By Andrew Humphries
A chance conversation brought Edna McCormack to Hadspen Uniting Church and, 42 years later, she is still an important member of the small but vibrant congregation.
Edna and her husband Eric would travel to Launceston to worship as part of a Christian Brethren congregation when they first arrived in Hadspen, before that brief chat with a retired ...
By Bethany Broadstock
When the National Assembly meets next month, members will be asked to consider the most significant piece of work carried out on the life and future of the Uniting Church since union in 1977.
On May 10, the National Assembly released ‘Act2: The Gift of the Spirit’, the Act2 report to go before the 17th Assembly, Assembly ...
I am writing this article (in early May) the day before travelling to Bendigo for a regional meeting of the Walking Together in Covenant Committee.
We’re travelling there as part of a program of visits around Victoria and Tasmania to encourage local membership of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (all First Nations members of the Uniting Church are ...
‘This is the story of my faith journey into dialogue and close friendship with people of other faiths and with atheists. My journey was full of serendipity and of the unexpected that happened to me.’
By Dr Paul Tonson
The Bible has played a major part in my journey into dialogue. From infancy, I heard the Bible read by ...
By Aileen Muldoon
About 60 people attended a service at Northcote Uniting Church recently for the commissioning of congregation member Jessica Hateley-Browne as the new Director of Mission at Uniting VicTas.
Those attending the service included the Moderator Rev David Fotheringham, Northcote minister Rev Alister Pate, Uniting VicTas CEO Bronwyn Pike, members of the congregation, colleagues, friends and family.
By Rev Sandy Brodine
The Younger Generations team had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Dave Gregory to Melbourne as part of his Science and Faith Converse tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Dave, formerly an astrophysicist and President of the Baptist Union in the UK, is passionate about science and faith and particularly about how we can use these discussions ...
By Damien Tann
Fire and Pomonal are not uncommon associates.
In 1939 on Black Friday, the orchards and tobacco plantations were burnt out; in 2006 the town survived as an island of green amid the blackened devastation of the Mt Lubra fire.
Then in February this year, 46 houses (plus sheds, fences, and equipment) were destroyed.
By Laurie Gregg
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” declared Rev Deacon Judy McLeod at a combined churches service to celebrate 150 years of Poowong settlement last month.
“Here in the dense rainforest of Poowong, the first public building established in 1878 was the Poowong Methodist Church,” Judy said.
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By Norm Wearne
The following are some memories of the 70 years that have passed since my accreditation as a lay preacher at the age of 20.
I need to be careful, because I resonate with Mark Twain’s confession that “the older I get, the more I remember things that aint so”.
By Rev Alex Sangster
“Waaaa waaa waaa waaaaaaaaaaaaa.”
Crow comes with me to the funeral of my friend Margaret. Literally, he is there. He is always there. Crow hops on one claw.
Going to visit people who are dying is kind of part of the drill, like core business.
“Hatches, matches, dispatches – that’s what we do,” I was ...
By Cathy Withiel
A concert of sacred vocal music by Bach, Bruckner, Fauré, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Rossini, Schubert and others this Sunday (April 21) will support Uniting AgeWell’s Music For David program.
‘I Heard a Voice from Heaven’ celebrates the exquisite beauty of some of the finest vocal music ever composed, featuring Catherine Koerner (soprano), Dannielle O’Keefe (mezzo-soprano), Jack Jordan (tenor) and ...
Can you describe what your new role within eLM will entail?
David Kim, Multicultural Ministries Co-ordinator
The main role of Multicultural Ministries Co-ordinator entails the strengthening of culturally and linguistically diverse communities to actively engage in the wider Church by enhancing multi and intercultural ministries within the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.