Colleen Geyer has been appointed the new Assembly Gen Sec at the National Assembly meeting in Perth.
Ms Geyer will take over the position from Terence Corkin, who leaves at the end of this year after 15 years in the role.
The General Secretary acts as Chief Executive Officer of the Uniting Church at Assembly level. The role of ...
The Uniting Church in Australia has encouraged Church members to advocate strongly for increases in government overseas aid funding.
The Assembly meeting also agreed to encourage Church members to increase their own support for development aid through personal and church giving, and through advocacy and encouragement of their friends and community.
The installation of Stuart McMillan as 14th President of the Uniting Church provided a joyous highlight for the opening weekend of the church’s 14th Triennial Assembly in Perth. The Assembly, with its theme of “Hearts on Fire” runs every day this week and concludes on Saturday 18th July.
Stuart McMillan who has worked with Aboriginal people in ...
West Australian Police Minister, Liza Harvey, has sparked controversy for blaming homelessness in Perth on charities not doing their jobs properly.
Ms Harvey told reporters she believed there was sufficient funding and services available to tackle homelessness.
“The accommodation is there, the support services are there, the not-for-profit groups are there, the money’s flowing into the system,” ...
A network of Muslim organisations in the United States have raised more than $28,000 to rebuild African-American churches burnt down in the aftermath of the Charleston shootings.
Eight churches suffered fire damage in the span of 10 days and police confirmed at least three of them were lit by arsonists. The FBI is currently investigating the fires ...
More than 50 people braved the cold last Sunday to pray for asylum seekers at a vigil held outside St Mark’s Uniting Church, Mornington.
The 90-minute vigil was organised by three Uniting Church ministers: Rev Cameron McAdam from Mount Eliza Uniting Church, Rev John Haig from St Mark’s Uniting Church and Rev Paul Chalson from Mount Martha Uniting Church.
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NAIDOC Week, celebrated on the first full week of July every year, is an opportunity to recognise the contributions Indigenous Australians make to this country.
This year’s theme is ‘We All Stand on Sacred Ground’ and acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ deep spiritual connection with land and sea. The theme was chosen to celebrate the ...
The collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh on 24 April, 2013, focused the eyes of the world on conditions endured by workers in developing countries. The scenes of devastation revealed the true cost of the retail bargains to the world.
While many people might have been vaguely aware that goods were manufactured overseas in less ...
The first thought that springs to mind when thinking of fresh laundry and men aged in their early 20s is (perhaps unfairly) the frequent trips back home made by such boys with a week or two’s worth of dirty clothes in tow.
So it is something of a surprise to hear of the latest initiative to help ...
Clean energy has come under the media spotlight in recent weeks with Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment. The Pope’s urgent call to action was a timely reminder that Christians have a moral obligation to nurture God’s creation for future generations.
When the synod pledged to reduce its energy use by 20 per cent by 2020, many congregations set ...
An increasing number of congregations are using social media to communicate with their communities. Social media can be a powerful tool for Uniting Church members to stay in touch with each other beyond the doors of their church. The instantaneous nature of social media also allows congregations to be informed and up to date on news happening ...
UnitingCare ReGen has welcomed the Victorian Government’s $25 million expansion of drug rehabilitation services across the state.
Martin Foley, the Victorian Minister for Mental Health, announced last Friday that the new services will treat an additional 500 Victorians with ice addiction every year.
One of the new programs will be run at Connections UnitingCare’s Narre Warren site. This will enable ...
