The future of the Uniting Church was on show at the 2016 National Young Adult Leaders Conference (NYALC) held on the Gold Coast in July.
Approximately 130 young adults and mentors from various synods congregated at Burleigh Heads over the course of six days. This diverse group of participants traded stories and experiences as they grew together ...
NIGEL TAPP
A new single board will assume governance responsibility for 22 Uniting Church community service agencies from Monday 3 October. The emerging organisation will be known as ‘Uniting’.
In June last year, the Synod Standing Committee (SSC) resolved to establish a single governance board to oversee service delivery and support functions for all community service across Victoria and Tasmania. ...
In 2015, the 14th Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia agreed to support Constitutional Recognition as “… a step towards and not a blockage to the larger issues of sovereignty and treaty”.
The Assembly also committed to work with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) to educate members of the Church about the need for a ...
Silvia Yang can’t escape the feeling that God has had a hand in her new role as CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) relationship officer for the Uniting Church.
More than 10 years ago, when Silvia was struggling with the difficult decision to give up her life in Korea to support her children studying in Melbourne, it was her local ...
Keiah knows firsthand the importance of education. An Aboriginal woman of the Yorta Yorta nation, she provides literacy support to inmates at Langi Kal Kal prison, 140 kilometres west of Melbourne.
“At least a quarter of the prisoners don’t have basic literacy skills and can’t read at all,” Keiah said.
This week saw two vastly contrasting speeches on the Senate floor.
New Labor senator Malarndirri McCarthy, a Yanyuwa woman from the Northern Territory, spoke about welcoming migrants, Constitutional recognition, homelessness and domestic violence. She also shared the heartbreaking story of a young LGBTI relative whom she lost to suicide.
The Uniting Church is being swamped by Muslims – and it’s a wonderful thing.
All across the country Muslim leaders and community members have been reaching out to Uniting Church members to build our friendship as people of faith.
What were at first tentative steps are now rushing ahead apace.
The Bethel Centre hears the stories that sometimes can’t be spoken in the Uniting Church, which places it in a unique position to share lessons in better listening.
The centre is an independent counselling, education and pastoral care service that deals with misuse of power and any form of abuse, whether that be sexual, physical or emotional in character, ...
An ABC Four Corners report that aired on Monday night revealed the high price parents pay to help their children fight ice addiction.
Many publicly-funded rehabilitation centres have long waiting lists, forcing some parents to turn to expensive private clinics.
According to the Four Corners report, the standard cost for a three-month treatment is $30,000. Many parents ...
The perception of Christians that respected journalist and commentator David Marr expressed on the ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday was both confronting and troubling.
When Mr Marr dismissed all Christians in a short discussion around possible funding of the marriage equality plebiscite, we recognise this view might come from a place of feeling personally victimised ...
Is “journalistic balance” balanced?
This is a question that has been on my mind lately. What does it mean to be balanced in today’s world of 24-hour news cycles and social media?
When political success can be achieved through playing to the fears of the unknown instead of aspirational leadership, and modern technology gives every man, woman and child a ...
In the era of smartphones and broadband internet, it is easy to become more connected with our digital devices than with people around us.
Australians spend an average of 46 hours per week looking at their TVs, computers and phones compared to six hours engaging with family and friends.
