Starving for fashion
The synod Commission for Mission (CFM) is asking Uniting Church members to write letters to clothing giant Pacific Brands, requesting it ensure production workers in Cambodia are paid enough to live on.
On being intercultural
By Rev Devanandan Anandarajan In 1985, the UCA Assembly claimed its identity in Christ as ‘a multicultural church’ and made a formal declaration to that effect: “The Uniting Church is a Multicultural Church”.
CyclePower keeps Paul powering on
Retiree Paul Lambe (pictured) has had a rich and varied career. At the age of 63 he still wants to push the boundaries and take on fresh challenges.
Frontier of changes
Frontier Services will begin discussions with presbyteries and synods to transfer the management and oversight of its patrol ministers by the end of this year.
Church of all Nations to continue relief support
For decades, Carlton’s Church of All Nations (CAN) has delivered emergency relief to those in need.
The Dove and the Uniting Church Logo
By Rev Dr Randall Prior (With help from Rev Dr D’Arcy Wood) The dove has a significant place on the logo of the Uniting Church in Australia as a symbol of the Holy Spirit.
Relief cuts endanger Tasmania’s most vulnerable
UnitingCare Tasmania’s emergency relief operations in southern Tasmania will be reduced from four half days a week to about 10 hours a week in the wake of a 30 per cent funding cut by the Federal Government.
Leading church figure remembered
By Nigel Tapp One of Australia’s most respected religious leaders and Christian media pioneers, Rev Dr Gordon Moyes AC, passed away peacefully last month surrounded by his family.
Welfare reform should involve greater investment
By Lin Hatfield Dodds National Director of UnitingCare Australia People in politics like to quote an old German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, who famously said that laws are like sausages.
The Road to Paris – A crucial time in history
By Marguerite Marshall This December representatives from 192 countries will meet in Paris to try and solve perhaps the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced – climate change.
Lifetime of service
Rev John Gardiner’s recent 90th birthday celebration also served as a retirement celebration of sorts. Although officially retired decades ago, Mr Gardiner has remained very active in the Springvale community.