Building for the future
REVIEW BY SUZANNE YANKO BOOK | MAKING PROPERTY SERVE MISSION | FRED BATTERTON The author lays it on the line in his introduction. “My two passions are architecture and my Christian faith”.
Concert to raise funds for dementia
Pic: Eva Alegre Opera Su Presto will be performing at Toorak Uniting Church on 18 December to raise funds for people with dementia. Its new show Les Liaisons Misérables is a political farce set in the court of Louis XVI.
Enriching curious minds
Every year, the Uniting Church Adult Fellowship (UCAF) supports young people engaged in theological or leadership studies through the Joan Stott bursary.
House pet Jesus: A Christmas story
I write this as a vile demagogue who campaigned on the emesis of hate has become president-elect of the USA.
Gardener of the year with plenty of street cred
Uniting Church member Shirley Johnson’s award-winning gardens may not quite stop traffic but they do slow it down.
Planting seeds of hope
Since learning Conservation Farming, Jesina now produces enough food for her family. Picture: Richard Wainwright JESS XAVIER In Zimbabwe’s Masvingo region the ground is dry and dusty. It hasn’t rained in months.
Synod Snaps – December 2016
The Synod’s Victorian Archives in Malvern East held a reunion morning tea to enable its past and present volunteers to meet up again.
25 years of a good pud!
HEATHER BENNETT Twenty-five years ago an idea for a fundraising venture was put to a Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church UCAF meeting – making Christmas puddings for sale.
Quiet courage in country Victoria
The announcement in November that international power company Engie would close the Hazelwood coal mine in March next year shone a spotlight on the town of Morwell in the shire of Gippsland.
Talking Treaty: Asking for a sign
GARTH JONES On Wednesday, 9 November, more than 300 people packed Wesley Uniting Church for the Victorian Council of Churches’ Christian Perspectives on Treaty, Sovereignty and Constitutional Recognition forum.
The US election from an expat’s perspective
I was invited to write this piece on the morning of 9 November, when the election result was still unknown. I had visions – no, fantasies! – of writing about what it felt like to have the first female President.
Conventionally inspired youth
TIM LAM NCYC is a familiar acronym to many who have grown up in the Uniting Church. Since 1955, the National Christian Youth Convention has been a central event on the UCA youth calendar.