Film | A father’s dreams | Wyn Moriarty
To commit the story of your life thus far to print – the good and the bad – seems like a massive undertaking.
How will those I know now, who did not know me then, react? Will they view me differently? How will my ...
This month, Glen Waverley Uniting Church in the suburbs of Melbourne and the tiny Western District town of Beeac will celebrate 10 years of shared Sunday services.
It was on 11 November 2007, that the 168km distance between the two congregations was traversed via the internet. The pioneering project uses technology to deliver the ...
“Following Christ, walking together as First and Second Peoples, seeking community, compassion and justice for all creation” – is the inspiration behind the latest project at Congress Tasmania’s Leprena community centre.
The art exhibition featuring the work of 10 Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists –Telling story with our takila (heart) – was launched in Hobart during ...
PENNY MULVEY
Every day as we engage in the world – be it through social media, over a coffee with a friend, listening to the radio in the car, pouring over a newspaper – we are confronted by issues which speak to our humanity.
Some – such as the outing of the Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein ...
Book | On the Third Day, Re-Looking at the Resurrection | John Queripel
JOHN Queripel suggests ways to look at the biblical account of Jesus’ resurrection with fresh eyes; he has us as the reader journey with him.
His writing style is relatively informal and inclusive; he engages with the reader ...
Book | Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions | Russell Brand
THE seven deadly sins, according to Wikipedia, originated with desert father Evagrius Ponticus.
Ponticus identified seven or eight evil thoughts or spirits humans strove to overcome. The concept was later transplanted to Europe by Ponticus’ student John Cassian, and became fundamental to ...
The Christmas Bowl is the Christmas appeal of Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia.
It began on Christmas Day in 1949 when Rev Frank Byatt of Victoria brought an empty bowl to the dinner table and asked his guests to give a gift to bring relief ...
Aitken College Year 8 students showcased the science, humanities and English projects they’ve been working on at their expo. They put together geology models, created an eBook of different writing styles and developed a campaign to save a rainforest.
A yarn art installation outside Chelsea Parish Uniting Church.
Ted attended Queenscliff Uniting Church’s blessing of the ...
Transition – any number of us may be rather pleased if we never hear that word again. Transition is change: change of structures to match the future of the church; change of budgets to match the size of the congregations and forms of ministry; change of cultural contexts that have different expectations of the social value ...
In 1946, the hugely popular George Logie Smith was director of music at The Geelong College and choirmaster at St David’s Presbyterian Church Geelong.
Keen to add young people to the church choir, he invited some dayboys at the college to become choristers. He believed that when the boys joined the choir young girls would ...
Forty five ordained ministers are endorsed by the Assembly of the Uniting Church to serve as Australian Defence Force Chaplains. Eighteen are full-time and 27 are reservists across the three services – army, navy and air force. Two are preparing to deploy overseas and two have recently returned to Australia from operations. ...
The Uniting Church has been bringing hospitality with the promise of life-changing experiences to thousands of campers each year since its formation 40 years ago.
In 2016/17, approximately 20,000 people from more than 450 groups stayed at six campsites across three presbyteries in Victoria and Tasmania.
