Leura is located in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales,
100 kilometres west of Sydney.
Leura Uniting Church is located on the corner of Grose and Megalong Streets, Leura.
Note: the Leura Uniting Church Service is being recorded, and can be downloaded from the Worship Resources page here
Our Congregation
Our congregation is chaired by the Reverend Dr William Emilsen. More details can be found by following the Our Community link.
We embrace diversity, and welcome all who seek to know more of God.
Leura Uniting Church, in addition to this website of information and activity pages, has a Facebook page.
The web address is https://www.facebook.com/LeuraUnitingChurch , or, just search for Leura Uniting Church on Facebook.
Rev. Myung Hwa Park was inducted as Minister to the
Leura Uniting Church congregation
on Sunday 14 February at our 9.30am
service.
The Rev. Myung Hwa Park was the 27th person to be elected Moderator of the NSW Synod. Rev. Park was installed as the Moderator on September 14, serving theChurch in that capacity until April 2017.
Born in Busan in South Korea, the Rev. Park was raised in a Buddhist family. She studied at the Ewha Women’s university in Seoul before taking on a role to teach hearing impaired children.
In 1984 she travelled to Pakistan as a Methodist missionary, where she ran a centre for handicapped children.
Rev. Park came to Australia to reflect on mission at the Pacific Mission Institute before commencing her theological training at United Theological College in 1988. In December
1990 she was ordained as a Uniting Church minister.
Over the years, her global travels exposed her to many cultures. She’s worked among Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Hindus, and is fluent in English, Korean, Tongan and Urdu.
Myung will be inducted as Minister to the Leura Uniting Church congregation on Sunday 14 February at our 9.30am service. We are delighted to welcome her and look forward to
her ministry among us. She will be working with us in a 50% placement.
You will find resources for Worship by following the link Worship Resources
Service Times and other Activities
Our regular service is on Sundays at 10 am. The first Sunday of every month is a Contemporary Service, the third is a Communion Service. We also have a children’s group, a youth group, a Taize service, a reflective service and various community support activities. Details of services may be found by following the Services and Activities link.
At the bottom of this page are links to dedicated pages for some of the Services and Activities.
Hall Bookings
the hall is unavailable until further notice. The hall of Leura Uniting Church is available for regular and occasional bookings. Please contact Ross Neville on 0247 031 761 or by email, rossneville01@gmail.com
What’s happening….
. February
Wed 17 Ash Wednesday 7.30pm
Sun 21 Taize 5 – 6 pm
. March
Sat 13 Lenten Retreat 9.15 – 12.30
Sat 20 Communion Service 8.30 am leave LUC for Leura Forest
Material for Services is available on the page Worship Resources
Also,
The Uniting Church Synod of NSW and ACT has put out a list of churches who provide online worship services on a Sunday.
As well as reading our Leura services you might like to look at one of the “live” services on line.Just click on the link below.
https://nswact.uca.org.au/covid-19-information-for-presbyteries-and-congregations/livestream-options-for-worship-during-covid-19
A list of Leura Activities for 2020 are at the bottom of the page.
Reflections on this week’s Bible readings
From the Bulletin ….
Lent 1 Mark 1:9-15 21 February, 2021
The Journey begins
Last Sunday we began a new journey here in Leura Uniting Church as we shared in the Induction of Rev Myung Hwa Park as our minister.
On Wednesday night, Ash Wednesday, we began our Lenten journey with Jesus to the cross.
In our Gospel reading today we have Jesus’ baptism, then his temptations in the desert and the beginning of his ministry in Galilee.
In the reading from Genesis, we see God making a new covenant, or agreement, with Noah and his descendants and all living creatures.
In Psalm 25, verse 5 we read:
“Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my Salvation; for you I wait all day long.” NRSV
This sums up our attitude to God as we travel our Lenten journey. We are called to focus our attention on God and his saving grace towards us, rather than the busyness of our lives.
As we travel our Lenten journey, as we travel as God’s people here in the Mountains with Rev Park, let us focus our thoughts, our lives and our ministry on Jesus and God’s word.
It would be great if we can truly say like the Psalmist did:
“To you O Lord, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God… Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are my God and Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.” Psalm 25:1, 4 &5 NIV
Stephen White
Quiet reflection, …Baptism, Temptation, Mission of Jesus
Jesus is not proposing a utopian dream that can be realized only in another place (heaven) and/or time (the afterlife). The gospel leaves no room for otherworldly religion: “The time is now; the sovereignty of God is here (Mark 1:15). Ched Meyers
Other nearby Uniting Churches
Katoomba – Sunday Worship 9.00am – Contact Ann Palmer 4782 1880
Blackheath – Sunday Worship 10.30am – Contact Bob Hendy 4787 7007
Hazelbrook – Sunday Worship 9.30am – Contact Marjorie Leggatt 4759 1228
Other Uniting Church Congregations
To view other Congregations of the Uniting Church in Australia follow the link,
Find a Church
Current Activities
Links, in red, lead to pages with more details about the activity.
Day Retreats An opportunity for renewal and refreshment of faith. The next Day Retreat will be announced shortly.
Drawing and Painting Group Postponed until further notice see Weekly timetable on the Services and Activities Page.
Leisure Learning – Sew & Chat Postponed until further notice see Weekly timetable on the Services and Activities Page.
Open Table a sharing place to assist all members of the Mountains community.
Pilgrimages we seek God, and spiritual refreshment, walking in the bush. Starts from Leura Uniting Church at 8.30am. next Pilgrimage will be on Saturday 20th February with a Communion Service in Leura Forest.
Playtime 10am-12noon on Mondays during school term.
Quiet Reflection a guided meditation and reflection on the readings for the week. The text of the reflection will still be put online each week. The reflection is on Thursdays at 11.30am
Taizé Service renewal through common prayer, singing, silence and personal meditation. On the 3rd Sunday of the month. The next Taizé Service will be on the 21st February.