South Sydney Uniting Church is ecumenical (e.g. supporting the National and World Council of Churches) and inclusive,
affirming the gifts of people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations and identities. We seek peace with justice,
and the integrity of creation. We celebrate a service of Word and Sacrament (Eucharist) each Sunday at 10am.

"We acknowledge the traditional owners of this land: the Gadigal people of the Eora nation."

56a Raglan Street
Waterloo NSW 2017
Phone/Fax: 02 9319 1373

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Rev. Andrew Collis
Mobile: 0438 719 470

All Welcome
The church, hall and garden are accessible by way of paths and ramps. The toilets, sinks and shower, located in the hall, are wheelchair accessible. Please ask if further assistance is required.

The Orchard Gallery (artist run space) invites applications for exhibitions

Local healthy food. Subscribe & Pick Up Right Here At The Church
Tuesdays 5:30-6.30pm.

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of our ministries are gratefully received
UCA South Sydney
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Acc: 100048727

Church and hall bookings
On Sundays, the church, hall and garden are used exclusively for the worship and ministry activities of South Sydney Uniting Church. From Monday to Saturday we offer our church and hall for the use of others. Read More

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, worship services, in-person gatherings, and uses of our church by external groups are suspended. Please be assured of our commitment to maintaining connection across distance, adapting to safety restrictions, providing pastoral care for people experiencing anxiety, danger or fear, and expressing kindness in new ways.  Read More

Homily by Melinda Kearns
Pentecost, Year A
South Sydney Uniting Church
May 31, 2020

Acts 2:1-21; John 20:19-23

‘Do you speak my language?’

Pentecost Sunday this year falls in the middle of Reconciliation Week, the theme of which is “In This Together”.

The Reconciliation Week artwork by Nikita Ridgeway is entitled “Reconciliation, a continuing journey of growth and togetherness” [see @sundayssuc]. I’m not going to liken our reconciliation to God through Jesus to Reconciliation Week, as I think that rather neat connection would ignore some of the glaring injustices and inequities that we with our human frailties are still struggling to come to terms with. One of the things that is important, though, in both of these stories is language – how we communicate, how we understand each other and the centrality of language in the formation of our culture.

When did you first see this amazing vision of Australia?

If you had a similar education to me, it wasn’t anything you saw at school, which is undoubtedly also because it was only published in 1994. I remember being handed a blank map of Australia and being told to write in the states and the names of rivers, rather than being made aware of our country’s incredible linguistic diversity and the tragic loss of nearly all of our Indigenous languages.

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