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Church as a Swamp

Cafe of Dangerous Ideas

Friday 19 September 2025 at 7.30pm

Sycamore Tree Cafe

185 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg

Any of us who have close affiliation with the Uniting Church will know the constant narrative: a story about how the church is changing.

In this session, with some stories and group sharing, we will explore the idea of Church as a Swamp: the question to us is how healthy is that swamp?

Our guest speaker is Ian David, a minister in placement at Fairfield Uniting Church… He’s never done anything really dangerous, let alone had a dangerous thought… but he did find this quote…
“Just as the Christian should not be constantly feeling his (sic) spiritual pulse, so, too, the Christian Community has not been given to us by God for us to be constantly taking its temperature.” from Life Together – Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Join us for a deep dive as we assess the Church as Swamp.

No bookings necessary – just turn up.

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Lectio Divina SPACE

Thursday 11 September 2025

Join the SPACE Contemplative Community as we reflect on Luke 15:1-10 using the practice of Lectio Divina.

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A Taizé SPACE

Thursday 4 September 2025

Join the SPACE Contemplative Community for their monthly Taizé service, using a service from the archives

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Creation Photography Exhibition

10am – 3pm

8 – 19 September 2025

Heidelberg Scots Uniting Church

187 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg

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September Sabbath Retreat

Saturday 6 September 2025

10am – 12.30pm

Heidelberg Scots Uniting Church

187 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg

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August Ignatian Examen

Thursday 28 August 2025

Join the SPACE Contemplative Community as we continue to develop the practice of Ignatian Examen by reflecting on Luke 14:1,7-14 – ‘when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed ‘

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Neurodiversity

Cafe of Dangerous Ideas

Friday 29 August 2025 at 7.30pm

Sycamore Tree Cafe

185 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg

Neurodivergence is an umbrella term that encompasses any variation of brain wiring that significantly differs from what is typical brain functioning.

Dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, tic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sensory processing disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and many more brain-based differences all fall under the neurodiversity banner, but ADHD and autism seem to be getting much of the airtime on social media.

What difference does it make? How do we engage with, learn from and enjoy the variety that neurodiversity offers us in the way we think and act?

Join us as we hear from Glen Wesley in his engagement with neurodiversity at the Cafe of Dangerous Ideas.

No bookings necessary – just turn up.

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