More than 200 people attended a farewell lunch for Rev Ojitha Goonetilleke (pictured), who retired from full-time ministry at the end of April. Mr Goonetilleke has served the church for more than 40 years in Sri Lanka and Australia.
His final posting was at Burwood Heights UC where he was the minister for the past six years.
Margaret Hammon was recently recognised for 30 years of dedication to the KUCA (Kids of the Uniting Church in Australia) club.
A member of the church for 60 years, Ms Hammon helped to establish KUCA at Box Hill UC in 1983.
Two weeks ago I was in Papua New Guinea visiting a UnitingWorld water and sanitation project in a picturesque village at the eastern-most point of the mainland.
Whenever I travel, I always find it quite jarring to see such beauty and such struggle coexisting together.
The people of Papua New Guinea are strong and resilient, their country one of ...
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that.” – Dr Martin Luther King.
In Zimbabwe, where the long reign of Robert Mugabe has sapped the life from a generation of men, women and children, a new cohort of young people is holding a light to the future. And it comes from one of their society’s oldest and ...
Rev Deacon Michelle Cook has gone from one of the country’s most northern presbyteries to its most southern after being appointed as the new presbytery minister-leadership and mission development in Tasmania.
Ms Cook began in the position in January and was officially installed ...
Charles Gibson came to Australia from Scotland as a three year old in the 1950s. He is now entering the next phase of his journey as he begins the wind down of his working life into an active retirement, where he hopes to spend much needed time with his wife Margret, his two daughters and two ...
Retiring executive director, administration and finance, Sebert Ruddock was recently farewelled at the synod office in Melbourne.
Speaking at the sendoff, director of Communications and Media Services Penny Mulvey said Mr Ruddock’s 10-year tenure at the church had been more than just a job.
“People in ministry roles often talk about a ‘calling’,” Ms Mulvey said.
As Betty Millar saw it, joining the Australian Women’s Land Army in 1941 was an opportunity “to do my part” for the war effort.
“You had to do something and I loved the outdoors,” the 90-year-old member of Hobart’s Scots Memorial Uniting Church said.
The AWLA was formed throughout the nation from 1941 to combat rising labour shortages, particularly in ...
Cohuna Uniting Church member Hazel Radley was recently awarded the Cohuna Lions Club Citizen of the Year Award. Well known in the region for her tireless community support work, Ms Hadley (pictured) is involved in a number of community and church outreach programs.
A passionate musician, Ms Radley has long served her community with music lessons, performances and organising ...
The 2014 Easter Slavery-Free Chocolate Campaign was officially launched in late February at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS).
The Melbourne-based coalition is made up of different groups including the Uniting Church synod, the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, Good Shepherd Australia, Victorian ...
Cranbourne Uniting Church’s monthly Folk Uniting Nights (FUN) is set to host internationally renowned guitar virtuoso Ken Nicol (ex-Steeleye Span) on Sunday 4 May.
The church’s community concerts usually run on the third Saturday of each month at 7.30pm, but the upcoming concert was organised to fit in with Ken Nicol’s busy touring schedule.
Initially, when Mariam Issa (pictured) and her family arrived in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton 15 years ago, it was the incongruous mix that it sounds.
“I was very much out of place,” she said. “I was black in Brighton and we were refugees and very poor. And then a pivotal moment of change happened when my daughter attended ...
