REBECCA BEISLER
There was much joy inside Footscray Community Uniting Church as 400 people gathered to celebrate the ordination of Rev Paul Aleu Dau.
The South Sudanese community in Footscray danced and sang in Paul’s native Dinka language while family and friends prayed for Paul who begins his ordained ministry at Springvale Uniting Church this month.
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus.
The week ahead will be challenging for our community and our church, as the results of the government’s voluntary postal survey on same gender marriage will be released.
We are in challenging times facing a range of disturbing issues all of which go to our common humanity ...
A few weeks ago I participated in the biennial South Sudanese National Conference in Melbourne.
The theme for the conference was ‘First Be Reconciled’ based on Mathew 5:23-24.
It was my privilege to share the weekend with my brothers and sisters from South Sudan. I listened to their stories of war and conflict, pain and suffering, ...
Burwood Heights Uniting Church’s English conversations group reached a new milestone last month when it celebrated its fifth birthday.
ECOS (English Conversations for Overseas Students) was formed in 2012 to provide informal English practice for international students, working holiday travellers, new migrants and refugees.
Approximately 11 to 17 participants gather at Burwood Heights Uniting Church every Sunday ...
Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress Tasmanian-based minister Rev Tim Matton-Johnson still recalls, with some emotion, witnessing a cleansing and healing service for indigenous Canadian children in Saskatchewan earlier this year.
The moving service – for those who died while in Canada’s residential school system – was a memorable moment of the three-week exchange with local Indigenous leaders organised ...
I grew up in a household with a dad that liked to have a bet on the races. He never lost big, but we were not a well-off household and mum often did without to make ends meet. So dad’s gambling was the source of many arguments and tension in the home. He seemed to be able ...
Pilgrim Theological College rounded off the academic year last week with a valedictory service to farewell those who had completed or were completing an award, as well as one candidate who was exiting for ordination as a minister with the Uniting Church.
The service was held at the Centre of Theology and Ministry in Parkville on Thursday evening with ...
JOY HAN
I feel ambivalent about how our movement uses the term ‘CALD’.
My life experience has been culturally and linguistically diverse since before I can remember.
English, technically my second language, is my preferred language. I have been studying Korean, my mother tongue, ever since day one of kindergarten. My parents say that on that day my appetite ...
The chair of the Australian Churches’ Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) has called for the recognition that offshore detention has failed, even according to its original charter, and called for detainees to be immediately settled in Australia.
A stand-off continues at the site of the Manus Island facility where the detained men are refusing to be moved out of ...
A small group of church and community members gathered on the steps of Richmond Uniting Church on Wednesday evening to remember those who have passed away from overdose, suicide and illness.
Service on the Steps was held on All Saints Day, a day to honour lost loved ones.
Refugees on Manus Island are sending out desperate pleas as they brace themselves for a violent confrontation with the Papua New Guinea military after the detention centre officially closed on Tuesday.
More than 600 men have barricaded themselves inside the centre with all power, water and other essential services cut off.
Uniting Church in Australia President Stuart McMillan has called on the Australian Government to ensure the safety of refugees on Manus Island as the main detention facility is due to close today.
Around 600 refugees have refused to leave because they fear their safety outside of the Regional Processing Centre.
