Wesley Mission Victoria is breaking down generational barriers through an innovative home sharing program.
Eighty-year-old Lorraine La’Brooy joined Wesley Mission Victoria’s Homeshare program earlier this year. She wanted to continue living in her home in Edithvale, but also needed someone to assist her occasionally around the house.
Nothing could have prepared me for the shocking reality facing refugees living in Akula camp, on the border of Ethiopia and South Sudan. Walking into Akula I was immediately aware that the refugees living there had next to nothing. It was extremely hot, dry and dusty and their homes were made from torn UNHCR tents and anything ...
Throughout the past month, the weather in Melbourne has lived up to the cliché ‘four seasons in one day’. While Melburnians have been inconvenienced by the threat of sunstroke and torrential downpours in the space of a few hours, for those living in the country the weather is no laughing matter.
For almost 150 years the Penguin Uniting Church has worshipped on the same spot opposite the Bass Strait foreshore of the small north-west Tasmanian town.
In that time the church has become an integral community landmark and a beacon for many events and gatherings, both large and small.
Last month marked the launch of the 24th annual UnitingCare and Target Christmas Appeal, which has distributed more than 2 million gifts to local people who are doing it tough.
In past years the appeal focused on collection of gifts for distribution throughout the community. This will continue this year, and agencies will ensure that all donated gifts will ...
On the morning of December 14, 2012, Kaitlin Roig-Debellis posted a photo of the sunrise on her Facebook page before heading off to work. Such was her enthusiasm for life that the 26-year-old wanted to share the beauty she encountered with others.
Little did the first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School know that within a ...
At the start of November the Presbytery of Tasmania joined a coalition of 15 community organisations to pressure the Hodgman Government to reduce the $200 million lost in Tasmania each year on pokies, before phasing out pokies out of pubs and clubs.
The organisations, including Anglicare, St Vincent de Paul and the Tasmanian Council of Social Service, also want the ...
By Penny Mulvey
As the Uniting Church continues to address the issues revealed through the investigation of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse, different synods have developed strategies aimed at assisting congregations ensure a safe place for all.
One such resource, Growing in understanding, The church as a safe place, was recently launched at the Queensland ...
Heritage Victoria recently announced permit approval for the proposed redevelopment at the Wesley Upper Lonsdale Street site located in Melbourne’s CBD. The permit is part of an application process for creating a revitalised precinct with contemplative spaces, dining areas and a new commercial building featuring 5 Star Green Star environmental ratings. The three parties involved, Wesley Mission Victoria, Wesley Congregation ...
An exhibition displaying a Bible that saved the life of a young soldier in Gallipoli will visit Launceston during November and December.
Their Sacrifice is a year-long national exhibition hosted by Bible Society Australia. It commemorates the Anzac centenary by showcasing stories of 10 soldiers and the Bibles they took with them to war.
The Uniting Church has joined the calls for peace and solidarity in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut.
Many Uniting Church and other community groups (pictured below) from around the globe are holding vigils of remembrance in response to the horrific attacks.
Iconic international buildings and monuments have also displayed the colours of the French flag in ...
China is frankly fascinating.
In my professional capacity as a journalist I’ve long followed stories of China closely. I’ve examined Chinese astrology and medicine. I’ve investigated acupuncture, Chinese art and politics. I’ve pored over Chinese demographics. And I’ve long had a particular interest in Chinese Christians in a rapidly changing modern society.
