By Talitha Fraser
At East Gippsland’s Johnsonville Uniting Church, a small congregation is showing a big commitment towards lifesaving health and wellbeing outcomes that start locally and extend across Oceania.
Working with Birthing Kit Foundation of Australia, Johnsonville members are saving the lives of mothers and babies in the Pacific Islands by providing a simple $5 birthing kit.
By Marina Williams
Moments after walking into worship at Pilgrim Uniting Church Yarraville, Lauris Knight felt comfortable.
By her third visit Lauris was certain and overcome with relief that she had found her new spiritual home.
“It was a powerful feeling, and one my friends felt, too,” she says, reflecting on the day nearly two years ago that marked the ...
By Andrew Humphries
Rev (Deacon) Dr Andy Calder likes to joke that it’s not retirement he headed into last month.
The word he prefers to use is ‘rewirement’, an opportunity to step back and see where new directions might take him.
Whatever the future holds, the quietly spoken former equipping Leadership for Mission staff member will leave huge shoes to ...
By Marina Williams
Celebrating 80 years of ministry, Rev Bill Morgan says he is living an extraordinary life, and one devoted to God, family and community.
An unwavering faith has provided the spiritual anchor and strength to guide him through more than a century of life, witnessing immense changes in the world – two world wars, global pandemics, economic depression, ...
By Rebecca Beisler
For Rev Charissa Suli it was an “Emmaus Walk” moment.
On the short road between Collaroy and Dee Why on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Charissa felt a deep and unshakeable call from God to dedicate her life to serving Christ within the Uniting Church.
It was October 29, 2007 and Charissa was 25 and a young mum of ...
By Sally Douglas
At the heart of Christian faith is the wild proclamation that in the person of Jesus “all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell” (Col 1:19).
All the fullness. On the deepest of levels, if this is true, this means that in Jesus’ living and being as recorded in the Gospels—in Jesus’ teaching and serving, feasting ...
The Bible opens with a wonderful, big-picture view of God and the whole universe – the biggest picture view that we could imagine.
By God’s word, light and life come into being, and it is good.
My own love for big-picture stories like this comes from my background in physics.
This article contains an image of an indigenous person who has died.
By Andrew Humphries
Whenever Jill Tabart enters the Church of All Nations in Carlton, she sees a regular reminder of her role in one of the most significant events in the Uniting Church in Australia’s history.
On July 10, 1994, as the Uniting Church’s first female President, Jill ...
When the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania made the difficult decision last year to sell its camping sites, it signalled the end of an era for many Uniting Church members.
For so many people, UC camping brought back a host of fond memories.
Gippsland Minister Rev Jennie Gordon can recall wonderful times spent camping during her formative years within the ...
By Andrew Humphries
As a long-time member of the Queenscliff-Point Lonsdale Uniting Church, Richard Allen has seen plenty of change in his 27 years as part of the congregation.
It’s a progressive congregation, and one with a real focus on looking after the environment, says Richard, who is also Church Council secretary.
That commitment to protecting the environment becomes more ...
By Andrew Humphries
Warrnambool Uniting Church minister Rev Malcolm Frazer reckons there could be a pretty good book written about the history of the church in the region.
If so, any book’s author would need to devote a substantial amount of space to capturing the strong missional commitment of its members to the local community, and beyond.
By Rev Avril Hannah-Jones
In 1984 Bruce Steele was invited to become organist at what was then St Aidan’s Uniting Church in North Balwyn.
Forty years later, Bruce, who is 92, is still playing at Sunday services, weddings, and funerals and still experiences the joy in the sound of the organ that he discovered 87 years ago.