Many Uniting Church members have joined the campaign – run through the justice and international mission (JIM) unit –asking the Australian Government to contribute to the fight against illegal logging.
At the start of March, the Federal Government announced $1.8 million in funding for four projects to combat illegal logging in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (PNG).
UNITINGCARE Pancake Day welcomes Poh Ling Yeow (Poh’s Kitchen) as one of the new ambassadors for 2014. Now in its 12th year, Pancake Day has raised more than $1.6 million dollars for vital UnitingCare services.
Throughout the 12 years more than 35,000 volunteers have cooked and flipped millions of pancakes for the annual event. In 2014 all funds raised ...
In 2013, Uniting Church members sent postcards and wrote letters to the Labor Government Attorney Generals, Nicola Roxon and Mark Dreyfus. They were urging an end to the legal ability of Australian companies to pay small bribes to foreign officials to ...
For almost half a century, Uniting AgeWell resident Reg Evison has dreamed of taking to the sky in a helicopter.
And last month that dream became a reality for the 70-year-old from Latrobe on Tasmania’s North-West Coast.
For many years, the annual Lenten Appeal of the Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania has offered an opportunity to support a range of community outreach programs.
Each year the Appeal gives church communities a tangible way to live out the compassion of Jesus and his mission to reveal God’s love for the world – especially amongst those ...
In December last year, a luncheon was held at the Elsternwick RSL to farewell Rev Dr Ian Breward (pictured) who retired after13 years as the archivist of the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.
As the saying goes, the only certainties in life are death and taxes. While many people will freely discuss the issue of tax (usually bemoaning how much they pay), death remains a topic even more taboo than politics or religion.
The National Energy Efficiency Network (NEEN) is a government funded program working to empower faith-based and not-for-profit community organisations to become more energy efficient.
Through a new partnership between Catholic Earthcare Australia and the Vic/Tas synod, the NEEN regional leader Michael Hwang (pictured) is working from 130 Little Collins Street while overseeing work for the nation-wide energy reduction project.
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The moderator nominating committee recently met to begin facilitating the selection of the next moderator of the Victoria and Tasmania Synod.
Committee members, Rev Trevor Bassett, Kirsty Bennett, John Diprose, Anna Harrison, Rev Alistair Macrae and Rev Lavingi Tupou will meet monthly in ...
Almost 20 young Bridgewater and Gagebrook parents were recognised last month with certificates following the completion of accredited training courses in business and community service.
Nine completed the community service training and 14 the business course. Four parents undertook both courses.
The parents participated in the Level One courses as part of their involvement in UnitingCare Tasmania’s Pregnant and Young ...
Churches can get stuck in doing things ‘the old way’ simply because that’s how it’s always been done. It’s not unheard of for innovative ideas or experimental forms of church to get blocked by tedious approval processes or institutional resistance to change.
There are likely to always be aspects of church that focus on traditions and familiar ritual – but ...
A leading constitutional expert has called for a national convention to be used as a key driver of community engagement on the question of constitutional recognition for Aboriginal people.
University of New South Wales law professor George Williams spoke following a community forum in Launceston on the topic late last month. He said one of the big lessons from the ...
