“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” (Mark 9:37)
A lawyer for a five year old Iranian girl suffering post-traumatic stress disorder is seeking to halt her deportation to Nauru.
The latest research from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) highlights successive government policy as having failed to address poverty and the growing disadvantage in many Australian communities.
The research report’s key recommendations call for greater consultation, community-based care and early intervention programs with a view to long-term and lasting reform.
The Justice Conference is one of the largest international gatherings on social and biblical justice.
Originating in the United States in 2010, the Conference journeyed to Australia for the first time last weekend.
Approximately 500 people attended the sold-out conference, held at Arrow on Swanston in Melbourne.
People from various churches throughout Australia joined in the two-day gathering.
Approximately 100 Year 9 students from Billanook College visited the synod office in Melbourne this week as part of their annual City9 program. The immersive trip introduced students to city life and fostered greater engagement between the synod and Uniting Church schools.
The synod ground floor provided a base for the students as they ventured out into the city. ...
The Uniting Church National Assembly is calling for contributions for the upcoming Assembly meeting’s worship book.
The committee overseeing production of the publication is asking potential contributors to provide prayers, poems, song lyrics and artwork for inclusion in the worship book.
The Uniting Church president-elect, Stuart McMillan’s theme for the upcoming meeting is ‘Hearts on Fire’. Discussing the significance of ...
A Deutsche Bank study released this week has found that Australia is the world’s most expensive country.
The annual Matching Prices survey compares the cost of various goods and services such as iPhones, movie tickets and public transport across different countries.
Deutsche Bank says that this is the fourth consecutive year that Australia has been ...
UnitingCare Tasmania and the Bendigo Bank have launched a partnership aimed at making this winter a little warmer for struggling Tasmanians.
From 16 April, all Tasmanians are encouraged to donate unused blankets, coats, hats, scarves and gloves at any Bendigo Bank branch in southern Tasmania.
UnitingCare will collect the donated items and distribute them to those in need this winter.
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A report leaked to the ABC’s 7.30 Report has cast a damning light on the nation’s mental health services apparent lack of coordination, accountability and efficacy.
The as-yet unreleased report, commissioned by the Federal Government, makes wide-ranging recommendations such as redirecting funding from hospital care to community-based services.
A key recommendation seeks to address the systemic problems facing ...
Rev Dr Apwee Ting from Dandenong Uniting Church has been appointed as the new National Director of Multicultural and Cross Cultural Ministry.
Rev Dr Ting is the first person from an Indonesian background to be appointed to a senior national role in an Australian mainstream Christian Church.
As the Minister at Dandenong Uniting Church in Victoria, Rev Dr ...
Easter is the pinnacle of the Uniting Church calendar. Christ’s resurrection offers the promise of hope and rebirth. It is a reminder that life will triumph over death, that love and kindness will overpower hate and darkness. Congregations throughout the synod celebrated Holy Week in a number of ways, including feet washing ceremonies, reflective walks and Easter Day dawn services. ...
Can God fix climate change? It’s the question on the lips of many within the Pacific Church, this month more than ever in the wake of one of the region’s most deadly cyclones.
Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale did not hesitate to link Cyclone Pam to the accelerating effects of climate change, describing it as a ‘monster’ ...
The temptation for someone who was in Vanuatu at the time of the recent cyclone – the most intense cyclone ever to have passed through the island group, wreaking the most devastating havoc ever witnessed – is to describe what that experience was like.
In this reflection I have chosen another approach for three ...
