Everyone loves to cuddle a baby animal, and seniors at Uniting AgeWell’s Condare Court are no different.
Baby chicks, lambs, calves, goats and rabbits strutted their stuff at the newly refurbished Camberwell site on April 11 for an afternoon of fun and interaction. The visitors came from Animals on the Move, a mobile farmyard that runs ...
Every year, Year 9 students from Billanook College visit the Melbourne CBD as part of their annual City9 experience. The program introduces students to the rich diversity and cultural history of Melbourne.
This week, the synod centre will host 96 Billanook College students and their teachers as they embark on their City9 journey. The synod centre provides ...
The nominations of Waleed Aly and Lee Lin Chin for the 2016 Gold Logie created an opinionated storm in the Australian media this week.
Following the announcement, The Daily Telegraph published an article titled ‘Six reasons why Waleed Aly should not win Gold’. Today show host Karl Stefanovic joked ...
Men’s sheds are a common sight at many Uniting Churches. Warragul Uniting Church has added a unique spin to the popular tradition with the Warragul Train Shed.
The centrepiece of the train shed is a model railway set built by a former member of the congregation, Don Breeden. When Don passed away in 2013, his wife, June, ...
The Panama Papers has offered a glimpse into the practices used by individuals and multinational companies when they set up shell company structures and trust accounts.
It has been described as the biggest data leak in history, with an estimated 11.5 million files leaked from the database of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Gardening guru Jane Edmanson will share her vast expertise with the public at Amarco Apartments’ open day on Saturday 16 April.
Located in Kingsville in Melbourne’s west, Amarco Apartments are part of Uniting AgeWell’s Kingsville Community, which also encompasses a residential care facility, day respite centre and packaged care program.
The Brussels bombings on 22 March generated widespread media coverage. In the aftermath of the attack, many people took to social media to express their solidarity with the people of Belgium.
Less than a week later, a suicide bombing in Lahore that targeted children and women celebrating Easter killed ...
The Royal Commission into Family Violence released its full report on Wednesday, calling for an overhaul of Victoria’s family violence system. The commission made a total of 227 recommendations, spanning more than 1,900 pages.
The report was welcomed by family violence support groups and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews promised to implement all 227 recommendations.
Easter is the holiest day in the Christian calendar. It is a time of hope, renewal and rebirth. Through Jesus’ resurrection, we are reminded that death is not the end.
We look at how Uniting Church congregations throughout Victoria and Tasmania worshipped the holy days of Easter.
Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, when Christ entered triumphantly into Jerusalem. Mountview ...
Last Sunday Christians across the world celebrated the resurrection of Christ, one of the most important events in the Christian calendar. Traditionally it is a day of gathering and joyful worship. But in a park in Pakistan where Christian families celebrated Easter, a bomb killed at least 70 people, mostly women and children. Hundreds more were injured.
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Presenting an Easter video message with the theme of “Renewed Hope”, UCA President Mr Stuart McMillan and Adnyamathanha woman Rev. Denise Champion encourage a conversation about Indgenous sovereignty in Australia.
From the video, available to view here:
Mr Stuart McMillan: “I’m on the road with Uniting Church minister the Rev. Denise Champion, an Adnyamathanha woman, the first Aboriginal woman ordained ...
Uniting AgeWell has relaunched its popular study resource aimed at stimulating the conversation around ageing in the Uniting Church.
In 2007 there were 2.4 million Australians aged 65 years and over. That number is expected to rise to four million by 2022.
A New Conversation About Ageing reflects on the challenges of an ageing population. It discusses ...
