Moderator Sharon Hollis told an International Women’s Day lunch that women were engaging in bold acts every day to change the world but they weren’t necessarily the ones being publicly celebrated.
“When we overemphasise a boldness that is public and upfront but don’t value the boldness of the everyday we actually short change the majority of women,” ...
A 99-year-old Uniting AgeWell resident has shaved her head to raise money for the Cancer Council.
For the third consecutive year, residents at Uniting AgeWell Lillian Martin Community in Tasmania participated in the Relay for Life marathon, where they complete laps around the facility. Last year, they raised more than $700 for the Cancer Council.
“I have found in the last seven years I’ve been at the school that my world, my understanding of God, my understanding of what it means to be a human person in this world has just exploded. It just seems to get bigger and bigger all the time. And I love that. I love that ...
“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” – Galatians 3:28
I have been watching the SBS shows broadcast as part of a themed week on race and prejudice – FU2Racism: Face Up to Racism. I found myself ...
Uniting Church president Stuart McMillan has issued a pastoral statement ahead of the Church’s appearance at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
On Friday 10 March 2017 the Uniting Church in Australia will appear at a public hearing for Case Study 56 of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into ...
A Uniting Church in regional Victoria is planning to use live-streaming technology to bring worship services directly to ageing congregation members.
For many people living in the Henty region in south-west Victoria, age and distance can make it difficult to attend church on a Sunday.
To address this problem, Hamilton Uniting Church hopes to live stream their weekly worship ...
Penny the Pancake did the rounds drumming up business while chief grill jockey Travis made sure he got the timing right on the flip.
This was the scene at Federation Square this morning where synod staff, volunteers from the NAB and a group of Year 11 students provided rush-hour morning commuters with a hearty breakfast as part of UnitingCare ...
Twenty years ago I would have opposed safe injecting rooms. My view was drugs are bad and you can’t serve any good purpose by allowing people to shoot-up legally.
Then I started talking with a GP friend at church about her work with those living with an addiction. She challenged my thinking and reasoning.
On Monday, the 89th Academy Awards will be telecast live to more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. While the Oscars might not be as important as the next global summit of world leaders, for the millions who tune in the ceremony can offer a welcome respite from talk of civil ...
People of different (and no) faiths are invited to pray on Thursday for the situation in Israel and Palestine in the light of the current visit to Australia by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Anglican priest Father James Minchin will conduct the regular Thursday prayer vigil for Israel and Palestine at St Paul’s Cathedral in central Melbourne beginning at ...
I found myself driving towards the airport today, just after the plane crashed. My car was at a standstill, I was listening to the radio hearing stories of eyewitnesses their voices full of fear and sadness. I watched as fire engines, police and ambulance weaved their way through gridlocked traffic. I saw the smoke rise. I witnessed truck drivers ...
UnitingCare drug and alcohol abuse healthcare agency ReGen has urged the Andrews Government to follow the recommendations of the state coroner and immediately establish a safe injecting centre in North Richmond to prevent heroin overdose deaths.
On Tuesday Victorian Coroner Jacqui Hawkins recommended that Mental Health Minister Martin Foley take the necessary steps to establish a Medically Supervised ...
