The Crosslight team are welcoming submissions from students in Year 9 who are interested in writing, illustration and photography. Successful entrants are to be featured in an end of year edition of the paper, receiving a published credit. A financial reward has also been proposed, called the Shelley Prize, named for the 19th century writer Mary Shelley, who published her ...
Church leaders from 12 denominations, including Uniting Church President Stuart McMillan, have called on Treasurer Scott Morrison to stop further cuts to Australia’s aid budget.
A scheduled $224 million cut in the May federal budget will see Australia’s aid contribution fall to 0.22 per cent of Australia’s GNI (gross national income) – its lowest level in history. ...
An exciting step that assures Wesley Church’s future as a place of worship and community gathering was announced yesterday. Planning Minister Richard Wynne approved an application for redevelopment of the historic Lonsdale Street site where the church was built more than 150 years ago.
The approval is significant because it allows an innovative sinking fund for the ...
For almost 100 years, Uniting AgeWell residents Mary Mullarvey and Catherine Zimmer have done just about everything together.
And on 13 April, the identical twins celebrated their 99th birthday with a joint celebration with family and friends at Strathdon Community in Forest Hill.
Since birth, the sisters have shared a special bond and lived almost parallel lives. ...
Mobile ministry, an innovative placement idea, hopes it can soon offer support to country churches throughout the Loddon Mallee region.
Like many rural communities throughout Australia, isolated congregations in the presbytery of Loddon Mallee often rely on the efforts of lay ministers and dedicated church members to keep running. They support communities dealing with the ...
Last month we spoke with four Uniting Church volunteers who devote countless hours to serving their congregations and communities. Their stories reflect the experiences of the thousands of volunteers who are often described as the ‘backbone’ of the Uniting Church.
The importance of volunteers to the work of the church cannot be underestimated. This is ...
A few years ago Crosslight profiled Australian online comic and multimedia project Neomad. On Friday 15 April, the science fiction adventure series won the 2016 Gold Ledger award (the Oscars for comics) for the Neomad: The Complete Collection print edition published last year.
Neomad is set in Australia’s Pilbara region in the year 2076. Its ...
Uniting Church members in the Warrnambool region are using the power of song to bring about social change.
The One Earth Many Voices choir came together in 2014 and includes several Uniting Church members from Warrnambool and Port Fairy. It was formed as a response to social and environmental issues, such as refugees, climate change ...
In the April Crosslight, Jim Wakelam challenged readers to think about ways to respond to need. As volunteers, mistakes are made and, over the decades, many changes have occurred in the way Christians witness across the cultures: from the White Missionary days, to volunteering in work parties, to eco-tourism, cheque-book activism and more.
PENNY MULVEY
Anzac Day 2015 was an enormous event. The centenary of Gallipoli – a disastrous military exercise, which over the nine months it raged between the Turkish and Allied Forces, claimed more than 141 thousand lives.
This year Australia commemorates the 50th anniversary of our involvement in an equally flawed military encounter – the Vietnam War.
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Like many young men in Australia, Peter Johns wanted to attend university and pursue a career in an industry of his choice. But tertiary education can be expensive; tuition fees, transport, textbooks and equipment all add up to create a significant financial hurdle. A person’s own financial circumstances may create an additional barrier to their ...
If experience is the best teacher, Rev Ros McDonald has certainly learnt how to cope with change. As the school chaplain at Acacia College, Ms McDonald found herself counselling and supporting the school community through uncertainty and turmoil at a time when she, personally, was going through those same emotions. It is these skills she ...
