Bring Them Here
UnitingJustice Australia national director Rev Elenie Poulos has called for the immediate transfer of all asylum seekers on Manus Island to Australia.
After Anzac Day
BILL PUGH Sometimes unavoidable experiences bring us face to face with vulnerability and reality. As 18 year-olds, we arrived at Puckapunyal in 1953 to begin national service training.
Stop foreign aid cuts
Church leaders from 12 denominations, including Uniting Church President Stuart McMillan, have called on Treasurer Scott Morrison to stop further cuts to Australia’s aid budget.
Planning approval ensures preservation of Victoria’s earliest intact neo-gothic church complex
An exciting step that assures Wesley Church’s future as a place of worship and community gathering was announced yesterday.
Forest Hill twins have 99 reasons to celebrate
For almost 100 years, Uniting AgeWell residents Mary Mullarvey and Catherine Zimmer have done just about everything together.
St Stephen’s host Ni-Vanuatu nurses
ADRIENNE DYALL In the April Crosslight, Jim Wakelam challenged readers to think about ways to respond to need.
Tales from the past
Book | Out of the Ordinary: Twelve Australian Methodist Biographies | editors: Patricia Curthoys and William W. Emilsen.
Diamond wedding celebrations
John and Margaret Williams celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on 20 March with a large gathering of family and friends. The couple are members of Mountview Uniting Church in Mitcham.
Prison preachers
Book | Opening the Doors: A Prison Chaplain’s Life On The Inside | Paul Gill Review by GARY DAVIDSON Author Paul Gill served as senior prison chaplain and coordinating chaplain at Western Australia’s Casuarina Pris
A lifelong commitment to ministry
Approximately 60 people came together at Mortlake Uniting Church for Lorraine Tonzing’s final service as lay preacher.
Subversive faith
Book | Seeing – Remembering – Connecting: subversive practices of being Church | Karen L.
