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National Assembly of the Uniting Church

South Australia

Adelaide West Uniting Church Spirituality Centre

This is a congregational-based Spirituality Centre, linked to the Mission Resourcing Network of the Uniting Church in South Australia. We believe that prayer and reflection are part of the invitation of Jesus Christ to “life in all its fullness”. We seek to offer a variety of ways in which individual, groups and congregations may be enriched by these experiences. Various quiet days, groups and short experiential courses are offered.

312 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Brooklyn Park SA 5032.
Phone: 08 8234 1199
Email: annsiddall@bigpond.com
http://www.missionresourcing.net.au and click on the Spirituality Centre link on the right.

Passionate Spirituality: Tea Tree Gully
A ministry of Spirituality, emerging from prayer.
Contact Junesse Chapman
Phone.: 8265 0401
Email: prayer.ttguc@senet.com.au

Parkin-Wesley College
34 Lipsett Terrace, Brooklyn Park SA 5032
This is a theological college of the Uniting Church, and is also part of the ecumenical Adelaide College of Divinity. Ask what courses they have available.
Phone 08 8416 8420, Fax 08 8416 8430
Principal: Rev Dr Andrew Dutney

Coolamon College
Coolamon College is a distance education provider. Study at home anywhere in the world. The College offers various units (topics) on the study and practice of Christian spirituality. Principal: Rev. Dr Lee Levett-Olsen
Phone: 1800 639 385 (until Nov. 2003)
Email: coolamon@uccentre.ucaqld.com.au

Victoria and Tasmania

Pallotti College Retreat & Learning Centre
A place for spiritual renewal.
Rev Dr Robin Pryor and Ms Bronwyn Pryor
PO Box 838
Millgrove 3799 Australia
Tel: 03 5966 2585, or 03 5966 2793
Fax: 03 5966 9380
E -mail: pryor@uniting.com.au

Augustine Centre, Hawthorn

....a community of diversity
... a place for contemplation, self knowledge and compassion.
The Augustine Centre offers programs, conversations, courses and ritual gatherings. Its core work lies in contemplative practices and instruction in soulful living. Augustine is committed to holding together, personal spiritual life and engaged sprituality as social compassion.
A number of providers work under the umbrella of Augustine offering exciting opportunities for rich exchanges of ideas, practices, community and action.

2 Minona St
Hawthorn Vic 3122
Phone: 03 9819 2844
9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday to Friday
Web site: www.augustine.org.au
Fax: 03 9819 5659
Email: office@augustine.org.au

The Earth Team
The Earth Team has a particular focus on caring for the environment, eco-theology and eco-spirituality.

Lacuna
Prayer has been described as a creative Lacuna. It’s the empty moment waiting to be filled with the breath of the Holy Spirit. Lacuna is a space in which we can listen attentively for the call of God.
Since 2001, the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania has committed resources to gathering a group of artists to promote a “call to the church”. The result is an invitation to intentionally enter into a period of Lacuna. The group has produced a Resource Kit which aims to help members of the church to find time and space to seek and meet God.

New South Wales

The Eremos Institute
The Eremos Institute (founded in 1982) provides resources for deepening spirituality and encouraging dialogue about faith and belief. It is an independent ecumenical organisation, supported by its membership across Australia. The magazine, EREMOS, published quarterly includes articles with a personal approach and readable style, poetry, graphics, book reviews, and notices of events. Eremos has a bookshop specialising in spirituality and prayer, a book discussion group hiring scheme, over 50 audio tapes and essays produced over the past 20 years of speakers such as Bishop John Spong and Dom Bede Griffiths, Veronica Brady and Michael Morwood, activities in Sydney as well as regular gatherings in Melbourne. Annual membership is $55 or $40 concession and includes 4 issues of EREMOS magazine

Eremos Institute
16 Masons Drive
North Parramatta NSW 2151
Phone (02) 9683-5096 Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Fax (02) 9683-6617
email: eremos@accsoft.com.au
Contact persons: Linda Turton or Kate Scholl

Australian Capital Territory

Barnabas Ministries
Barnabas Ministries was established in 1986 to offer pastoral support for Christian leaders, supplementing denominational support systems by:

supporting and encouraging clergy / leaders;
facilitating spiritual formation, nourishment and development;
emphasising an aspect of ministry, namely personal and corporate spirituality, which has been to some extent neglected, diminishing the individual’s sense of well-being brought about by a close and meaningful relationship with God.

Queensland

Stillpoint
Stillpoint is a community of Christian people who seek to provide, in a variety of ways, a centre for personal and spiritual growth. It seeks to take seriously Jesus’ invitation to come to him, recover our lives, walking and working with him and learning the “unforced rhythms of grace”.
Stillpoint provides:

resources in books, tapes, videos and magazines
a place of prayer and companioning on life’s journeys
training programmes in the Stillpoint journey
a series of retreats and quiet days to allow space for stillness, silence, prayer, scripture meditation and listening to God.

Stillpoint
16 Grove St, Toowong.
Weekdays, 9am – 4pm (except school holidays, by appointment only)
Phone 07 3217 8992
Come, meet the volunteer staff, and experience something of the Stillpoint way.