Make a Difference out West Launch

Julie:

Yesterday I had the privilege of helping to launch Pymble Uniting Church's "Make a Difference Out West" campaign. It was a terrific morning starting with a service focused on working within the broader community. I spoke was invited to do the children's talk as well as the sermon and the congregation happily joined in and participated.

The service was followed by a morning tea and the official "launch". There were a number of "official" visitors from various levels of government, the NSW/ACT Synod and the local Presbytery. I have written in the blog before about the project that the Church is undertaking in rural areas. The four part of the project are:

• Book groups
• Expertise Brokerage - linking the expertise of city people with rural people trying to help their communities
• Enngonia partnership - range of projects with the aim of improving the employment prospects of current school students
• Family time out - providing accommodation and meals vouchers for rural families travelling long distances fr health or sporting appointments.

It is great to see this church committing itself to this long term project.