A new shop, opening in Melbourne next Monday, will enable the city’s homeless people to access free, high-quality clothing.
HoMie is a pop-up clothes store that will occupy Melbourne Central for the next three months.
Each time a transaction is made, HoMie will donate an item of clothing of the same value to a person experiencing ...
The synod’s Rev Dr Morag Logan has been elected as a Vice-Moderator for the World Council of Churches’ Faith and Order Commission.
Dr Logan is one of five Vice-Moderators elected by the 49-member commission. The Vice-Moderators will assist the commission’s moderator, Rev Dr Susan Durber from the United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom, until the next World Council ...
Uniting Church in Australia President Rev Prof Andrew Dutney has welcomed Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on the environment.
Last week, Pope Francis issued the Laudato Si, where he warned that humanity is failing in its God-given role to be responsible stewards of the Earth. He challenged global leaders to work together to tackle what he calls an ...
It has been a weekend of celebration for the Uniting Church in Australia.
Hundreds gathered at Adelaide West Uniting Church on Saturday to celebrate the ordination of Rev Denise Champion, the first Indigenous woman of any Christian denomination ordained in South Australia. Prominent Indigenous elder Lowitja O’Donoghue was also in attendance.
This month, members of the Uniting Church will meet in Perth for the 14th national triennial Assembly meeting. More than 60 reports and proposals will be considered by Assembly throughout the six days. Rohan Salmond, editor with the Queensland synod, has put together eight highlights of the meeting.
UnitingCare Tasmania and the Bendigo Bank have praised the generosity of hundreds of Tasmanians who donated winter goods to help those doing it tough stay a little warmer this winter.
UnitingCare Tasmania Chief Executive Lindy O’Neill said she was amazed at the number of jackets, coats, hats, scarves and blankets dropped in to Bendigo Bank branches in ...
The Victorian InterChurch Gambling Taskforce has launched a postcard campaign calling on the Victorian government to tackle pokies reform.
The taskforce is asking Church members to take part in the campaign to combat the harmful effects of gambling.
“We are disappointed the new minister in charge of regulating gambling, Jane Garrett, has shown very little interest in ...
Stringed instruments, food and guided tours were all part of the festivities at the Grovedale Uniting Church recently, with the official opening of UnitingCare Geelong’s new operations centre on the grounds of the Grovedale church.
UnitingCare Geelong was required to relocate from South Geelong following the sale of South Geelong Uniting Church buildings under the Uniting our ...
The synod of Victoria and Tasmania’s Uniting Church Adult Fellowship (UCAF) committee was recently commissioned in Perth to serve as the national UCAF committee for the next three years.
Each triennium a synod committee is nominated to take up the mantle at the national level. Margaret Pedler, committee chairwoman, said the group is hoping to broaden engagement with the UCAF ...
When the Moorabbin-Highett churches closed at the end of 2013 and the properties were sold as part of Uniting our future, many of the congregation chose to join neighbouring Hampton. Coincidentally, Rev Tim Angus had been recently inducted, so a conscious effort was made by him and the church council for the newly ...
St Martin’s Beaumaris’ monthly discussion group recently looked into the life of Maria Von Trapp.
Born Maria Kutschera, Von Trapp is known as the basis for the character Maria made famous by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music.
The discussion group used the exciting and varied life of Von Trapp as a starting point for discussions around the topic ...
UnitingCare’s Biala has welcomed a $22,000 funding grant from a philanthropic trust to enable them to continue to provide vital respite services to children.
A not-for-profit centre, Biala doesn’t receive any government funding so relies on trusts and donations.
Established in 1981, Biala provides respite to local families with children who have additional needs. It operates from Ringwood Uniting Church ...
