'White Dove in Flight' © Alan J. Branford (2024)

Adelaide West   Progressive Christianity   Group

The next service of the Adelaide West Progressive Christianity Group (AW-PC-G) is on Wednesday, 17 September 2025
 
Note that the AW-PC-G only meets every second month in 2025
 
The 2025 AW-PC-G Program is available at this link
 
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Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Chapel of the Adelaide West Uniting Church
Worship Leader: Peter Whiting
 
Theme: I'm almost finished with calling myself a Christian
 
Presentation by: Reverend Dr Phil Carr
 
Those who call themselves 'Christian', (a label first deployed in the alleyways of Antioch in what is now southern Türkiye towards the end of the 1C CE), never stop finding ways to be different from the world in general and even from other Christians. Things that many christians say and do makes the connection increasingly tenuous to the one whose name they claim. So much so, one might ask how many christians perched on the Christian family tree, bear any longer a resemblance to the Christ. Therein lies a problem. If some Christians act crazy, maybe it's time for people of faith to give up on that label.
 
Order of Service (to be published after the Service)
 
 
For more information please email the Registrar

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:

• Reverend Esmond Dowdy
• Mr Gabriel Rivara
• Mr Peter Whiting

Each Service will have a theme related to one or more of the Goals of Progressive Christianity
 
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