo

Common Grace's 4th Day of Advent Devotional

Dr Miriam Pepper leads us in prayer.

Disarming Love
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God of new life,
In hope you are born amidst desperation

In every place and time.



We long for your shalom -

For mutuality and cooperation,

Creativity and regeneration,

The righting of wrongs,

For the flourishing of your good creation.



We pray for an ending of hostilities

In the warzones of your world.

We pray for release for all who are oppressed

By the stealers of lands and cultures over generations.

May those who have experienced trauma and violence

Have restitution and space to heal.

May those who have raised their weapons

Instead reach for the trowel and the easel.



We pray for freedom for your embattled earth -

An end to the senseless destruction of ecosystems,

For technologies that work with, and not against,

The diversity of life of which we are all a part.



Prepare our hearts for peace -

Draw our eyes to the good,

Even amidst devastation and despair.

Encourage us in the long work of justice -

Teach us your way of disarming love,

As we commit to walk your path.



In the name of the Christ-child,

Who comes as surely as the new day.

Amen.

25/09/2022

Please get along to this film if you can and help raise important funds.

The award-winning short film ‘The Dark Future’ by Alibaba Frutan will be followed by a night of speakers, food and a fashion show with the local Adelaide Afghan community.

Thursday 29th of September 2022 at Mercury Cinema

Doors open at 6:00pm for a start of 6:30pm

Tickets are $25 - and you may additionally donate to one of the above three charities as you purchase a ticket.

A Year After the Fall of Kabul

Afghanistan is experiencing a profound humanitarian crisis. With the retreat of United States forces and the collapse of the government, the Taliban has seized control of the country on August 15th 2021 almost 20 years after being ousted by US-led troops, and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes in fear for their lives. As many of us watch on feeling helpless, Amnesty International SA/NT is hosting a film fundraiser along with the support of the Afghan Culture Association of South Australia.

100% of ticket sales will go to Amnesty International Australia, the Afghan Culture Association of South Australia and the In Need Foundation.

https://events.humanitix.com/one-year-on-for-kabul-amnesty-shows-the-dark-future-fundraiser