Six years as a boarder at St Mary’s College in Hobart taught Christine Milne of the need for people with skills to give back to their community.
It was that lesson from the nuns which took the former North-West school teacher first to the national stage as the spokesperson for a community action group which stopped ...
By Larry Marshall
Uniting Through Faiths (a Commission for Mission project) organised the second annual Sri Lankan Harmony Day on 28 March at Wesley College in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
More than 350 Sri Lankans from all ethnicities and religions came together in hope and celebration. They were joined by many friends of this large ...
Aitken College families and friends recently gathered for their monthly Sunday worship at school. The service included a pet blessing service and was followed by a picnic lunch.
Aitken College chaplain Rev Jeanne Beale said the services at the college have been running since 2013 and have steadily grown as a fresh expression of church.
Earlier this year I went to India for 10 days as part of my work with the Justice and International Mission unit. The purpose was to meet with NGOs working on the ground and build relationships for possible future collaboration.
I was last in India 11 years ago. On that first trip the ...
Just over a year ago a small group of singers in Hobart began working with respected Christian singer/songwriter John Coleman to write songs to enhance the worship experience at Scots Memorial Uniting Church in the city.
Once a month their songs are performed as part of Sunday morning worship with the lyrics inspired by the chosen lectionary passages.
Many Australians have been horrified by the stories coming out from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse.
The current public hearing into child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Ballarat has revealed widespread and appalling abuse of minors.
The Commission heard evidence that all male teachers and chaplains at St Alipius Primary School molested children ...
This year marks 30 years since the Uniting Church declared itself a multicultural church. The synod will celebrate this anniversary on Saturday 23rd May with a multicultural afternoon tea at 2:30pm at Glen Waverley Uniting Church. This will be followed by a service of celebration at 4pm.
Rev Devanandan Anandarajan, from the Uniting Church’s Intercultural unit, believes ...
Nearly a month after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, millions are still in need of humanitarian assistance. An estimated eight million people – nearly 30 per cent of the population – have been affected.
A second 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred last week, triggering new landslides and reducing centuries-old buildings into rubble.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has withdrawn a multi-million dollar court case against Crown Casino over embezzled funds.
The bank pursued legal action over three million dollars stolen by former bank employee Kate Jamieson. It claimed that Ms Jamieson used 95 per cent of the stolen funds to gamble at Crown’s poker machines.
Pressure is mounting on South East Asian authorities to address the growing humanitarian crisis of refugees and asylum seekers stranded in the Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca.
The United Nations believes thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees remain adrift at sea in dangerously overcrowded vessels with little to no food supplies.
In National Volunteer Week, the Uniting Church celebrates the contributions of all our volunteers who give up their time in service of their community. Volunteers are the lifeblood of the church. Every week, congregation members engage in a diverse range of volunteering activities, from working bees to children’s groups to op-shops.
After the shock of budget cuts to the most vulnerable in last year’s Federal Budget, it would appear commentators have reacted favourably to the Abbott Government’s second attempt to balance the nation’s books.
While yet again it is those on the margins of society who will be hit hardest by belt-tightening measures, the blow has been softened somewhat ...
