Two members of the Echuca Uniting Church have been recognised for their part in organising the UnitingCare Christmas Appeal ‘Operation Santa’ for the past 10 years. Dawn Howie and Adelle Merrall became involved in the appeal when the previous organisers stood down ...
Dedicated Geelong volunteer and Uniting Church member Pat Smith (pictured) was named the Victorian Senior of the Year at a special awards ceremony to kick start the 2013 Victorian Seniors Festival.
Minister for Ageing David Davis presented 14 awards honouring the extraordinary
contribution of inspirational senior Victorians during the 2013 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards at Government House.
...After 28 years as the synod’s property liaison officer, Ian Firth is saying goodbye. Originally employed as an insurance officer, Mr Firth said that when he joined the synod in 1985 it felt like he had come home.
“I have been involved with the Church all my life, having started in the Methodist Church as a baby,” he said.
...Harry Morgan and Robert Swift (pictured) cut the cake at the celebrations for the 160th anniversary of the Brighton Congregational Church. At age three, Harry was the youngest member and Robert, over 90, nearly the oldest member present. The cake was shared with the 100 members and guests who enjoyed lunch after the morning worship in what is now ...
Christmas this year will be a bit happier for Pastor Berlin Guerrero and his wife Mylene. For the first time in more than two years, the couple will celebrate the festive season together. But their happiness since Mylene’s arrival in Australia is tinged with sadness that their three adult children can’t join them.
Milk bottle tops and cartons, plastic bags, plastic wrapping, plastic strapping, paper, cardboard aluminum and wood – items we discard every day. We might put some in a recycling bin and pat ourselves on the back for being so green. But, how often do our thoughts go from recycle to reuse?
Mollie Chick (pictured) spent virtually all her life putting others first, as a nurse and then as an ordained Uniting Church minister and hospital chaplain. And now, more than a year after her passing – in Hobart at the age of 86 in June last year – Mollie’s compassionate heart is still on display.
Since 1955, young people from across the Uniting Church have gathered in different states for the National Christian Youth Convention (NCYC) every two years. After a gap of three years instead of two due to logistical considerations for the NSW synod youth ...
During September the church building at Carlton’s Church of All Nations was under renovation and this fact, when applied to the season of spring and the liturgical season of creation, led the worship planners to hold three of our services outdoors.
So Sunday 8 September, picture the scene….a quintessential early spring morning, calm, warm and peaceful. Our church is ...
Gerry Mak (pictured) has been appointed as chief executive of UnitingCare Community Options (UCCO).
Mr Mak is an experienced leader with a long history as a senior executive both inside and outside the social services sector.
Recently employed as CEO of Finlaysons, one of Adelaide’s leading commercial law firms, he was also the first non-doctor to be ...
More than one hundred people attended the installation of Rev Alistair Macrae (pictured)at Melbourne’s Wesley Church in Lonsdale Street last month. Congregation members, Brunswick UC members, presbytery and synod colleagues, family and friends heard Rev Rod Horsfield preach. Mr Horsfield emphasised the task of regular congregational ministry by standing at the font and the communal table for those parts ...
Alys Gagnon joined the Justice and International Mission (JIM) unit last month as a social justice officer (replacing Antony McMullen). Ms Gagnon has recently moved to Melbourne after working in politics in Canberra.
Ms Gagnon is the daughter of an Anglican priest, and has been involved in the Anglican church in Canberra and Goulburn. She said she has “lived ...
