Both our witness and our gift by Rev Jesse Size
I remember the first time the Uniting Church really caught my attention. We had recently moved to Port Augusta and I remember reading an ABC news article1 about how members of the 13th Assembly had chosen to interrupt normal programming by walking to Parliament House in a public act of worship, solidarity and lament. The Assembly had been listening to the stories of harm and exclusion caused by the Federal Government’s ‘Stronger Futures’ legislation. Andrew Dutney wrote about how the First Peoples are not them, they are us. He spoke about the improbable, uncomfortable, but wonderful recognition that we are one body in Christ and that if one member suffers, we suffer together (1 Corinthians 12:26).
The accompanying photograph was taken after Chelsea’s ordination service. It features Rev Olly Ponsonby (Deacon), Rev Chelsea Size (Deacon), Mandy Harvey (Deacon candidate) and Rob Cartridge (Deacon candidate).
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