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The speaker for the 16 July 2025 Service has been confirmed as Lyndy Abram, Director, Buddha House, Magill
The full 16-page pdf of the 'Progressive Christianity Study Series - Study Number 007 - "The Lord’s Prayer – Unpacked and Remixed!"' is now available at this link
The next service of the Adelaide West Progressive Christianity Group (AW-PC-G) is on Wednesday, 19 March 2025
"Is the Bible the Word of God?" Presenter: Peter Whiting; Worship Leader: Esmond Dowdy - more details to come
Note that the AW-PC-G will only meet every second month in 2025
The 2025 AW-PC-G Program is available at this link
Date: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Chapel of the Adelaide West Uniting Church
Worship Leader: Esmond Dowdy
Discussion Moderator: TBA
Theme: Is the Bible the Word of God?
Presentation by: Peter Whiting
Christians claim that the Bible is the Word of God, and Muslims claim that the Qur’an is the true Word of God. So what constitutes the ‘Word of God’? Do both books contain the Word of God? Do we believe that all Scripture is inspired by God? At our March presentation we will also explore statements such as ‘God doesn’t write books’ and ‘the Bible is not the Word of God - Jesus is the Word of God’. So bring along your thoughts and ideas to add to the discussion.
Speaker Biography: TBA
Order of Service (TBA)
Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Chapel of the Adelaide West Uniting Church
Worship Leader: Pam Carr
Discussion Moderator: TBA
Theme: The God Who Doesn't Exist
Presentation by: Fergus McGinley
Speaker Biography: TBA
Order of Service (TBA)
Date: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Chapel of the Adelaide West Uniting Church
Worship Leader: Esmond Dowdy
Discussion Moderator: TBA
Theme: What can Christians learn from the Buddhist Faith?
Presentation by: Lyndy Abram, Director, Buddha House, Magill
Speaker Biography: While travelling through Buddhist countries on the 'hippy trail' in 1976-7, I wanted to gain more understanding of Buddhism. As a result I attended a month-long retreat in Nepal with two Tibetan Lamas who spoke English. Upon returning to Adelaide, I invited Lama Yeshe to teach here in 1981 and we started Buddha House. I have been in the role of Director and Spiritual Program Coordinator many times over the last 44 years, whilst bringing up a family, studying at university, and having a rewarding career working at the Cancer Council running the Quitline, developing programs for people quitting smoking, and health workers supporting quitters. I have been the Director of Buddha House this time for nearly eight years.
Order of Service (TBA)
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The Progressive Christianity Network of South Australia (PCNet SA) aims to bring together those who seek to explore and express a Christian faith relevant to the 21st century. It actively fosters the search for meaning and the development of a contemporary spirituality
Goals
- To unravel the mysteries of the Bible
- To reconstruct a credible faith
- To explore a spirituality for our times
- To be inspired by the compassion of Jesus
- To promote social justice and reconciliation
- To appreciate the spiritual depths of the First Peoples
- To affirm the contributions of all faiths
- To redress our failure to care for Mother Earth
The Adelaide West Progressive Christianity Group meets in the Chapel of the Adelaide West Uniting Church on the third Wednesday evening of odd months, at 7:00 p.m. for a Service of Worship, usually led by one of the following Moderators:Each Service will have a theme related to one or more of the Goals of Progressive Christianity
- Reverend Esmond Dowdy
- Mr Gabriel Rivara
- Mr Peter Whiting
In lieu of a sermon, there will be a Speaker or a group of Speakers, sometimes from within the Group and sometimes an invited Guest Speaker(s)
The whole Service will have been designed by the Worship Leader in consultation with the Speaker(s) to form a consistent whole
After the presentation, a Discussion Moderator will convene a Q&A and general discussion on the theme of the Service
The Benediction is supposed to be given at 8:00 p.m., but often the discussion runs over time!
Following the Service, there will be a light supper, kindly provided by Lesley Ashman
Worshippers are asked to make a small donation of your determination towards the Group's running costs
Guests are always welcome at the Progressive Christianity Services!
The program of speakers and themes is determined by the Program Group:
- Reverend Esmond Dowdy
- Mr Gabriel Rivara
- Mr Peter Whiting
Resources:
Bible Gateway
The Online Greek Bible
Bible Hub - Online Bible Study Suite
The Perseus Digital Library
Greek and Hebrew Transliteration Tool from Logos Bible Software
Useful Links:
Adelaide West Uniting Church
Progressive Christianity Network (SA)
Effective Living Centre
Guiding ideas, networking opportunities and resources for progressive churches may be found at ProgressiveChristianity.org
South Australian Synod of the Uniting Church of Australia
The Assembly of the Uniting Church of Australia
For enquiries, please email the Registrar: registrar@aw-pc-group.org
You may telephone the Adelaide West Uniting Church Office on 0450 234 119 and leave a message which will be passed on to the Registrar