Hundreds of people recently attended the Port Phillip East Presbytery expo held at Cornish College.
Billed as an opportunity to share stories and highlight the various program across the life of the presbytery, organiser Rev Jay Robinson said it was also a chance to “look beyond your own backyard”.
“It originally began as a conversation about how we could share ...
A panel of four experts, appointed by the Commission for Mission (CFM), has been exploring governance and operational matters regarding Church/Schools relationships over the past 10 months.
Panel members – retired Supreme Court judge, David Byrne QC; retired Uniting Church school principal, Annette Bennet; deputy director Creative Ministries Network, Rev John Bottomley; and organisation development consultant Jonathan Klugman – conducted ...
Christmas is a time steeped in tradition, smothered by commercial interests, preserved by sentimentality and – somewhere among the noise – inspired by one of the central stories of the Christian faith.
Countless people strive to tell this story to the world and express its messages through art.
Some write songs and poems, others paint nativity scenes or depict the ...
A defamation charge brought against British activist Andy Hall, by Thai processing factory Natural Fruit, has been dismissed by the Prakanong Court in Bangkok. The court dismissed the charge due to the Thai police’s use of an unlawful interrogation process.
Natural Fruit launched multiple criminal and civil prosecutions against Mr Hall in 2013. The charges relate to his contribution to ...
A small but lively group met in Hobart for the first of a series of Major Strategic Review (MSR) workshops on the vision for the Church. The workshop ran for two hours on Saturday 22 November at the Hobart North Uniting Church. During lunch and the open discussion that followed, people were eager to continue the discussion and share their ...
Ministers and congregation members are invited to use a new online subscription service. The website Songs That Unite (STU) streams religiously inspired music, facilitating local access to a library of tracks from all over the globe.
Today most families are familiar with ‘streaming’ music, movies and television shows. Companies such as Netflix, Youtube and iTunes bring digital media from the ...
The Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced that Australia will assist global efforts to combat cross-border tax avoidance and evasion by requiring Australian financial institutions to report on foreigners holding assets in Australia.
The information will be provided to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) who will then share it with other tax authorities around the world.
Wesley Mission Victoria is calling on the public to support Victorian families in crisis through its annual Food For Families appeal.
Rob Evers, CEO of Wesley Mission Victoria, said the Food For Families appeal helps families struggling with the cost of living, particularly those getting to the point where they have to choose between paying rent or buying groceries.
The Synod Standing Committee has resolved to investigate its options to divest the 130 Little Collins Street site.
It has developed a strategy – a transparent and open market Request for Proposal (RFP) – aimed at seeking market feedback on the best way to dispose of the site. An RFP provides the details necessary for prospective developers to prepare a ...
A provocative art installation – a large cage, filled with hundreds of dolls, symbolising children in Australian detention centres – was launched at St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne today.
Speaking at the launch, former Uniting Church president and current minister at Wesley Church, Rev Alistair Macrae said the ongoing detention of children was a moral stain on Australia.
The Uniting Church has joined the National Council of Churches and Amnesty International in calling on Australians to support a letter writing campaign advocating for communities displaced by the conflict in northern Iraq.
The armed offensive by the self-titled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has resulted in a brutal purge of Yazidis and Christians, along with Sufi, ...
Veteran researcher, ordained Uniting Church minister and prolific author, Rev Dr Philip Hughes, is not deterred by the figures emanating out of the latest publication from the Christian Research Association, Life, Ethics and Faith in Australian Society.
The figures confirm what many Christians intuitively surmise –traditional churches are ageing, the biggest growth in Church is from first and second ...