Pitt Street Events
Pitt Street Witnesses
Given at our 10:00 am service on Sundays
Guest Speakers and Events - At a Glance
| Experiencing the Bible again for the First Time |
07:00 pm |
start 16-Feb-2012 |
Taking the Bible Seriously, Not Literally: |
Thursdays |
07:00 to 09:00 pm |
| 10 week study series, 07:00 to 09:00 pm Thursdays: February 16, 23, | ||
| March 01, 08, 15, 22, 29 (break at Easter), then April 19, 26 and May 03 | ||
| Venue: Pitt Street Church, Cost: | ||
| $30 including Borg's book and study notes | ||
| $15 for study notes if you have Borg's book | ||
| RSVP asap phone 02 9267 3614 or email pittstuc@bigpond.com | ||
| Robert Goode Organ Concert | 02:00 pm |
11-Mar-2012 |
| Church Camp - Joint Pitt Street and Paddington UCAs | 16 to 18- Mar-2012 |
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| Pitt Street serves lunch at Exodus Foundation | Saturday |
24-Mar-2012 |
| Healing Homophobia | 13-May-2012 |
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| Brian Brown | 17-Jun-2012 |
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| Yes, the Brian Brown not the actor! Moderator of our Uniting Church | ||
| NSW will witness at Pitt Street during our Refugee Week Service. | ||
| Australian Launch of Refugee Week | 02:00-05:00 pm |
16-Jun-2012 |
| Includes an art exhibition, humanitarian awards, refugee film festival. | ||
| Refugee Art Exhibition | 17-24-Jun-2012 |
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| Sponsored by the Society for the Treatment and Rehabilitation | ||
| of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) | ||
| John Dominic Crossan | August-2012 |
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| Series of nine (9) lectures in Sydney | ||
| 'The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction About Jesus' | 10:00 am to 04:30 pm |
04 to 06-Sep-2012 |
| Public lecture at Pitt Street | ||
| 'Divine Violence: How to Read the Christian Bible and Still be Christian' | 07:00 pm |
07-Sep-2012 |
| Jason John - Ecofaith | 10:00 am and |
23-Sep-2012 |
| Zoologist, environmentalist and UCA clergy person, Jason John, | 12:30 pm |
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| witnesses to us and leads an ecofaith workshop. | ||
| Upcoming Event: Marcus Borg - Common Dreams 3, Canberra | 19 to 22-Sep-2013 |
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Interfaith Service with Stephanie Dowrick
Sunday, 19 March 2012, 10:00 am
Join in an enchanting Interfaith experience of worship in our Pitt Street Church.
The home religion of Rev Stephanie Dowrick is Christianity, but she draws extensively from numerous religious traditions as she leads us into a wonderful experience of the sacred. Taste this experience yourself. Bring someone with you! Interfaith Services meet at 3.00 pm on the 3rd Sunday of each month (except January).
Pitt Street Church and the Sydney Alliance
Wednesday of 22 February 2012, 07:00 pm
You are specially invited to a Church Council workshop to explore the next steps of Pitt Street's involvement with Sydney Alliance, at the Pitt Street Church. Rev. Niall Reid (Presbytery Chair and Immediate Past NSW Moderator) will attend.
Enquiries: John Floyd - 9569 7218
Sydney Alliance Small Group Leaders Workshops
Pitt Streeters who have already attended Sydney Alliance training are invited to refresh their knowledge by attending the upcoming small group leaders workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday, 28th and 29th Feb 2012, at 81 Renwick Street, Redfern. RSVP: Glen Powell - 0429 490 602
Pied Piper Concert 1
Sunday, 11 March 2012, 02:00 pm
Robert Goode (Organist) and Fiona Maconaghie (Soprano) will charm and entertain you with lively and joyful music - a cavalcade of musical delights ranging from Purcell and Handel to Rawson and Fats Waller.
Admission: $25/$15
Enquiries: 9267 3614 (Tues-Fri)
Afternoon tea is included
Church Camp - Pitt Street and Paddington Uniting Churches
Weekend of 16-18 March 2012 (Friday night to Sunday lunch)
Our Church Camp will be held at Naamaroo in Lane Cove National Park.
A Faith Worth Living - Forming our spiritual Lives
From silent prayer to sacrificial peacemaking: spiritual practices for an active, informed Christianity in the 21st Century. A church retreat sponsored by Pitt Street and Paddington Uniting Churches - open to all.
Keynotes and workshops on: Rhythms of Christian life, Christian meditation, action for justice and peace, new monasticism, mission among the urban poor.
Plus: bushwalks, storytelling, community building and much more.
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ctivities for youth and creche for the toddlers.
Prayer Circle
The prayer circle receives requests for prayers from members/friends of the congregation. Requests are received via forms placed in the wooden box on the small round table, left hand side, at the rear of the church. Requests are kept entirely confidential.
If you would like to be a part of the prayer circle please let Ilona in the office know, phone: 9267 3614 or email pittstuc@bigpond.com
Youth Corner - Coming Up.....
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Other regular meetings at Pitt Street:
Amnesty International Australia - Next Meeting, 14-Mar-2012
Pitt Street Action Group meets in the Pitt Street Uniting Church every 2nd Tuesday of the month (except January), from 6:00 till 7:00 pm.
Please ring the buzzer on the central doors of the church and someone will come and let you in.
Contact: Liz Watson at lizawatson@bigpond.com
Buddhist Meditation - Weekly on Wednesdays - 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm
Weekly in our Pitt Street Church. Lead by the Mahasiddha Buddhist Centre.
AlAnon at lunchtime - meets weekly in the Fellowship Room, Tuesdays, 12:30 to 02:00 pm
Overeaters Anonymous - meets weekly in the Fellowship Room, Thursdays, 01:00 pm
AlAnon and AlAteen in the Evening - meets weekly in the Fellowship Room, Thursdays, 05:30 pm
Co-Dependents Anonymous (CODA) - meets weekly in the Community Arts room of Pilgrim House (next door to our church at 262 Pitt Street), Thursdays, 05:30 pm
Events Around Sydney
Michael Kirby - Changing Attitudes promotes full inclusion for GLBTI people within the Church
06:00 pm, Wednesday, 22-Feb-2012
Changing Attitudes started in Melbourne by a retired anglican Minister. Justice Kirby will launch the organisation in Sydney as well as a new book Five Uneasy Pieces in which Anglican scholars examine key biblical texts.
Edited by Nigel Wright.
Venue: Paddington Uniting Church.
The Common Good
02:30 pm to 04:00 pm, Sunday, 04-Mar-2012
What is happening to 'Fair Go' in Australia? How are Christians responding?
An open forum with Phil Glendenning, Director of the Edmund rice Centre; Niall Reid, former Moderator, UCA NSW & ACT; Chantelle Ogilvie-Ellis, Justice & Peace Promoter, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.
Chair: Jim Tulip from Wellspring Community.
Venue: Willoughby Uniting Church, 10 Clanwilliam Street (parking on-site)
Enquiries: Clabon Allen, 9798 4663, Cost - gold coin donation