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Sunday's service
Next Sunday's service, at 9.30am in Gloucester Uniting Church, will be the commissioning service for church elders. The service will be led by Rev Lindsay Sheppard and followed by morning tea or coffee. 
Elders to be commissioned are:
John Williamson, Kerry Chisholm, Jenny Shaw, Sue Thomas, Colin Charles, Collister Reynolds, Bob Tebbet, Jeff Kite, Megan de Witte, David Collett and Alan Cornish.
The YOY group will meet immediately after church to decide the future of the group.
Bible readers needed!
If you are willing to add your name to the bible reading roster, please let Kerry Chisholm know as soon as possible.
Offering envelopes
Offering envelopes for 2019 are now available from the box on the table in the foyer
Café on Cowper resumes
Café on Cowper will resume its monthly activity on Wednesday, 13th February, 2019 after the holiday recess.
Cafe on Cowper has enjoyed a successful 2018. There are an average of 20 to 24 regular attendees but we are always seeking new ways to invite more people.
The approach of having two teams to do alternative months for catering continues to work well. The menus have been varied and overall the response from our guests have continued to be very complimentary.
Although the meal is advertised as ‘No Cost’, most people do give a donation so we continue to make a substantial profit. $626.45 was deposited into the church account in June. Donations of $250 each were made in December 2017 and January 2018, to Gloucester High School for their breakfast programme, GrandAids, Broken Hill UC patrol padre and Lifeline. A further $1000 will be donated during December 2018. As it’s ‘their’ money, we ask our guests to make suggestions as to where the money should be donated and let them know where the donations finally go.
We are always looking for new guests to come along so we encourage the whole congregation to identify people who may benefit from a wholesome meal and pleasant, safe social interaction. So please get in contact with us.
We were pleased this year (ie 2018) to have two new volunteers, Margaret and Allan Cornish. Margaret does a great job in kitchen and Allan helps washup and put the furniture away. They join David and Marg Collett, Sandy and Bob Tebbet, David Marston, Jenny Shaw, Colleen McKay, Johanna Heyink, Christine Bolton, Elaine Murray and Hilary and Jeff Kite.
Jeff Kite – 15th November, 2018

The Adult Fellowship group led a December service at the Gloucester Uniting Church.

Mission

Our mission is to be a living presence of God in the Gloucester community and to
follow the example of Jesus Christ so God's transforming love may be experienced by all.

The Gloucester Congregation supports local, national and international groups, such as:

• SRE programme in the local high school
• Christian & Life Education in local primary schools
• Wauchope Aboriginal Youth Group
• Nungalinga College
• Broken Hill Outback Patrol
• Leprosy Australia
• Samburu Sponsorship, Kenya
• Lausanne Australia, St Andrew's School in India