UCA Funds Management appoints new CEO

 

UCA Funds Management has announced that Mathew Browning will be the ethical fund manager’s new chief executive officer and executive director, effective 5 February 2018.

 UCA Funds Management chairperson Dr David Cousins said the board is delighted to announce Mr Browning’s appointment to the team.

“On behalf of the board of directors, I welcome Mathew as our new ...

President vows to reach Commission benchmarks

The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has urged Church members to help ensure the Church’s commitments to child safety are honoured as a result of the landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

At the Royal Commission’s final sitting in Sydney today, Chief Commissioner Justice Peter McClellan ...

Moderator matches mayor in spades

Moderator Reverend Sharon Hollis showed she was a dab hand with a shovel as she took part in Thursday morning’s sod-turning ceremony at the Wesley Place redevelopment of the Wesley Uniting Church site on Lonsdale St in Melbourne.

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Councillor Robert Doyle, donned the hi-vis gear and white safety helmet along with representatives from site developer ...

Praise for pledge to limit pokies


Anti-gambling activists have welcomed Tasmanian Labor’s pledge to remove all 2375 poker machines from the state’s pubs and clubs by 2023 if it wins power at the upcoming state election.

Leader Rebecca White said yesterday that a Labor government elected at March’s state poll would give notice to gambling giant Federal Hotels that the ...

Class of their own

Chaplains from 15 Australian universities came together at the beginning of December for the 2017 National Chaplaincy Conference.

The conference, hosted at Federation University’s Churchill campus from 28 November to 1 December, was an opportunity for tertiary chaplains to receive professional development and support.

The theme for this year’s conference was ‘Belief, Culture, Disruption’.

Delegates heard from keynote ...

Jerusalem belongs to all, UCA affirms

The Uniting Church in Australia has joined with its global church partners to express grave concerns over the move by the United States to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

World Council of Churches General Secretary Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit warned the US decision to change the status of Jerusalem seriously threatens negotiations for a two-state solution and undermines ...

Changes to Australian marriage laws

Sisters and brothers grace, mercy and peace from God and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Since the 13th Assembly our Church has been involved in respectful conversations about marriage, holding a space for grace for each other. During this time and particularly in the past year our nation has also had a conversation and a poll. Sadly the broader ...

Forty years in the wilderness

KAREL REUS

Not a celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Uniting Church in Australia, but rather a note on its passing.

You reckon it a fair achievement

to exist for forty years as church.

You took a stance

on the side of the widows

and the poor;

made it your mission

(so to speak),

your brand

(so ...

Moderator’s Christmas message

VicTas Moderator Sharon Hollis has released a video message for Christmas. You can watch the message below or read the full transcript.

Transcript

Theologian Serene Jones often speaks of her congregation’s celebration of the Christmas story.

Each year, as someone narrates, different members of the congregation act out the various parts.

Serene tells how transforming this can be, both for ...

All you need is Paul

ROS MARSDEN

Perhaps it’s wrong to write about worship beyond the context of God in a church publication, but for those of us lucky enough to witness Sir Paul McCartney last night at Melbourne’s AAMI Park, we bowed before greatness.

We also experienced a sense of community and shared excitement as we sang along with a Beatle, yes ...

Tiny solution to big problem

Uniting Wimmera has received a $10,000 grant to trial a pilot program that will convert storage containers into tiny houses for homeless youth.

The organisation was awarded a Commbank Community Grant last month as part of a wider support for youth programs throughout Australia.

Uniting Wimmera’s tiny homes project uses storage containers as temporary housing for homeless teenagers aged ...

Only love can defeat hate


The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan and the Grand Mufti of Australia Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammed have joined together to issue a plea for love and prayer as a means to combat the deadly spread of extremist violence.

Dr Ibrahim and Mr McMillan issued a joint statement last week in the wake ...