Trust in the future
The Uniting Church’s agencies, schools, residential and theological colleges, mission organisations and congregations are all beneficiaries of generous benefactors investing in the future life of the Church.
Crack down on tax avoidance
The federal treasurer, Joe Hockey, recently announced that Australia will assist in global efforts to combat cross-border tax avoidance and tax evasion by requiring Australian financial institutions to report on foreigne
More than a musical
Once is beautiful, funny, poignant and whimsical. Set in Dublin, this new musical bewitching audiences at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre, started life as a film of the same name.
Is religion under threat on our ABC?
In a time of constant change – of extremist groups using social media to capture world attention; of religion, politics and power combining into a volatile cocktail threatening to redefine the Middle East and beyond – we
Desperately seeking a tax dodge
If you ask most Christians what they want for their future, no one replies: more hand-outs for big business and please cut spending on health and education to fund them.
Vale Gough Whitlam
I was three when Gough Whitlam was dismissed. The two years and nine months that he was the 21st prime minister of Australia brought in many changes – changes for a better, fairer society.
Hand-made help
Risk assessment officer Kelly Smith test drives the prisoner-designed swag Some homeless Tasmanians have slept warmer and drier this winter thanks to an innovative joint project between UnitingCare Tasmania and female pr
Images of faith
book l Inklings – Doubt, Faith and Everyday Life – Australian poets, writers and artists at work, edited by Mac Nicoll, 2014 Review by James Tulip Former professor of English at Sydney University In my local Uniting Ch
John Corben Lavender (Jock) 6 July 1919 – 23 June 2014
Jock (pictured) was born in Ivanhoe, but spent most of his youth in Northcote where his father was a bank manager, and where he attended primary school, high school and the Methodist church in High Street.
Going for green
A scene from Chasing Ice A community film night recently raised $10,000, enabling Queenscliff to become the latest Uniting Church to install solar panels.