Uniting Housing Victoria will soon be in need of a very big truck.
Five modular townhouses are currently being built in a factory in Melbourne’s west to be carried by road to Mt Pleasant in Ballarat where they will be installed on a church site as social housing for vulnerable youth.
We are living in a period of significant turmoil. It would be easy to feel overwhelmed by the current political climate. It is often difficult to know how to react to issues such as mass migration and religious pluralism, the numerous ongoing geopolitical conflicts, the large social issues including gun violence, marriage equality, #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, the developing ...
Speaking up in a room with 300 people can be a daunting prospect. For young people attending Assembly for the first time, it can be a particularly nerve-racking experience.
At this year’s Assembly at Box Hill Town Hall, one in 10 members will be under the age of 30.
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School hosted a Smoking Ceremony for the first time. Wurundjeri elder Uncle Bill Nicholson conducted the ceremony as part of National Reconciliation Week.
Woodbridge Uniting Church attendees and dedicated members of the Rwandan Coffee Club raise a cup ahead of the 8 July celebration of 120 years of continuous worship in their ...
STEPHEN CAUCHI
Ashburton Uniting Church was ablaze with red and yellow for Pentecost.
The band, congregation and Rev Lavingi Tupou all dressed for the occasion and brightly coloured decorations adorned the church interior.
Along with the loud clothing, bright banners and flaming headwear came some deep reflection on one of the more important ...
The Presbytery of Western Victoria might not be known for its ocean views but the standing committee found a novel nautical way to get everyone on board while charting a new course.
All presbytery members were invited to go on a two-day “cruise” to consider proposed changes and the bigger picture of the presbytery’s future.
Reverend Dr Robyn Whitaker is walking briskly in pursuit of a Melbourne tram, in transit from lecture to appointment, as she fields queries from Crosslight on her mobile.
There is no falter in either the pace of her stride or the clarity of her answers.
JOHN CONNAN
All organisations go through periods of doubts and recently the 52-year-old Mission Liaison Group (MLG) wondered just what God was saying.
Uniting Church Adult Fellowship (UCAF) groups have always been strong supporters of MLG but UCAF membership has been ageing and fund-raising has declined. Old age, illness and death have taken their toll on ...
Dr Holly Catterton Allen is a leading academic researcher, author and teacher in the field of intergenerational ministry. This month, Holly will travel from Nashville, Tennessee, to run a two-day Embracing Intergenerational Ministry workshop at the Centre of Theology and Ministry.
Q Can you offer a definition of what intergenerational ministry is and isn’t?
This month’s editorial is by King Island Uniting Church member Beth Vellekoop.
In May the King Island Uniting Church had this crazy idea to ask for extra copies of the out-of-print Together in Song. Our congregation had grown, and we just didn’t have enough books.
Our ‘anguished’ photo for Crosslight of our congregation sharing a ...
IT was a blind date that first time we met; a Saturday night dance at the Palais, arranged by my sister’s boyfriend for me to meet his accountancy teacher; friends then, brothers-in-law to be.
We danced the night awa – foxtrots, Pride of Erin, evening three-step, modern waltz and barn dance – all to the ...
Book | Collected Short Fiction | Gerald Murnane
Gerald Murnane is one of our finest writers and was recently shortlisted for the Miles Franklin award for his latest novel Border Districts.
But his fiction, including the recently released Collected Short Fiction, is a strange kind of fiction, reading more like nonfiction, and as ...
