The number of homeless and struggling families in Victoria is growing rapidly, according to some of Australia’s leading researchers and economists.
A panel discussion held at Prahran Town Hall on Tuesday examined housing affordability and the impact of rising living costs on Victorian families.
The event was organised by Uniting Vic.Tas to mark the launch of their Winter ...
When Brunswick was named as a terrorist target in 2016, the local religious community decided they would respond by showcasing the neighbourhood’s thriving diversity.
Moreland community leaders, including Christian, Muslim and other faith representatives, formed Moreland Together.
Synod interfaith community development worker April Kailahi was one of the network’s founding members.
The Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program is not something to be entered into lightly.
The program, run by The John Paver Centre and based out of the Centre for Theology and Ministry, requires 400 hours of supervised pastoral practice and education.
“People are surprised by the emotional demands,” John Paver Centre director Rev Andy ...
In his final national message the 14th President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has urged Church members to address the “unfinished business” of sovereignty and Treaty for First Peoples.
“I started my presidency with the Yolŋu words Bala limurr roŋyirr ŋorraŋgitjlil – ‘Let us return to the white ashes of the fire’,” ...
PAM GRANT
Pam Grant, secretary of the UCAF National Committee (2015-2018), reports on the recent consultation held in Hobart.
IT was a time of thanksgiving but also of new directions as members of the Uniting Church Adult Fellowship (UCAF) gathered for the 13th National Committee Consultation held at the Hobart North UC early last month.
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When Judy began doing volunteer work with a Monday afternoon art group run by Uniting Vic.Tas she couldn’t have anticipated that it would spark her own creative journey.
Judy attends the Gifford Arts Program at the Gifford Village Community Centre, which incorporates the Croydon North Uniting Church in Melbourne’s east.
Some of the vast store of images kept in the Uniting Church Victorian Archives is now available online.
Over the last year approximately 1000 photos and images of church people, places and artefacts have been scanned to make digital copies. These images have been uploaded to the state government-funded Victorian Collections website, where they can be accessed ...
RANDALL PRIOR
In 2008, the Australian Government initiated a program for people from Pacific Island nations to stay in Australian on short-term visas and fill vital employment gaps in the agricultural industry.
The workers earn money to take back home and gain valuable agricultural skills to introduce into their home communities.
When Michael Easton took up the newly created role of community outreach worker at Avenel, Nagambie and Seymour Uniting Church, a congregation member told him: “We’ve employed you but we’ve got no idea what you’re going to do.”
While some might find this daunting, Mr Easton is using it as an opportunity to dream.
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has welcomed a number of important initiatives for First Australians in the 2018 Federal Budget.
Mr McMillan said he was cheered by confirmation of a $550 million federal commitment to a new five-year agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing with the Northern Territory Government.
As a volunteer at Uniting Church Victorian Archives, it shouldn’t have been a surprise to Joan Waters that the records would uncover something she’d intended to keep quiet.
Last week Joan turned 90, and as someone who generally doesn’t want to be made a fuss over, she hadn’t told the staff and other volunteers while doing her regular Thursday ...
If you bumped into Uniting AgeWell Kings Meadows and Newnham chaplain Ian Wheeler and administration officer Jane Legard last month, you can be forgiven for thinking they weren’t their usual chatty selves.
Both were silently supporting the northern Tasmania AgeWell residents raise much-needed funds for an Ethiopian orphanage and were sponsored to go without talking for a day.
