DAVID SOUTHWELL
Focusing on mission is helping congregations make decisions about church property to adapt to changing circumstances and manage a process that can be both exciting and daunting.
Manningham Uniting Church and the Banyule Network of churches, both in Melbourne’s north-east, have reached important milestones as they participate in the Asset Strategy Program (ASP), which helps congregations with complex ...
Earlier this year the Bairnsdale Uniting Church donated a parcel of land located at Glenaladale, 300 kilometres east of Melbourne, to the Country Fire Authority. The land was once the site of the Glenaladale Presbyterian Church and, after ceasing services in 1990, the 1891 building was moved to Bairnsdale where it is used as an art workshop.
Seniors Week, celebrated on 2-9 October in Victoria and 10-16 October in Tasmania, is a time to recognise the contributions the elderly have made to the Church and wider community.
Uniting AgeWell has developed a Sunday Worship Resource guide to help congregations prepare for Seniors Week celebrations.
It contains sample services, recommended scriptures and prayers that can be adapted ...
Beryl Bray
8 December 1922 – 12 June 2016
At the age of 10, Beryl Bray was appointed as secretary for the Junior Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church in East Maryborough in 1932. At the end of 2012, Beryl resigned from the St Stephen’s Church Council in Wodonga saying “… I have enjoyed my association with all ...
As a member of St Stephens Uniting Church, Wodonga, I recently welcomed Rev Dr Donald MacEwan to conduct a service. Dr MacEwan and his wife, Maia, were visiting Australia from Scotland, where he is the chaplain at St Andrews University in Fife, Scotland.
The MacEwans had travelled to Australia to attend the International Association of Chaplains in ...
Keeping faith
Paul of Tarsus was a man with the courage of his own conviction and he lived out that conviction right to the very end. During his time he was a rebel with a cause; today he would be somewhat of a hero’s hero. He went on preaching and starting churches in faraway lands despite being imprisoned more than ...
The Uniting Church will be represented by a youthful voice at the World Council of Churches (WCC) with the election of Emily Evans to the WCC executive committee.
The executive committee is the top governance body of the WCC and implements strategic objectives set by the central committee. It meets twice a year and oversees council finances, monitors ongoing ...
