What’s on
Upcoming events
Amnesty Write for Rights
Event Date: Sunday 4th Dec, 10.30am-12.00pm
2 Chipilly Ave, Engadine
JOINT EVENT with Amnesty Sutherland
The Sutherland branch of Amnesty and the congregation of Engadine Uniting invite you to join us after the church service for morning tea and our annual letter-writing event for Write for Rights.
Book Club
Next meeting: Wed 15th Feb 2023, and every 3rd Wed of the month. There is both a morning group (10-11.30am) and an evening group (7.30-9pm).
You are warmly invited to join our community book club as we seek to educate ourselves on our First Nations peoples, past and present.
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Past events
Affordable Housing Forum
Event date: Tuesday 1st Nov
Time: 7pm-8.30pm
On the first Tuesday in November, 75 people came out in a cold snap to hold powerful people to account over promises they had made, and to urge them on to better leadership that served the community.
Picnic for Nature 2022
Date: Sun 16th Oct, 12noon to 2pm
Venue: Cooper St Park, Engadine
Engadine Uniting Church is co-hosting this year’s Picnic for Nature with the Nature Conservation Council of NSW. This event is designed to bring people in our community together and celebrate nature.
Fundraiser for Timor Leste
A concert by the duo “2PM” and a delicious dinner raised money for worthwhile projects with Uniting World.
‘One Meal’ comes to Engadine
Event Date: Tues 23rd August
This was an information and training evening for new volunteers with One Meal Sutherland Shire for the weekly meal service opening in Engadine in September. The church was packed with locals keen to help out and serve the community.
Understanding and Managing Anxiety in Children
Event Date: Tues 21st June, 7.00-9.00pm
Cost: $20
A community education session for parents of children aged 5-12 years old, offered as a joint activity of Hopefield Kirrawee and Engadine Uniting Church. This seminar was sold out in previous years and covers the same concepts with updated material, so if you have found a previous seminar helpful you may confidently recommend this one to your friends.
“Out of Covid” live music fundraiser
Date: Sat 26th March
Time: 7.30-9.30pm
Relax and enjoy an entertaining, musical night of original blues/soul, jazz and folk music, sponsored by us. In the musical interval, hear stories about the young people helped by Project Youth, and help raise much-needed funds for the work of this independent Shire charity that supports vulnerable young people who need support services in housing.
Aboriginal Sunday/Day of Mourning
Each year the Uniting Church marks a Day of Mourning to reflect on the dispossession of Australia’s First Peoples and the ongoing injustices faced by First Nations people in this land. Today, you are invited to reflect on the effects of invasion and colonisation on First Peoples.
Amnesty Write for Rights
JOINT EVENT with Amnesty Sutherland
Sunday 12th Dec, 10.30am-12.00pm
2 Chipilly Ave, Engadine
The Sutherland branch of Amnesty and the congregation of Engadine Uniting met after the church service for morning tea and our annual letter-writing event for Write for Rights.
Meet the Candidates for Ward D in the Sutherland Shire Council Elections
At this public forum we met our current local government representatives alongside the hopeful candidates and asked them about their vision for our community across the Sutherland Shire.