UnitingCare Tasmania and Bendigo Bank will be working together to make this winter a little warmer for struggling Tasmanians.
Tasmanians are encouraged to donate their unwanted blankets, coats, hats, scarves and gloves at their local Bendigo Bank branch during the month of June. UnitingCare will then distribute them to those in need during winter.
In a recent column in The Guardian, Giles Fraser suggests reports in the early part of last century forecasting the death of religion were premature. Predictions that “religion would wither and die in the 20th century” have not come to fruition. In fact, according to Fraser, the reverse has happened.
Sorry Day, held on 26 May every year, acknowledges the pain and trauma suffered by First Peoples. The Uniting Church recognises the need to walk together with First Peoples on the journey towards reconciliation. One way the Church does this is Reconciliation Sunday, which takes place on 29 May this year.
On any given night, more than 105,000 Australians are homeless. This includes at least 44,000 children and young people under the age of 25.
UnitingCare Australia has joined other prominent welfare organisations – including Anglicare, Mission Australia, St Vincent de Paul and Wesley Mission – calling on the major parties to make reducing homelessness a national priority.
In less than six weeks’ time, Australians will take to the ballot box and vote in the 2016 federal election.
As the election campaign ramps up, many Uniting Church members will be carefully considering which political party to vote for. The Church has launched its election resource A Flourishing Society: Your Faith, Your Voice, Your Vote to guide ...
Uniting AgeWell has received a prestigious Dorothies Award for its work in providing LGBTI-inclusive aged care services.
The Dorothies are organised by Working It Out (WIO), a Tasmania-based organisation that provides support for people negotiating their sexuality and gender identity.
The awards are named after Rev Dorothy McRae-McMahon, a former Uniting Church minister and respected leader in the LGBTI community. ...
Former ABC broadcaster Julie McCrossin is a familiar voice to the Australian public. Ashley Thompson turns the microphone around to find out more about her unsung faith journey.
A self-described “refugee from Sydney Anglicanism”, Julie McCrossin has found a home in South Sydney Uniting Church. Her appearance on ABC TV’s special all-Christian Q&A panel and facilitation of the UnitingWomen ...
KAREN MCGRATH recently travelled to an urban refugee camp in Jordan to meet with Syrian men, women and children forced to flee their home to escape war and violence. Ms McGrath was on assignment with Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia. She shared with Crosslight her reflections of life in ...
In the early morning hours of 27 April 1996, a weary Australian educator and a disheartened social worker from Africa met at the breakfast bar of a café on 500 West Broadway, San Diego. Their meeting was not chosen by either of them: it was random, unexpected and unscripted. When the educator entered the café, the stool ...
The Benalla Uniting Church Emergency Fencing Team celebrated the handover of a Polaris All Terrain Vehicle, trailer and much-needed tractor equipment at Thoona in April. The fencing team was formed as a response to the Black Saturday fires in 2009. The widespread devastation of the fires prompted a practical response from Alan Stafford and volunteers from Benalla, who replaced fences ...
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In a happy atmosphere of anticipation, the Playdate Café at Hoppers Crossing Uniting Church launched a new community destination for church members and the wider public.
The concept for the café started in 2013 after Hoppers Crossing Uniting Church member Fiona Adams attended a Mission Shaped Ministry ‘fresh expressions of church’ course run by the Port Phillip West ...
Young people from congregations throughout Australia will gather at the Gold Coast in July for the National Young Adult Leaders Conference (NYALC).
NYALC aims to empower young adults in the Uniting Church by equipping them with essential leadership skills. It is also an opportunity for young people to connect with youth from other states and grow together in faith.
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