The generosity of the Bayside community has given Uniting AgeWell client Ray McSweeney access to a music therapy program that will provide relief from day-to-day mental health issues.
Mr McSweeney, aged 66, lives in supported residential services accommodation and attends the Uniting AgeWell Girrawheen Centre three days a week.
Throughout April, Tuccibrown café partnered with the Brighton Lions Club to ...
Once again we find ourselves waking to shocking news of terrorism taking lives, upending our certainty, making us feel vulnerable and shaking our hope. We offer our prayers and our love to the people of France, to French nationals in this country and anyone who is concerned about family or friends travelling. We also offer our ...
Pokémania has swept over the country and a number of Uniting Church congregations have joined in this latest cultural craze.
This Crosslight Pokémon GO story generated many positive comments from enthusiastic UCA members eager to embrace their church’s status as a Pokémon Gym or Pokestop.
Pokémon GO brings young people to the doorsteps of churches and a number of ...
UnitingCare Australia has congratulated the Turnbull government on its election victory and called on the Prime Minister to lead renewed efforts to address key issues affecting the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged Australians.
“We believe the close election result has demonstrated that a focus on jobs, growth and business, while vital, is too one-dimensional for our community,” UnitingCare Australia ...
Moderator Rev Sharon Hollis has called for calm following numerous reports of Pokémon appearing outside Uniting Church buildings.
“The Uniting Church is an inclusive community. All Pokémon are welcome, whether they are a Pikachu or a common Zubat,” she said.
The recent surge in Pokémon sightings is due to a new mobile phenomenon called Pokémon GO. In ...
On 3 July, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Victoria broke their daily Ramadan fast with High Street Uniting Church in Frankston. More than 90 people from various faiths came together to share an Iftar dinner and listen to guest speakers talk about their Muslim faith.
During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims throughout the world fast from dawn until ...
The Chilcot report released on 6 July provided a scathing assessment of the British government’s involvement in the Iraq War.
It has also generated discussion in Australia, with former prime minister John Howard defending his decision to send troops to Iraq. However, his comments were criticised by ...
The NSW government announced on 7 July that it will ban greyhound racing in the state. Rev Barbara Allen, the synod’s Spirituality and Creation Project Worker, writes about the importance of caring for creation.
Today, 7 July 2016, will go down in Australian history as a momentous day for animal welfare.
Uniting Church President Stuart McMillan has called on Uniting Church congregations to pray for those affected by the floods in China.
Torrential downpours around China’s Yangtze River basin, which began in late June, have claimed the lives of at least 186 people. An estimated 33 million people are affected and more than 100 rivers throughout the country are on ...
Anyone passing by Queenscliff-Point Lonsdale Uniting Church still has a chance to contribute to the NAIDOC Week bigger picture.
People are invited to continue the work on a partially completed glass bead mosaic that represents this year’s NAIDOC Week theme of songlines.
The mosaic was a centrepiece of last Sunday’s “messy church” session, which also included other themed art projects, ...
Over the last few days our news has been full of stories of violent acts that have resulted in the deaths of many hundreds and suffering for innumerable people. Such acts of violence, while reported in graphic detail, can seem so far away, so enormous in impact, so overwhelming in their destruction and evil that ...
On Saturday evening while all about me were losing their heads about the 2016 Australian federal election, I was happily enjoying the afterglow of voting for the first time in seven years.
That was the second Lisbon referendum, held in Ireland in October 2009 and a do-over essentially, as the Irish public apparently made the wrong choice in June 2008.
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