We worship as a community at Manning Uniting Church every Sunday at 9.30am. All are welcome.
Our Worship Service involves participation, both formally and informally. Music, singing, words and images are part of our worship.
Holy Communion is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of the month. The offer to share in the Lord's meal of bread and wine/juice is open to anyone "who loves the Lord and wants to love Jesus more".
Following the service everyone is invited for a cuppa and to enjoy conversation and community time in the auditorium.
Join us for a reflective journey through the ‘Seven Last Words’ of Jesus Christ from the cross. Gathered from across the Gospel accounts, these costly fragments of breath insist on uttering God’s love into a world of violence.
What might it mean to hear these words in a time of war and fear?
What might it mean to stand at the foot of the cross, and refuse to look away?
Rev. Claire Wright will lead us in a service of reflection and prayer, silence and song and symbol.
Please note the earlier than usual service time.
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Join us as Rev. Claire Wright leads us in a celebration of the resurrection, through the ‘Seven First Words’ of the risen Christ. Gathered from across the Gospel accounts, these simple words echo in unexpected places – an empty tomb; a locked room – with world-upending hopes and disturbing invitations.
What might it mean to hear these words in a time of death and deadening?
What might it mean to have our rooms and tombs broken open by Life?
Families, come prepared to explore some joyful surprises! All are welcome.
Please note the earlier than usual service time – and make sure you have turned your clocks back by an hour.
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ALTERNATE WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
- On-line Church: Use on-line or downloadable worship resources – such as uca.org.au (Presbytery): The Mid North Coast Presbytery Sunday service is now merged with the Port Uniting service. In your web browser: uca-nswact.zoom.us/j/708240593– or in the Zoom app, Meeting ID: 708 240 593. Virtual ‘mingling’ from 8.30am, with the service beginning at 9.00 am. All welcome. Don’t forget that these services are recorded, and you can find them if you go to the MNC website: www.midnorthcoast.uca.org.au The sermons from previous weeks are available on the Port Macquarie Uniting Sunday morning worship Youtube channel
- https://saltbushcommunity.uca.org.au/the-word-around-the-bush/(Saltbush services), rootsontheweb.com (‘Worship at Home’), pray-as-you-go.org (Daily Devotionals) – or UCA services that are live-streamed or posted on-line each week (https://nswact.uca.org.au/covid-19-information-for-presbyteries-and-congregations/livestream-options-for-worship-during-covid-19/
- Watch ABC-TV's Songs of Praise at 11.30am Sundays (or on-demand), and browse through your own library of Bible study booklets, worship CDs and so on.