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celebrating diversity: affirming an inclusive community in Christ
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CELEBRATE RELATIONSHIPS Uniting Network National Gathering Perth June 9-12 2006 For more information Phone: Wendy Longworth on (08) 9212 1453 EMAIL |
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| Members
of the Uniting
Church in Australia proudly supporting the work and witness of members
of UNITY and Uniting Network and affirming that all persons are part of
God's good Creation.
celebrating diversity
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welcoming
supporting affirming particpating celebrating witnessing the glory of God
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| Friends of Whom?
UNITY is a Christian support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgendered people. It is a State's Group of Uniting Network. Unity is a diverse group of Christians, within the Uniting Church, who come together regularly as a gathered community of God's people to affirm and celebrate each others' lives, gifts and faith. Unity provides opportunities for mutual support, fellowship, worship, Holy Communion, Biblical reflection, & discussion of key issues relating to faith and sexuality. Unity affirms that all persons, regardless of sexuality, are part of God's good creation. UNITY'S
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Friends of Unity
[FoU]
is a group of Christian people, within the Uniting Church, who affirm
gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered people and their families in the life of the
Church and the wider community.
Friends of Unity stands in solidarity
with
Unity. Friends of Unity also aims to engage
in continuing
study & dialogue on issues of faith & sexuality with the wider
church, by hosting open meetings from time to time. |
Some
aims
of Friends of Unity
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The Secretary Friends of Unity PO Box 848 North Adelaide SA 5000 |
Why Join Us? Is Homophobia a Sin? What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality? News Items Resources |
Why
join us?
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In a perfect church
would FoU
exist?
No, there would be no need. All people would be recognized for their gifts and 'fruit'- no one would be 'labelled' for reaching out in love to others. Until that time comes, FoU provides a safe place for Christians to help and support one another, to educate and equip each other for ministry in the congregations and in the community. What do you have to believe?
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| Is
homophobia a sin?
Homophobia is the fear or hatred of homosexuality, and, in some cases, of homosexual people themselves. We now understand it to be a sin, along with racism and sexism, all of which are generally accepted as unchristian denials of the worth of a person created in the image of God. We recognize that people are much more than labels. Homophobia can be subconscious and can subtly affect our actions and opinions. Many suicides are attributed to internalised homophobia, where an glbt person becomes filled with self-hatred. By recognising and naming homophobia as a sin we can help others and ourselves.
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The
Bible
and Homosexuality
FoU recognises that within the Christian community the Bible is read in a variety of ways and with varying interpretations. It is read always in cultural contexts that may be behind the text as historical background, within the text as the context of the writer or before the text as the context in which the reader or hearer receives and responds to the text. Interpreting the Bible in our time demands a hermmeneutic of suspicion with respect to the Bible's ancient, patriarchal context.
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Singing
while
it is still dark: a gift book of prayers and meditations
for members
of the South Australian Synod 2003
A publication
of Friends of Unity, Adelaide, South Australia.
"Faith
is a bird
that feels
dawn breaking
and sings
while it is
still dark."
ORDERS
NOW BEING TAKEN BY MAIL CLICK
FOR
DETAILS
This book is now out of stock and out of print. A re-print is
being planned.
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, When Our Children Come Out.
(Finch Publishing, 2005.)
Rrp $29.95
PFLAG information line: 92941002.
Theological Implications of the
decision on Proposal 84 [Assembly minute 03.12.04]
How do we Read the Bible?
Why the Evangelical Church Needs the Liberal Church A
paper by Richard J. Mouw, President of
Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. This article is
adapted from a presentation at the Covenant Network of Presbyterians
national conference held in November in Washington, D.C. As
a conservative, evangelical voice, he speaks for Reformed orthodoxy and
the creative tension that exists when dialogue between liberal and
conservative opinion prevents the evangelicals from arguing among
themselves! As he says,
"I would much
rather see us continue to focus on the major issues of Reformed thought
in an admittedly
pluralistic denomination than to deal with the tensions that often
arise among ourselves
when evangelicals get into the debates that seem inevitably to arise
when we have
established our own "pure" denominations." more.
Washington, D.C. |
Further
information is available on the WCC's
Web page.
No
Longer Silent
An ecumenical
organisation speaking against Christian negativity toward homosexual
persons
and home of the No Longer Silent: Phoenix Declaration.
The Adelaide Affirmation
An affirming statement that comes as
a prophetic voice in the wake of Resolution 84 and calling for an end
to all religious and civil doscrimination against GLBT people.
While not yet an official FoU Statement, The Adelaide Affirmation has
been endorsed by individual members of the FoU Executive and is offered
to the Church as a witness solidarity with those who affirm its
statements. While not being a petition, it remains open for
people to add their names as signatories in affirmation.
You may read about the launch of the Adelaide Affirmation, here.
Gay Christian Net:
An American based group affirming glbt
people and their Christian beliefs. Has resources, contacts,
affiliates.
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