Since 1994, Australia Day has been celebrated nationally on 26 January, the day when white settlers first arrived in Australia.
But for many Indigenous Australians, it is a day that marks the dispossession, bloodshed and genocide of Aboriginal people.
A growing number of voices in the Australian community are calling for ...
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has issued a Survival Day message calling on all Australians to show respect and honour for First Peoples on 26 January 2017.
“Our heritage as a nation began long before 1788. It began at creation,” Mr McMillan said.
“I am committed to honouring First Peoples as sovereign over these ...
Congratulations to Rev Alistair Macrae and eight other members of the VicTas synod who have been honoured with awards in today’s Australia Day Honours List.
The former President and Moderator has been named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) “for distinguished service to the Uniting Church in Australia through executive and ministerial roles at ...
Bachelor of Social Work students are getting the chance to learn and develop outside the classroom by doing six-month placements at Uniting AgeWell Manor Lakes Community .
Manor Lakes Care Manager Kimberley Briggs said the Community wanted to provide students with a supportive environment where they can be challenged and gain valuable experience towards their studies.
After 16 years of service and leadership in human rights advocacy, Rev Elenie Poulos will step down as National Director of UnitingJustice Australia.
A prominent public voice on human rights issues, Ms Poulos has played a vital role shaping the Uniting Church’s social justice policies, especially in the areas of refugees and climate change.
Melbourne CBD feels different this Monday morning even as workers sit at their familiar desks while tourists wander the streets. It is not just the floral tribute to those who were killed and injured in Friday’s minutes of insanity by a lone driver evading police, it is the shock, grief and lingering uncertainty about safety in our streets.
ANTONY MCMULLEN
At the height of the Brexit debate in the UK a politician, Jo Cox, was slain by a man reportedly shouting “Britain first”. During the heat of the US election campaign the now President of the US, Donald Trump called for a halt to immigration from Islamic countries, sentiments echoed by One Nation’s Pauline Hanson on her return ...
On Christmas Day, 45 years of high profile, diverse, successful and, at times, controversial ministry came to an end when Rev Dr Francis Macnab gave his final sermon in St Michael’s Uniting Church.
In 2008 Dr Macnab made headlines for promoting a ‘New Faith’. He rewrote the Ten Commandments and, in 2010, became a literally larger-than-life figure ...
Last year, eight Australians from the Sri Lankan diaspora travelled back to their homeland on a trip organised through the synod’s Uniting Journeys program.
The Uniting Journey for Peace and Reconciliation brought together eight travellers from each of the four strong faiths in Sri Lanka – Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. Together, the group shared their stories and history and ...
I found my voice in this church only in the recent past. I had become frustrated with the huge gap between the rhetoric (‘the Uniting Church in Australia is a multicultural church’) and my lived experiences.
It’s not easy for some of us to find our voice and tell our stories in a multicultural church, where ...
Rev John Clarke (pictured) has joined the Uniting team in Victoria and Tasmania as the director of mission. Mr Clarke is excited by the potential of the new agency and hopes to deepen the ethos and spiritual heritage of Uniting, as well as further develop links across the Church.
In late June, Somers Camp will be celebrating 60 years of providing a fun-filled environment for children to explore issues of faith and for young people to develop leadership abilities.
Each year during the winter school break, approximately 120 campers from Grade Three to Year Nine gather on the Mornington Peninsula for worship, games, Bible study, singing, food, craft, ...
