Reflections from my first Synod
Towards the beginning of the five-day Synod meeting we were invited to consider our hopes for the meeting and the Church.
‘Free the children’ installation coming to Melbourne
People walking around the CBD towards the end of the month may find themselves confronted by a new art piece – a large cage, filled with hundreds of dolls, symbolising the children currently in Australian detention centr
Access denied?
The Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania and Access Ministries will seek to mend a fractured relationship over the next eight months.
Homework in a CAN
The popular Family Learning Program at Church of All Nations (CAN) is a cross between an after school program, a family literacy program and an African-Australian mums’ social group.
Coping with life’s ups and downs
UnitingCare Goulburn North East has developed an innovative program designed to assist youth in regional areas.
Making your vote count
As Victorians prepare for the upcoming state elections, many people are unsure about how to vote.
Road trauma victims remembered
Members of the community will come together next month for the annual Time of Remembering ceremony, held to honour and remember those killed, injured and traumatised on our roads.
Abolitionist Sunday
Christians from all major denominations will join forces to take a stand against human trafficking and slavery on Abolitionist Sunday, 23 November.
What women want
“I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.” – Nancy Astor (The first female British politician) THE cartoon below has been around for some time.
Seasons of change
For the past seven decades, the church on the corner of North and Mackie Roads in Bentleigh East has served the local community.
Stirring the Possum
The second half of my term as moderator has begun and I have just returned from chairing a two-day meeting of the newly elected Synod Standing Committee empowered to ‘act’ on behalf of the Synod over the next 18 months.
Not an act
MOVIE l The Act of Killing l MA 15+ Chip Henriss There’s so much to say about The Act of Killing and its availability, now on DVD, is a great opportunity to bring up a discussion that is seldom had in the west or w