Synod wins free speech in Tasmania
The Synod of Victoria and Tasmania was part of a successful campaign to stop the Tasmanian Liberal Government allowing large businesses to silence their critics through the use of defamation laws.
Social issues high on conference agenda
Congress members Aunty Dianne Torrens (Chairperson of NSW/ACT Congress) and her husband Tim performing at a fellowship evening at the UAICC National Conference in Poatina, Tasmania.
Big tick for Hobart early learning centre
Scots Early Learning Centre has shifted its focus to learning with nature UnitingCARE Tasmania’s Scots Early Learning Centre, in Hobart, is moving forward in leaps and bounds.
Memories of MLC
Jill Sanguinetti’s memoir, School Days of a Methodist Lady: a journey through childhood What makes a Methodist Lady? Jill Sanguinetti’s memoir, School Days of a Methodist Lady: a journey through childhood, goes a conside
Church of the world
Participants around a shared well in the Chuuk District of Kampot Province in Cambodia during a visit to the Cambodian Organisation for Children and Development, a local NGO which helps some of the area’s poorest people.
Old fashioned community spirit makes Pancake Day a success
Volunteers Bonnie Harrison, Bev Jungwirth, Fred Jungwirth, Helen Barton For the congregation at Euroa Uniting Church, Pancake Day is all about enthusiasm for a good cause and bringing people together.
Connecting churches
Dr Sureka Goringe (pictured) has been appointed the new associate director of Church Connections.
Why ‘retirement’ is not a Christian Word
There are good reasons why the word ‘retirement’ has been used around me, and about me, in recent times.
Depictions of home
Depiction of Home at the Arts Centre community project My daughters and I spent this Christmas in Vietnam. There was a strangeness to celebrating Christmas in a country where Christmas is not a major festival.
Ecumenical French community to visit Melbourne
The Taizé Community will celebrate 100 years since the birth of its founder, Brother Roger Schütz.
Combating slavery
Cambodian artist Vannak Prum was a victim of human trafficking and became a virtual slave on a Thai fishing boat for three years before escaping.
Able to love
To be honest, I don’t know what I expected to learn by reading Love Without Limits. Perhaps I was just sucked in by the promise of a “remarkable story of true love conquering all”.