Our congregation at Scarborough, 121 Northstead St, and our sister congregation whose worship centre was attached to the Euroka Retirement Village, Watermans Bay. OVERVIEW:
Scarborough/Watermans are currently without a Minister in Placement so our Elders, visiting Ministers and Lay Preachers lead our worship each Sunday at 9am in Scarborough. SUNDAY SCHOOL/THE JOY CLUB:
The Joy Club is run each Sunday for children at Scarborough. The children are given planned activities that relate to various teachings within the Bible. MISSION:
Uniting Aid in Nollamara is a Centre sponsored by the Uniting Churches to provide practical assistance, and financial and other support to people in need living in the City of Stirling. Members of our congregation volunteer there on Friday mornings as there is also an Op Shop operating there. The Centre is open Tuesday and Friday mornings from 9.00am to 11.45am. Members of both our congregations at Watermans Bay and Scarborough bring non-perishable food items to our churches each Sunday and this is taken to Uniting Aid as ongoing support all year. ADDITIONAL SERVICES:
EASTER
Tenebrae Service – 7.30pm This is held on Thursday before Good Friday. which is a series of readings by candlelight to hear the story leading up to Christ’s Crucifixion, Easter hymns will be sung, and during this service, we will share in an Agape Feast. Agape is the Greek word for love, the kind of love shared between God and his people, which we also call a love feast, which is an early form of Communion. It is a lovely reflective service. Good Friday – 9am service A service in which we reflect on the sacrifice Christ made for us in dying on the Cross. Easter Sunday – Family Service at 9am to rejoice that Christ has risen! CHRISTMAS
Christmas Morning - Family Service at 9am to celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. WEEKDAY ACTIVITIES AT SCARBOROUGH:
ART, CRAFT AND GAMES GROUP - 1PM TUESDAYS IN SCHOOL TERM TIME
ART GROUP: There are no painting lessons, it is just a group of people who enjoy gathering together to paint. They paint in acrylics. Paintings done by this group adorn the wall of the Community Room where they do their painting, and in the hall. CRAFT GROUP: Activities in the hall. At the moment there is Origami, Paper Craft, Cardmaking, knitting. GAMES GROUP: Played in the hall. Rummy Kub is a popular game being played and we also have Scrabble and Sequence. At 2pm the Art Group join the Craft and Games Group in the hall for tea/coffee, notices and people take turns to read a meaningful piece, poem etc. After this folk return to their various activities until 3pm. If anyone has a craft they would be willing to teach we would love to hear from you. Contact phone numbers are - Olwen Henley 9307 9848 or Claire Shaw 9245 1464
PRAYER AND MEDITATION GROUP - 1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAYS AT 7.30PM
All are welcome who would enjoy an hour of quiet meditation and prayer. This is held in the Community Room of the church – entry by the side door on Northstead Street. ANNUAL EVENTS:
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
This is an annual event and each year a World Day of Prayer Committee in a different country prepares the service. The content of the printed service relates to the needs of the country that has prepared the service. A PowerPoint of pictures and information on the country is shown in the service, with morning/afternoon tea to follow the service. This service has been hosted by various churches in the area so is another Ecumenical event. It will be held at our Uniting Church in Scarborough next year 2022 and is always held on the first Friday in March each year. Further details on this service will be available in the new year. ROSE PRUNING
Scarborough Church is proud of our rose garden which is tended by two members of our congregation. Each year the Rose Society of WA prunes the roses on the 1st Saturday in July, which is a community event and morning tea is provided. It is a good opportunity to learn the correct way to prune roses. INVITATION:
A very warm invitation is extended to you to worship with us each Sunday and/or attend any of the Activities and special services which are listed above. COVID:
We are thankful that in Western Australia at the moment we are not confined with Covid Restrictions, but we are still a Covid-safe church and all who attend Worship, Meetings, Events are required to use the Safe App on their phone or sign a sheet prepared for every event. We also ask that hand sanitiser be used when entering the building.
