A group of Uniting Church members and theological students recently had the opportunity to experience the rigours and rewards of monastic life as part of a pilot program being run by Pilgrim Theological College and the Banyule Network of churches in Melbourne’s north-east.
The Banyule Network is home to a ‘learning hub’ where students study ...
The Channel Uniting Church Rwandan Coffee Club has a special reason to enjoy a brew on Sunday 8 July.
The church community will celebrate 120 years of continuous worship in the Woodbridge Uniting Church building, located in the town of Woodbridge 38 kilometres south of Hobart.
“All are welcome to share in this celebration, especially those ...
JOHN CONNAN
All organisations go through periods of doubts and recently the 52-year-old Mission Liaison Group (MLG) wondered just what God was saying.
Uniting Church Adult Fellowship (UCAF) groups have always been strong supporters of MLG but UCAF membership has been ageing and fund-raising has declined. Old age, illness and death have taken their toll on ...
Appropriately enough, the Church of Latter Geeks looks set to go virtual.
The annual costume character service has already gone ecumenical with Williamtown’s Holy Trinity Anglican Church hosting a Cyberman (from Dr Who), Star Wars droids, a Quidditch team’s worth of Harry Potter characters and even a Stepford Wife last Sunday afternoon.
A delegation of NextGen youth from the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania have visited the demilitarised zone (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea as the peninsula commemorates the 68th anniversary of the Korean War.
On 25 June 1950, the North Korean army entered into South Korean territory, marking the start of the world’s longest ongoing conflict.
Ordained and lay synod staff were inducted and commissioned into roles within the new equipping Leadership for Mission (eLM) unit at a special service held at the Centre for Theology and Ministry in Parkville last Friday.
Moderator Sharon Hollis told the service that eLM’s job was to resource and equip the church.
SILVIA YANG
Last October, when the situation on the Korean Peninsula was on a knife’s edge, I had an opportunity to visit Germany.
I had wanted to explore this unified country for 28 years and to learn some meaningful lessons from the Berlin Wall.
The concrete barrier that physically separated the ideologically divided city of Berlin for almost ...
A strategy of engaging with the big banks over the misconduct revealed by the royal commission has seen two financial giants respond quickly and seriously to ethical investor concerns.
In the wake of royal commission revelations, UCA Funds Management wrote letters expressing its concerns as shareholders to the CEOs of the four big banks, Thursday’s Ethical Consulting Group (ECG) ...
Uniting AgeWell’s Kalkee Op Shop, which provides valuable funds for aged care services in Geelong, has relocated to a new home after 17 years.
The volunteer-run enterprise closed its doors on it previous location – 50 Francis Street, Belmont – on 15 December last year after the property was sold to developers.
Volunteer coordinator Heather Burger said the sale was a catalyst ...
The Uniting Church is doing important work in campaigning for the Australian government to play its part in eliminating harmful child labour, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania senior social justice advocate Dr Mark Zirnsak said.
The World Day Against Child Labour held on 12 June, highlights the global need to improve the safety and health of young workers ...
Former Uniting AgeWell chair Janet Wood has been honoured with a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list.
Ms Wood, a current member of Uniting AgeWell’s Community Advisory Committee, was recognised for significant services to aged welfare, human rights and health advocacy.
She became the inaugural chair of Uniting AgeWell (then Uniting ...
The Uniting Church has welcomed Victoria’s landmark step towards negotiating a treaty with the First Peoples and urged that the process continue.
On Thursday the Advancing the Treaty Process with Aboriginal Victorians Bill 2018 passed the Lower House of state parliament but still needs to pass the Upper House to become law.
