Budgets missing the mark on mental health
Preventative mental health programs and help for the elderly are glaring areas of need that governments are failing to address, a post-budget breakfast hosted by UCA Funds Management heard on Thursday.
More Victorian families missing out on basic needs
The number of homeless and struggling families in Victoria is growing rapidly, according to some of Australia’s leading researchers and economists.
Table of togetherness
When Brunswick was named as a terrorist target in 2016, the local religious community decided they would respond by showcasing the neighbourhood’s thriving diversity
Not just playing anymore
SOWING the seeds of faith, developing relationships and entrusting people to lead have been key to fostering North Ringwood Uniting Church’s flourishing intergenerational ministry.
Being present for others
The Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program helps participants think and feel theologically while enhancing their pastoral skills.
Deidre’s discipleship
From July 2018, Dr Deidre Palmer will extend her invitation to discipleship to the whole Uniting Church in Australia and beyond in the role of national President.
Rescue hut
Review by Nick Mattiske Book | The Shepherd’s Hut | Tim Winton In Tim Winton’s fiction, reconciliation, sacrifice, redemption and the like work themselves out in the lives of society’s fringe-dwellers – those not usually
Keep the embers alive
Stuart McMillan has urged Church members to address the “unfinished business” of sovereignty and Treaty for First Peoples.
Life begins at 41
This month we commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Uniting Church in Australia. It’s not nearly as exciting as last year’s 40th birthday. There will be fewer cakes and parties and events I imagine.
Synod Snaps – June 2018
The June Synod Snaps feature photos from Diamond Valley, a concert in Mt Waverely and royal wedding fever at a UCA op shop.
Where was God?
Carmyl Winkler offers her perspective on the power of faith when a family is confronted by unexpected loss.