Celebrating diversity at Melton
Melton Uniting Church recently opened its new church hall, with a procession leading into a service attended by Moderator Isabel Thomas Dobson and more than 250 local parishioners.
God’s Speed
A gathering of more than 60 people packed the Speed Uniting Church to witness the decommissioning of the building.
Lentara UnitingCare awarded
Lentara UnitingCare has been awarded the 2013 Compassionate Employer Recognition Award from Compassionate Friends Victoria.
Dreams become reality
Last month across the nation we celebrated Harmony Day as part of Diversity Week. It would be nice to live in a world where we no longer need a national day to promote tolerance in our culturally diverse country.
Lessons from Ireland
IRELAND has been a leader in investigating institutional child sex abuse, particularly in relation to the Roman Catholic Church.
Building a safe church
A recent report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has indicated a significant increase in cases of abuse and neglect against children.
Transforming lives
When Lima Toura (pictured below) prepares a sermon, she does it by the light of a single cell solar battery lamp using her precious, tiny collection of third-hand commentaries given to her on graduation from Seghe Theolo
A marriage made in heaven
By Nigel Tapp Ian Joyce remembers clearly the day he first knew he was going to marry his wife, Fay.
Football, finance and faith
“I always joke that 1977 was a big year. It was the year I met my wife (Catriona), the year The Uniting Church was born and the year Collingwood had a drawn grand final.
Stronger Futures or just stronger measures?
If people are being harmed and their lives destroyed, it is natural to feel a desire to intervene to try to ease their suffering or solve their problem.
Divine gaming?
I take my character, Altaïr, behind a pillar, to sit and to eavesdrop. In order to carry out my next assassination I need to pickpocket a civilian up ahead, who is currently meeting a friend, for a map he owns.
Living creatively
For the past 40 years, St Andrew’s Creative Living Centre in Bendigo has offered a place of welcome to local people living with emotional and psychiatric issues. Catherine Dennis is the director of the centre.