Letters to the editor – July 2016

Reality of God I recently bought a telescope to watch the night skies. At first I was a little perplexed when the image of a tree I trained it on was upside down. On further research, it seemed that it doesn’t matter.

A colourful record     

BOOK | SURREY HILLS UNITING: A CHURCH HISTORY | GRAHAM BEANLAND Review by Gwenda Smyth (SHUC Elder) When Graham Beanland came to Surrey Hills Uniting Church some years ago, he discovered that, though there were documents

Food for thought

Friday Forum Your views on the news As the cold weather sets in and signals the end of an unusually warm autumn, thoughts of many turn to human hibernation.

Searching for Freedom

The Australian government’s refugee policies will be a much-discussed topic in the lead-up to the federal election.

Orlando Hate Attacks

The Uniting Church in Australia expresses its deep sorrow at the deaths of 49 people in a despicable act of violence at a gay nightclub in the city of Orlando in the US state of Florida over the weekend.

Homelessness on the rise

Friday Forum Your views on the news Regular visitors to the Melbourne CBD would have noticed that the homelessness protest at City Square has ended.

June Crosslight now available

Syrian children in a refugee camp in Jordan collect much-needed food packs distributed by Act for peace. Many of the packs were funded thanks to the generous support of Uniting Church Members in Victoria.

Vision with intent

DAVID SOUTHWELL VISION TESTING Throughout the past three years, the Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania has asked itself some big questions about where it is going. Now, it has proposed some responses.

New Moderator installed for VicTas Synod

By Nigel Tapp It may have been a dreary, cold and wet night in Melbourne, but that did not deter the faithful from gathering to warmly embrace the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania’s new Moderator, Rev Sharon Hollis, at he