Rufus Black to head University of Tasmania

Uniting Church minister, ethicist and theologian Professor Rufus Black has been appointed the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Tasmania.

It will be the latest addition to a breathtakingly varied and accomplished CV in academia, law, the private and public sectors.

Prof Black, a Rhodes Scholar who studied moral theology at Oxford University and also has degrees ...

Healing lessons from Canada

There will be a distinctly Canadian flavour to the Uniting Aboriginal Islander and Christian Congress (UAICC) National Conference starting this Saturday in Geelong.

Visiting keynote speaker Harley Eagle will talk about the experience of the Indigenous peoples in Canada as a way of helping the First Peoples of Australia reflect on their story of colonial occupation.

Mr Eagle, who is ...

Cosy time by the beach

This year’s Queenscliff-Point Lonsdale Uniting Church’s tea cosy exhibition made even more of a splash than normal.

Visitors to the exhibition, located on the coastal tourist resort destination of the Bellarine Peninsula, were greeted by the sight of a suspended two-metre papier-mache whale presiding over a school of clown-fish tea cosies.

The underwater scene gave way to a ...

A minor messy miracle

 

By trying something new a small country church under the threat of closure has received an unexpected Christmas gift, a fresh lease of life.

St Andrews Uniting Church is located in the town of Howlong, which sits alongside the Murray River 28km west of Albury.

The church, which is on the NSW side of the border but ...

Tassie calling a Pryor commitment

It is no wonder that a family of keen back country skiers and bushwalkers would be looking forward to moving to Tasmania, but for Rohan Pryor the real allure is in taking up his role as synod liaison minister for the Apple Isle.

“This excitement comes with a deep sense of call to this role, something like the right role at the ...

Alistair inspired for year of challenge

Rev Alistair Macrae believes his congregation and the wider church will face some big challenges this year but they are put in perspective by some newcomers to Wesley Uniting Church.

“We’ve got a new family of asylum seekers from Iran,” Mr Macrae said.

“The father had his own business in Iran but became a Christian, and really couldn’t stick ...

UCA President’s 2017 Christmas Message – A Light to All People

To watch a Christmas message from UCA President Stuart McMillan please click here or on the image above.

See below for transcript.

Stuart McMillan:    Christmas greetings to you.  I’m Stuart McMillan, the President of the Uniting Church in Australia. Light breaks into darkness to reveal where we are and where we’re going. Friends I’m here with the ...

Congress Christmas blessings

Watch a Christmas message from Uniting Aboriginal & Islander Christian Congress Chairperson Rev Dennis Corowa by clicking here or the image above.

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Prayer for Melbourne

Synod of Victoria and Tasmania Moderator Sharon Hollis has offered the following prayer in the wake of Thursday’s deliberate running down of pedestrians in Melbourne’s CBD.

Loving, merciful God

You come amongst us as a fragile baby,

healing the grief and sorrow of the world

through your loving suffering solidarity with humanity.

We pray for the city of Melbourne.

In ...

Placing education at the centre of synod life

While the eternal and transcendent might be considered the proper preoccupations for an academic theologian, Sean Winter says his new role is in keeping with a much more grounded approach that has been forged in constant change.

Dr Winter will next year become director of synod’s Education & Formation for Leadership team, which will encompass his current roles as acting head of ...

Climate plans often fall short, UCA Funds CEO says

UCA Funds Management Chief Executive Officer Michael Walsh admits he is sceptical about the results achieved when investment institutions add their name to action plans which tackle issues such as climate change.

“Over more than 20 years in the ethical investment industry I have seen a lot of firms sign up to show support for initiatives relating to climate change. While ...