Synod Snaps – June 2017
Wendouree Uniting Church congregation blossomed the cross as part of their Easter Sunday service.
Funds for South Sudan
The East Gippsland town of Orbost may only have a population of 2000 people but that did not stop the congregation at St Andrew’s Uniting Church from filling their church hall with visitors at a recent fundraising dinne
Finding forgiveness
Review by NICK MATTISKE BOOK | FROM GENOCIDE TO GENEROSITY | JOHN STEWARD At the time of the Rwandan genocide, it was said that there were no more devils in Hell because they were all in Rwanda.
Letters to the editor – June 2017
Ascension Day hymns What does Ascension Day mean to us in 21st century Australia? We have often seen classical paintings of this scene where Christ is rising to heaven watched by anxious or adoring disciples.
Uniting Church finds light in Dark Mofo
NIGEL TAPP Hobart arts festival Dark Mofo has always been at the edge offering art expressions whichhave, in some cases, attracted controversy. The decision this year to headline the event with the three-hour 150.
160 years at St Andrew’s Berwick
LORRAINE BAXTER More than 140 past and present members gathered at St Andrew’s Uniting Church in Berwick last month to celebrate 160 years of worship.
Fighting poverty by the book
RHONDA MATHESON-BROWNE Bookworms can purchase newly released books and raise funds for a worthwhile cause when Ocean Grove Uniting Church hosts a biannual book sale.
Age old story
Review by PENNY MULVEY PLAY | MINNIE & LIRAZ My mother, quoting my grandmother, regularly reminds her three daughters that ‘ageing is not for wimps’.
Agencies and Share ready to join Uniting
Next month UnitingCare agencies and Wesley Mission Victoria will begin operating under the name of Uniting, as they form a single organisation delivering the Church’s community services.
Windsor knots
Friday Forum Your views on the news For some the most important question of the weekend is what will the bride be wearing? The bride in question is Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of Kate Middleton who is now known
Secession a freight full proposition for church chair
King Island Uniting Church council chair Noel Cooke has some advice for Victorian premier Daniel Andrews if he really wants to get the Islanders to swap their allegiance from Tasmania.
Fight to stop Adani mine
The Indian multinational company Adani wants to build one of the biggest coal mines in the world in the Galilee Basin in Queensland.