The following is an edited version of sermon given by Avril Hannah-Jones to Williamstown Uniting Church on Sunday 14 January.
In 2006, an American civil rights activist, Tarana Burke, started the ‘Me Too’ movement.
In 1997 she had met a young girl named Heaven in Alabama. Heaven told Tarana ...
In the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, climate change is a matter of life and death.
Rev Tafue Lusama is general secretary of the Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu. Every day, he lives with the impact of climate change on his island home.
“If this small space is submerged under water, that is the end. That is the ...
Pilgrim Theological College adjunct lecturer Beth Barnett practises what she teaches, which is why you might find her students entering a church building on their hands and knees to view the surrounds from a child’s height.
This is one of the observational tasks included in the intensive unit Children and Families Ministry: Core issues in diverse contexts. Ms ...
The Uniting Church has expressed concern that new electoral funding laws could stifle advocacy by Australian religious organisations.
Legislation aimed at regulating foreign influence on the Australian political system was introduced into parliament last December.
Under the proposed Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill, all political parties and organisations engaged in political advocacy will be banned ...
Eight years of planning and transition came to a culmination on Sunday as hundreds of people crammed into the opening service and dedication of the Shepparton Uniting Church redevelopment.
Congregation and planning group chair Joan McRae said it was wonderful that so many people were there to celebrate a breathtaking event.
Although he admits a certain bias, Stephen Connelly believes there is something unique about the Dalton McCaughey Library located at Centre of Theology and Ministry in Parkville.
“I believe this library is loveable, it’s quite palpably different from other academic libraries I know.”
That lovableness was affirmed by other speakers and guests as the tributes flowed for Mr ...
On a pleasant summer’s day in early January, holidaymakers and locals watched a small procession make its way from the Lakes Entrance Uniting Church to the inlet lake. Once reaching the shore four people, one clothed in ministerial white, waded into the water.
Onlookers were witnessing the full immersion baptism of Peter Page by Presbytery of Gippsland minister ...
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Amar Timalsina knows how it feels to be an outcast among his own people.
When he turned 12, Amar was struck down with a mysterious disease. Pale patches began appearing on his body. His family took him to traditional healers in his village in remote Nepal, but they could not identify the illness.
Uniting AgeWell is looking for participants to be involved in a new study investigating the therapeutic benefits of singing groups.
The “Remini-Sing” study, led by University of Melbourne, will allow people with dementia living at home and their family members or carers to join a supportive singing group.
During the 20-week study, commencing in March, the Remini-Sing group will ...
Accomplished lawyer and mediator Professor Ian Dunn, who was a member of the Uniting Church Social Services Taskforce from 1977 to 1979, has been made of Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day’s Honours List.
His award citation reads “For significant service to the law, to legal standards, education, and specialist accreditation, and as a practitioner in the ...
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has called on state and federal governments to speed up negotiation of treaties that recognise Indigenous sovereignty.
In a video message released to coincide with the 26 January, Mr McMillan urged all Australian governments “to give First Peoples a voice into the political processes which affect their lives.”
There are just over three weeks left to enter Australia’s most prestigious religious and spiritual art competition, the Blake Prize.
The $35,000 biennual prize is awarded to the work that is judged as best encouraging conversation around spirituality and religion in the 21st century.
Local and international contemporary artists are invited to submit entries by 16 February for the ...
