A new set of resources is available to encourage conversations to help the Uniting Church community discern their part in God’s mission.
The resources can be used by gathered communities as well as synod-based ministries and staff.
The resource website describes a mission conversation as “a focused and facilitated conversation about what a community of ...
BARRY GITTINS
“What is truth?” was the question asked by Pontius Pilate of Jesus and it is a question that a visiting eminent theologian from the US will be addressing later this month in a public Northey Lecture at the Centre for Theology and Ministry.
Dr Christine Helmer will be speaking on “Truth and Reality: An Ecclesiology of Resistance”, ...
UCA Funds Management has been certified with a global accreditation recognising its commitment to sustainable and ethical practices.
B Corporations are businesses and organisations certified by the non-profit B Lab as meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.
UCA Funds Management will join more than 2500 B Corp companies worldwide who are using the ...
Keith Fagg OAM
The enduring love story and dedicated Christian service of Bert and Ruth Fagg has inspired a vibrant new artwork adorning Wesley Church in Geelong.
Commissioned by the Fagg family, the work is part of a bequest from Bert Fagg, who died in 2015, in memory of his beloved wife of 70 years, Ruth who passed away ...
NIGEL TAPP
Last week, the Devonport Uniting Church congregation farewelled the Steele Street church site that has hosted worship since 1889.
More than 250 congregants from the across the North-West region of Tasmania, previous ministers as well as past and present church members gathered for the moving service of closure.
ALEX SANGSTER
‘Most of the refugees I spoke to on Manus had been drained of hope. They have a heaviness of spirit about them. Their struggle is existential: they are told that Australian public opinion is against them, detained, ignored, sent the message that they are somehow outside the scope of ordinary human kindness’ Tim Costello
Dear friends,
Please find attached a pastoral letter from the President of the Uniting Church Dr Deidre Palmer concerning the decision about marriage and same-gender marriage made at the Assembly meeting that concluded on Saturday.
I encourage you to read the letter and to share it with your congregation, faith community or organisation.
A reflection by Rev. Prof Andrew Dutney,
Professor of Theology, Flinders University
Past President, Uniting Church in Australia
The headline conceals what actually happened in Melbourne this week. Without setting out to do so, the Uniting Church recovered its stated vocation of making visible unity in diversity.
July was a busy month for Leprena, the Tasmanian home of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress.
The Leprena team was involved in several activities for NAIDOC week, which celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
DAVID GREENALL
Tongan King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u thanked former missionaries from Victoria for their work in Tonga during a reception in Melbourne in June.
Their Majesties were welcomed by Synod of Victoria and Tasmania general secretary Rev Dr Mark Lawrence, who recounted the earliest connections between the Island kingdom and the British Methodist Church ...
DAVID SOUTHWELL
Every Monday morning a dedicated crew gets to work mowing, raking and gathering produce at the North Ringwood Uniting Church Welcome Community Garden.
The workers from Knoxbrooke Community tend to specialise in different tasks.
For example, Jesse can normally be found busily shredding and aerating the compost as it moves through stages ...
For those living without regular shelter through the winter months, a hospital cafeteria can offer respite and hot chocolate.
This is one of the very intimate details of what it is like to be young and homeless that can be observed at a photo exhibition being staged this month by Uniting Vic.Tas to mark Homelessness Week, ...
