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.
Our 9.30am worship service this Sunday will be led by Rev Lindsay Sheppard on the theme of ‘Transfiguration’. During the service we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper, also called Holy Communion. The Uniting Church practices an "open table" where all are welcome to share a meal of bread and wine that remembers Jesus' sacrifice and is a foretaste of the Kingdom of God.
After the service we gather for a time of connecting over a cuppa. New people and visitors are most welcome to join us.
Bible Readings: Exodus 24:12-18 Psalm 2 2 Peter 1:15-21 Matthew 17:1-9
The story that is told in this Sunday’s Gospel reading is about being changed; about being transformed. It tells of when Jesus took his three closest friends Peter, James and John to a mountain, and they had a shared experience of seeing Jesus between Moses, to whom God had given the Law to govern the people of Israel, and Elijah, through whom God had established a long line of prophets in Israel. It’s a story that in Christian tradition is called The Transfiguration. Falling on the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday, it marks the end of Epiphany and the journey towards Lent.
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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.