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.
56 Club celebrates six decades of friendship
In June 1956, a group of young couples at the South Oakleigh Methodist congregation came together to form the Young Marrieds group.
Synod Snaps – May
Synod Snaps brings you images from throughout the church and beyond. Croxton Congregation in Thornbury, Victoria hosted a dinner party on 18 March.
Sri Lankan Inter-Faith Harmony Day 2016
LARRY MARSHALL “Here today we are making a difference by building bridges of harmony across different faiths and generations.
The relationship of congregations and agencies
In Melbourne from 2 to 4 September, an important conference titled Recapturing Our Soul will examine the question of congregation, agency and state relationships.
‘Rescue’ or ‘kidnap’? The role of racism in reporting
Friday Forum Your views on the news Much has been written throughout the week about the bungled attempt by Australia’s 60 Minutes program to ‘retrieve’ two children at the centre of a custody dispute from their father in
Budget fairness ahead of tax cuts
Uniting Church President Stuart McMillan has joined 50 prominent Australians in urging Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull not to lower taxes in the federal budget.