Church at its best

I wonder how many of us Uniting Church people spend our nights pouring over the Basis of Union rather than watching Netflix. Not many I imagine.

I know some people, if asked to appear on the old Einstein Factor, would choose the Basis of Union as their area of expertise. But not many.

Yet ...

Hello to CEO

The new UCA Funds Management CEO, Mathew Browning, says he likes going to work every day but doesn’t want to spend time in his office.

Mr Browning has ventured out of the glass walls of the executive office to situate himself at an ordinary work station. He believes having line-of-sight accessibility for all staff makes for a ...

Goodbye

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” – Anatole France (1844 – 1921)

After 10 years working in one of the most fulfilling (and fun) jobs I have ever had, ...

The power of good people like Para

CAROLYN TATE

Para Paheer is a Sri Lankan man who has always stood up for what he thinks is right. Now living in Victoria, he’s standing up for fellow refugees who don’t have a voice.

As a university student, Para became involved in student protests against the Sri Lankan government.

“We students believed that large-scale ...

AgeWell for the future

Seniors in the North-West Tasmanian town of Latrobe will soon be able to access more aged care services close to home. At the start of this year, work began on a major $10 million extension and renovation at Uniting AgeWell’s Strathdevon Community.

The aged care residence will be expanded from 37 beds to 67 beds ...

Church says no to discrimination

The Uniting Church has affirmed its opposition to all forms of discrimination at a federal government hearing on religious freedom.

On Wednesday, UnitingCare Australia national director Claerwen Little participated in an expert panel review into Australia’s religious freedom laws.

The panel asked representatives from faith-based agencies how changes to the Marriage Act might impact the way they perform ...

God at work

Book | At Work with John’s Gospel | John Bottomley

Review by Tim Lam

In At Work with John’s Gospel, Rev John Bottomley has compiled five bible studies that explore the way God impacts our daily work.

Bottomley is a member of the Creative Ministers Network congregation, which gather bi-monthly in members’ homes or at weekend retreats and ...

#MeToo and the standard of the Lord

Friday Forum
Your views on the news

The following is an edited version of sermon given by Avril Hannah-Jones to Williamstown Uniting Church on Sunday 14 January.

In 2006, an American civil rights activist, Tarana Burke, started the ‘Me Too’ movement.

In 1997 she had met a young girl named Heaven in Alabama. Heaven told Tarana ...

Theology out of the classroom

Pilgrim Theological College adjunct lecturer Beth Barnett practises what she teaches, which is why you might find her students entering a church building on their hands and knees to view the surrounds from a child’s height.

This is one of the observational tasks included in the intensive unit Children and Families Ministry: Core issues in diverse contexts. Ms ...