UCA Royal Commission Hearing
Late last month Uniting Church President Rev Prof Andrew Dutney attended the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse hearing on redress and civil litigation.
Christ is risen – The gift of grace. The gift of hope.
Easter marks the end of the Christian calendar, commemorating the death of the son of God who taught his followers that a good life is one of self-sacrifice and kindness to every person regardless of their community.
Life Through Cyclone Pam
After more than 30 years of involvement in the Church in Vanuatu and they have managed to avoid every passing cyclone, but not this time.
The UCA and Inter-related Councils
By Rev Dr Jennifer Byrnes, Geoff Thompson, Sharon Hollis and Rohan Pryor. The Uniting Church has built its organisational life on the concept and practice of inter-related councils.
Uniting through diversity
A delegation of NextGen Youth travelled to Swan Hill last year to celebrate Harmony Day.
A gracious, gentle pioneer
By Muriel Porter Bishop Barbara Darling 17/10/47 – 15/02/15 The outpouring of shock and grief following Bishop Barbara Darling’s sudden and untimely death on 15 February has confirmed that Barbara was a very special pers
Writing Wrongs
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s comment that people living in remote Indigenous communities cannot be “endlessly subsidised” for their “lifestyle choices” has sparked nationwide debate.
Tony Abbott’s Lifestyle Choices
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has suggested that Indigenous Australians who live in remote communities should move to towns and cities if they want to access basic health and welfare services.
Women united
Women from around Australia gathered in Sydney last September to “Share the Deeper Story” at the Uniting Church of Australia women’s conference (pictured).
Development application lodged
Leighton Properties has lodged a Development Application to restore and redevelop the Wesley Upper Lonsdale Street site.
Retributive justice or mercy?
What should I reflect on? Australia is currently wrestling with many issues: children in detention camps; child sex abuse; asylum seekers; domestic violence; terrorism; how we relate to the religious ‘other’? – to name
What does ‘consensus’ mean in the UCA?
Consensus decision-making was adopted by the 1994 National Assembly as the norm for meeting procedure in all councils of the Uniting Church (congregation, church council, presbytery, Synod, Assembly).