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.
This coming Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent, a season of waiting and preparation for the celebration of Jesus's birth, beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas.
Join our worship service, led by Ross Tingle, and hear a message from Mark Spencer on the theme of PEACE.
Peace reminds us of the wholeness that Jesus brings to the world, and that Christ's coming is meant to reconcile humanity with God and with one another. When we look to Jesus this Advent season, we see a peacemaker who challenged systems of oppression, healed the brokenhearted, and called His followers to love their enemies. His peace disrupts injustice and calls for unapologetic action to heal.
Bible readings: Isaiah 11:1-10 Matthew 3:1-12
After the service we gather for a time of connecting over a cuppa. New people and visitors are most welcome to join us.
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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.