By Penny Mulvey
The Synod Standing Committee (SSC) has decided to change the legislative structure of the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.
In a letter to all congregation councils, presbyteries, the Assembly, other synods and reporting bodies and institutions, general secretary Rev Dr Mark Lawrence outlined the ‘significant decision’ taken by the SSC.
Uniting AgeWell is calling for community members in Victoria and Tasmania to get involved in senior service planning to help improve the quality of care and effectiveness of its own services and the aged care system as a whole.
Unlike public health services – which are obligated to have a formal, consumer advisory committee to provide ...
In the aftermath of South Geelong Uniting Church closing in 2014, congregation members sought to create an ongoing legacy for the church community.
A South Geelong memorial scholarship was soon identified as an apt gesture from the church community in the local area.
Being sold under the Uniting our future program, South Geelong was allocated income replacement funds, some of ...
Sri Lanka is an enigma. It offers us a wonderful success story of multi-faith harmony at work – Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and Christians – a deeply spiritual people living together, praying together and even sharing sacred spaces and pilgrimage rituals. Temples, mosques and churches can often be seen side-by-side in Colombo.
More than 1000 retired Uniting Church ministers have had their retirement incomes slashed by federal government superannuation changes that came into force on 1 January.
Changes to the tax treatment of defined benefit super schemes mean more than 80 per cent of retired members in the UCA Beneficiary Fund are losing thousands of dollars a year, principally because it will ...
People seeking asylum often face long periods of stress and uncertainty as they wait for their claims to be processed. A group of asylum seekers at Darwin’s Wickham Point detention centre are knitting clothes for Australian charities as a way to improve their mental wellbeing.
Gan Mei Wah is an asylum seeker living at the detention centre and is the ...
Tasmanians suffering from breathing difficulties – including asthma – have been warned to take extra care as more than 80 bushfires are blanketing large parts of the state in smoke.
While no communities are currently under threat from the fires, residents – particularly the elderly and young – are encouraged to be particularly vigilant and remain indoors with their ...
Technology is opening up new ways to engage with scripture. An increasing number of people are accessing the Bible through their smartphones, so they can read it anywhere, at any time.
This year, the World Council of Churches will bring worship materials from the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity to people’s smartphones and tablets for the first time.
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Ninety-nine-year-old Trudi Kaplan’s wish to visit the imaginary world of Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam was recently granted thanks to Uniting AgeWell’s Wishing Well program.
Trudi, originally from the United States, has no relatives in Australia. She currently resides in the Uniting AgeWell Queenborough Rise community in Hobart and loves to express her creativity through art.
If reports are correct, today Pope Francis is expected to meet Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and Jared Cohen, current head of Google Ideas. For the global leader of a church to make time for such a meeting is a reminder yet again that technology has become a significant factor in theological messaging.
In 1926, the population of Australia was just over six million people, King George V (the current Queen’s grandfather) was the head of state and Melbourne would go on to defeat Collingwood in the VFL Grand Final. At the beginning of that year, on Sunday 17 January, Arthur Tonkin celebrated his fifth birthday and attended his first church service ...
Victoria is set for a scorcher today with temperatures expected to hit 41 degrees. The hot weather particularly impacts older people, who are at risk of heat-related illnesses.
Allison Patchett, general manager of Quality and Risk at Uniting AgeWell, explained how the agency looks after its residents during extreme heat events.
