Welcome to the Centenary Uniting Church website.

We hope you find it helpful.
Please use the menu on the left hand side to navigate around the site.

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Weekly Worship Services
(see link to worship on menu bar for more information)

Sunday February 7, 2010 is a Combined Service commencing at 9.30am.

Sundays: (Commencing February 14, 2010):

9am traditional worship with hymns, bible readings and a sermon followed by morning tea (Holy Communion is celebrated on each 1st Sunday of the month)

 At 10:30am, a contemporary service using guitars, keyboards and drums for music.

1pm Tongan Service

2:30pm Chinese Service - service in Mandarin

(see 'worship' page for more information on our worship services)

You are most welcomed to attend any of our worship services.

NEWS

Centenary is delighted to welcome two new members to it's ministry team:

Linda Ikaunieks  joins the team as the new Community and Family Worker. Her role will involve working with the Play Centres and English classes and developing other ways to connect with the local community.

Svetlana Li joins the team in a newly created role of Youth and Young Adult Worker. Her primary role will be to  lead the Youth group that currently meets the 2nd and 4th Friday evenings of each month.

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Parenting Group
for parents with children 0-6 months. A five week course held on Thursdays at Centenary Uniting Church during March  and April 2009. Also available in Terms 2-4. The group covers topics on feeding, sleeping, safety in the home, speech development and more.
Bookings through Parramatta Community Health Service 9843 3218

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Parenting Courses
offered throughout the year at Centenary Uniting Church, run by Uniting Care Burnside, looking at parenting skills, coping with young children. Some childcare available. Bookings  essential on 9843 6222

Courses include:

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Minister at Centenary Uniting, Parramatta -

My name is Barnabas (Bong Gun) KIM. I am the minister at Centenary Uniting Church in North Parramatta.
I was born in Korea in 1960, married Esther in 1983 and have two boys, Samuel 23, Moses 17.

I am an Asian middle-aged married male migrant minister in the Uniting Church in Australia. Growing up in Korea I experienced the cultures of Confucianism, Buddhism, Shamanism, and Christianity, all which have impacted on who I am.

I came to Australia in 1999 and have been living in Sydney for seven and half years, which means I am a Korean-Australian in this multi-cultural and multi-religious society. My identity as a Korean-Australian affects how I see things. It becomes a struggle to form a personal  identity but it is also a strength as it helps me relate to others from different cultural backgrounds and experiences.  Living in multicultural and multi-faith Australia, so different to Korea,  certainly has affected how I understand life’s meaning.

As a human being and a minister, I am always contemplating the questions: “Who am I? What is the meaning of life? Who is God? What is the nature of the Church? What is the true meaning of religion?” And I have not found the exact answer, I have just begun to understand a little.

If you are interested in exploring these questions with me and others, you are welcome, whoever you are, to come along on a Sunday morning - worship services are  at 9am and 10:30am or give me a ring on 9683 5023 

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Community and Family Worker at Centenary Uniting, Parramatta -

My name is Linda Ikaunieks . I am the 'Community and Family Worker' at Centenary Uniting Church in North Parramatta.
I am married to Karl (2004) and have two sons, Phillip 25 and Scott 22, to a previous marriage. I am Australian, although I was born in South Africa, and migrated here with my family in 1961.

Playcentre:
Playcentre (playgroup) is held each Monday and Wednesday mornings, 9:30-11:30am. We ask parents to only attend one Playcentre a week.

Playcentre is for children 0-5 years accompanied with a parent/carer. Lots of fun with toys, painting, craft and music. Check out the 'playgroup' link found on the side menu.

English Conversation Classes:

There are normally two classes per week:- Tuesday and Thursdays 10am to 12noon. Check out the English Classes link on the side menu.

Send mail to community@centenary.unitingchurch.org.au with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: 28-Jan-2008