Dr Sureka Goringe (pictured) has been appointed the new associate director of Church Connections.
National director of UnitingWorld, Rob Floyd, said he was delighted to welcome Dr Goringe to UnitingWorld as she has significant experience in both the business and charitable sectors and within the Uniting Church in Australia.
“Sureka has served on the national committee of the relief ...
The Taizé Community will celebrate 100 years since the birth of its founder, Brother Roger Schütz, with an all-day event at Wesley Uniting Church, in Melbourne, on 7 February. The visit is part of a worldwide pilgrimage by community members.
The community is an ecumenical monastic order located in Taizé, France.
About one hundred brothers from Protestant and Catholic traditions, ...
The Thai fishing industry is starting to change its work practises as a result of international lobbying opposing the use of human trafficking and forced labour.
Thai multinational food giant, CPF, announced in January that it traced and audited the 380 fishing boats that supply the fish they use in products.
The first thing to greet visitors at Orrong Road Uniting Church is a plaque commemorating the laying of the foundation stone in 1887. A small walkway separates the main church building from the hall and the ‘Ladies Guild Hall’. Walking through the doors of the old church into the vestibule is, quite literally, like stepping back in time.
The Vic/TAS Synod has launched an emergency appeal to assist people affected by severe flooding in Sri Lanka over the Christmas period.
Flash floods and mudslides have killed at least 39 people and forced more than one million to flee their homes after incessant rains inundated the country.
Reports also indicate thousands of hectares of rice crops have been destroyed ...
On 19 January Australians woke to the news that up to 700 detainees on Manus Island had joined a hunger strike over the Federal Government’s decision to release 50 asylum seekers into the PNG community.
The Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) put out a detailed media release about the situation, alleging that drinking water was being withheld by Transfield, the organisation ...
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has commenced the year with much energy.
The first public hearing into a Uniting Church institution was announced late last month. Sydney’s Knox Grammar School will be the focus of Case Study 23 commencing on 23 February.
The Royal Commission’s website states the hearing will enquire into the response of ...
The new Victorian Government has been willing to act on a number of social justice areas Uniting Church members have been actively involved with. Justice and International Mission unit director DR MARK ZIRNSAK provides an overview of various social justice related policy commitments from the new government.
TAFE Funding
In the 2012 Victorian budget, the previous Federal Government cut $290 ...
Uniting Church in Australia Assembly news release
The Uniting Church community in South Australia has banded together to support those experiencing hardship and loss from the bushfires across the Adelaide Hills. With 32 homes destroyed, the physical impact is clear. The emotional hardship is not so visible, and the recovery process for those who have lost their homes ...
The week-long Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress’ 2015 National Conference began at Poatina, in Northern Tasmania, on 12 January.
More than 150 delegates from throughout the nation have taken over the former Hydro town located 60 km from Launceston. Delegates have travelled from as far as the tip of Cape York and Arnhem Land to attend the event.
As a nation, we are becoming increasingly myopic. Our focus on self-interest no matter the cost hit a new time low this week when the Federal Treasurer announced new cost saving measures.
Once again, our global responsibilities took a pounding. Early in December the Senate passed amendments to the Migration and Maritime Powers Act allowing the Immigration Minister, ...
An exercise in persuasive writing led to a group of students from Launceston’s Scotch Oakburn College Junior School meeting one of the most powerful men in the world, the President of China.
In fact, President Xi Jinping credited the students’ letters with convincing him to visit Tasmania last month, following the G20 Summit in Brisbane.
