All synod staff will be required to complete safe church training over a five-week period ending in April.
Safe church educator Josh Tuhipa-Turner said the training is only a part of what the church is doing to make sure children are welcomed and protected in all its environments and activities.
As Australia commemorates National Close the Gap Day, an Aboriginal advisor at Uniting VicTas believes Australia still has a long way to go to achieve health equality for First Peoples.
Ron Briggs works at one of Uniting’s Alcohol and Other Drug services.
“The reality is, we’re still 10 years behind,” he said.
A university offers a haven of safety and security for young students in the Holy Land, a Uniting Church congregation in North Melbourne heard last month.
Bethlehem University is the only Catholic University in the West Bank where Palestinians of all faiths or none can study.
In late February the university’s Vice-Chancellor Brother Peter Bray shared the institution’s ...
Uniting Vic.Tas CEO Paul Linossier said community-housing residents should not be stereotyped as violent and anti-social people following a much-publicised attack on Melbourne radio host Kate Langbroek.
Last Friday, Ms Langbroek was allegedly injured by a man who tried to break into her home and forcibly enter her babysitter’s car. A 38-year-old St Kilda man was later charged ...
Armadale Uniting Church member Karel Reus has prepared a series of weekly reflective poems and questions for the season of Lent. Click here to read all of the reflections.
Mark 8:31-34
31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, ...
More than 60 Uniting Churches in Victoria and Tasmania will join in a global day of prayer this Friday for stronger action on climate change.
On the first Friday of March every year, Christians from more than 170 countries participate in World Day of Prayer, an international initiative organised by laywomen.
A small congregation in East Gippsland is reaching out across the oceans to improve the health and wellbeing of women in the South Pacific islands.
Later this month two members of Johnsonville Uniting Church, which has an average attendance of about eight to 10 at its fortnightly services, will travel to the Solomon Islands to provide education and ...
Banks need to recognise that providing credit for gambling harms not just individual gamblers but also vulnerable people connected to them, a forum on consumer finance and ethical investing heard.
The hour-and-a-half Ethical Consulting Group (ECG) session brought together UCA Funds Management staff, and synod representatives at 130 Little Collins St. Expert stakeholders and investors also attended in ...
In the upcoming March edition of Crosslight, Julie Perrin addresses the dilemma many parents and grandparents face. How do you monitor what young people are exposed to online and limit the amount of screen time?
There is growing debate about the impact smartphones and other devices are having on the behaviour and mental health of children ...
“My home is in Heaven. I’m just traveling through this world.” – Billy Graham (1917 – 2018)
American evangelist Billy Graham has died at the age of 99.
Widely thought of as one of the most influential preachers in modern times, as a child Graham worshipped in the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North Carolina.
A series of studies being released next month will invite people to explore how they can apply Synod’s Vision Statement to their own lives and faith community.
Strategic framework minister Rev David Withers has compiled and edited the six stand-alone studies intended for use by small groups.
Church groups fear proposed new laws will designate congregational sermons and conversations as political while strictly regulating how they can be funded under the threat of jail terms.
The Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill and the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill are part of a package of legislation introduced to federal parliament. The legislation is ...
