This advent I have been surrounded by angels.
The Geelong City Ministers, an ecumenical grouping of Geelong churches, has been supporting an advent/nativity project for the last three years. It all started quite simply with a trail of knitted sheep around the shops in Pakington St in Newtown, engaging shop keepers, fibre artists (that’s knitters ...
Some of the people who belong to our church live at a special accommodation place down Sydney road. There’s a bit of traffic between the church and the lodge as it’s too far to walk, especially if you have cerebral palsy and the tram is not accessible.
Year 6 students at Aitken College are working to solve the world’s toughest problems through an international political simulation game.
EarthCraft was created by Aitken College’s head of humanities, Ben Lawless. It is loosely based on the World Peace Game developed by internationally-renowned education expert, John Hunter.
EarthCraft gives students an opportunity to control the world and deal with ...
The historic Paris Climate agreement has paved the way for an ambitious global cooperative action to reduce the effects of climate change in the coming decades.
The historic agreement, signed by 196 countries, details a range of steps towards ensuring global warming is halted, at a minimum, to below 2 degrees Celsius.
A small group of newly arrived Afghan mothers and their children are learning vital water safety skills in Shepparton in the lead up to summer.
In a program co-funded by Kildonan UnitingCare and the Goulburn Valley Community Fund, the swimming lessons at Aquamoves aim to ensure both mums and children better understand pool etiquette and water safety.
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Children and teachers at Uniting Church schools are getting behind Connections UnitingCare’s Christmas Food and Gift Appeal.
Now in its 15th year, the appeal relies on the generosity of the community to donate non-perishable food and gifts, which are then provided to families facing an uncertain Christmas. Last year, the appeal provided more than 4,500 gifts and 500 ...
On Tuesday night, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull launched the Target UnitingCare Christmas Appeal at Kirribilli House.
“One of the joys of Christmas is sharing with others,” Mr Turnbull said.
“I encourage all Australians to take a minute to give to this appeal and share with those who need it most.”
National Director of UnitingCare Australia, Lin Hatfield ...
UnitingCare ReGen CEO Laurence Alvis has welcomed the federal government’s response to the National Ice Taskforce report.
The taskforce was established in April this year by then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott to advise the federal government on a National Ice Strategy.
According to the report, there are currently more than 200,000 ice users in Australia.
Kildonan UnitingCare volunteer Luis Rodriguez has been recognised for his dedication to newly arrived families in Shepparton with a Victorian Multicultural Award for Excellence.
Luis received the award for Meritorious Service to the Community at a ceremony on Thursday evening. It acknowledges his “outstanding achievements in promoting cultural diversity and inclusion”.
He has spent many years coaching and mentoring newly-arrived ...
In results that might come as a surprise to some, Australians are more religious than many would think.
A recent survey conducted by global research company Ipsos – Perils of Perception 2015 – found that those surveyed greatly underestimated the number of people in Australia who consider themselves religious.
Ourstralia, an initiative of Balmain for Refugees, has created a series of videos to spark conversation and awareness about Australia’s current treatment of asylum seekers.
The online videos are the beginning of a campaign seeking to highlight the excuses made to avoid taking responsibility around the issues of refugees and asylum seekers.
More than 600,000 people from 175 countries – including 130,000 people in Australia – took to the streets over the weekend as part of the People’s Climate March.
The protestors called for stronger climate change action ahead of the upcoming UN climate change summit in Paris.
Melbourne led the way with the biggest turnout globally. An estimated 60,000 people ...
