Images of hope
This month, John Vander Reest will celebrate 50 years since his ordination as a minister in the church.
Building Harmony through cricket and song
By Larry Marshall Uniting Through Faiths (a Commission for Mission project) organised the second annual Sri Lankan Harmony Day on 28 March at Wesley College in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
Essie Tremewen: the heart and soul of The Grove
21/10/1920 – 5/5/2015 Obituary by David Lord Essie Tremewen was the matriarch of The Grove Uniting Church – that is not in doubt.
School’s service at Aitken College
Aitken College families and friends recently gathered for their monthly Sunday worship at school. The service included a pet blessing service and was followed by a picnic lunch.
70 years of ordination
Family and friends joined the congregation at Glen Waverley Uniting Church on 26 April to recognise and celebrate 70 years (to the day) of ordination to the ministry in the Presbyterian and Uniting Church for Rev Bill M
Inspiration in India
By Denisse Sandoval Earlier this year I went to India for 10 days as part of my work with the Justice and International Mission unit.
Adding life to the worship experience
(Left to right: Terry Le May, Rohan Whelan, John Coleman and Wayne Aherne) Just over a year ago a small group of singers in Hobart began working with respected Christian singer/songwriter John Coleman to write songs to e
Questions of faith
Book | God, Ethics and the Secular Society. Does the church have a future? | John Gunson. Review by Rev Colin Johnston The Christian churches in Australia are in serious decline. The world has stopped listening to us.
Dave Csinos tour
Canadian theologian, speaker and author Dave Csinos was recently in Australia for the first time to deliver a series of seminars on the issues of re-imagining faith formation, faith formation in smaller churches, and th
Why Unite?
By Rev Randall Prior (with gratitude to Norman Young, D’Arcy Wood and Graham McAnalley) In the 1990s, in the city of Knox in Melbourne’s outer east, I was involved in a local Uniting and Anglican Churches initiative to e
Setting the record straight
By Robert Latimer As the key organiser and master of ceremonies for the ‘Understanding Islam’ series held on 18 and 25 March 2015 at North Ringwood Uniting Church, (NRUC) I would like to assure readers of Crosslight that
Farewell to church building
Last month, the congregation at Arnold Street Bendigo Uniting Church bid a sad farewell to their place of worship. Arnold Street had been a place of Christian worship for many people over the past 141 years.