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 ...
The Uniting Church has backed a move by the Victorian government to expand bystander training as part of a statewide campaign to combat racism in the community.
The campaign, launched on Sunday, includes a $1 million anti-racism action plan that focuses on tackling anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic behaviour.
The government’s plan includes measures to clamp down on commuters who racially ...
Chaplains volunteering with the Victorian Council of Churches Emergencies Ministry spoke to more than 3300 people on the day of, and the days following, January’s Bourke St rampage.
VCC Emergencies Ministry CEO, Rev Stuart Stuart, said it doesn’t matter what kind of emergency it is, the human response is the same.
Australia’s only openly gay imam says that religious leaders with progressive views on sexuality need to speak up to save young lives.
“The frustration is when we keep silent about it as religious leaders,” Nur Warsame said.
Mr Warsame personally knows of four young Muslims that identified as LGBTI who have self-harmed.
The story of Alan Stafford and the Uniting Church Emergency Fencing Team came to my attention via a copy of an article in the Benalla Ensign last month. It included news that Alan, a long-time member of Benalla Uniting Church, had just received an Order of Australia Medal in the recent Australia Day Honours list “for service to the ...
Wanted: Nominations for moderator-elect.
Attributes: Practically perfect in every way (to quote Mary Poppins).
Well, OK, no one is perfect. However, the 15 points listed on the VicTas website to describe the kind of person the Church looks for in a moderator might suggest a modern-day saint or super being.
