Commissioning Service - Ps Hannah Staines

13 Feb 2025 by Raelene Burn in: News

Last Sunday (9 February) we had a great morning of celebration and Commissioning for our new Youth Pastor Hannah Staines. Hannah has made the move from Queensland to New South Wales, and landed in beautiful Dubbo! We are so grateful to have her with us, and last weekend was a great time of sharing and community.

We had visitors from the Dubbo Community, Northern Territory (!), Sydney, Mudgee, Orange, just to mention a few. We had great worship, singing, and a message and song from Rev Glen Spencer. Of course we also heard from Hannah and she was welcomed very warmly into the Dubbo Uniting Church. Hannah is a lovely humble, generous young woman and we are privileged to have her in our midst. With thanks to the Synod Growth Fund for providing funding for this Youth Pastor position.

       

    

Following worship, we moved to the hall to share more quality time with food and guest performances from a local Aboriginal Dance Group. This was another awesome gift to us from the Community and we thank this group for sharing with us - and more great singing from the two young men on stage. There was even opportunity for those present to have a dance as well. Fantastic morning!

  

And one last photo - our newest and our oldest members of DUC! So beautiful ♥