October letters

Church council members of Pomonal Uniting Church are struggling with the massive amounts of communications we receive via email, particularly from the synod office.

Hidden talents

Kathy Van Essen (right) keeps a close eye on the work of fellow member Sue Stubbs When Kathy Van Essen was invited to the weekly art and craft group at the Ulverstone Uniting Church, on Tasmania’s North-West Coast, she d

New theological college unveiled

The new face in theological education, the Pilgrim Theological College, has been launched at the current gathering of the Uniting Church in Australia’s Victoria and Tasmania Synod.

Free at last

Image courtesy of the UN Photo Library The Uniting Church in Australia joyfully welcomes the safe release of the 45 Fijian peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on the border of

Welcome the welcomer

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing

This mother and daughter were among thousands to flee the Islamic State after militants overtook Iraq’s second city of Mosul, finding shelter and clean water at a temporary displacement camp next to a Kurdish checkpoint

Journey to Jerusalem

Left to right: David Cohan, Nasir Butrous, Fr John Dupuche, Di Hirsh, Rev Barbara Allen, Albert Isaacs, Kemal Brkic, Rufiath Yousuff, Rev Ian Smith, Sheikh Riad GalilSitting: Rabbi Adam Stein and Hyder Gulam Earlier this

740 years of worship

Back row Bertha Missen (91), Alex Wallis (90 in October), Joan Carr (91) and Jean Lindsay (90). Front row May Porter (90), Gwen Riddett (97), Eileen Taverner (100) and Coral Whimpey (91).

Faithfull expressions

Each year many from around the life of the church gather for a time of theological reflection, study and creative activities under the banner of Wisdom’s Feast.

The future of peacemaking

Pax Christi has played a significant role in peacemaking efforts, such as public demonstrations speaking out against a range of social issues for more than 40 years.