UnitingCare and Bendigo Bank announce winter warmer drive
Lindy O’Neill (left) at Bendigo Bank Devonport branch manager Erin Smith prepare for the Winter Warmer Drive.
Do the rich choose not to enter the kingdom of heaven?
Friday Forum Your views on the news In a recent column in The Guardian, Giles Fraser suggests reports in the early part of last century forecasting the death of religion were premature.
Journey towards reconciliation
Sorry Day, held on 26 May every year, acknowledges the pain and trauma suffered by First Peoples. The Uniting Church recognises the need to walk together with First Peoples on the journey towards reconciliation.
Calls to halve homelessness by 2025
On any given night, more than 105,000 Australians are homeless. This includes at least 44,000 children and young people under the age of 25.
Federal election toolkit
In less than six weeks’ time, Australians will take to the ballot box and vote in the 2016 federal election.
Uniting AgeWell receives LGBTI award
Working It Out CEO Susan Ditter and Uniting AgeWell manager of integrated services Vicki Pollock Uniting AgeWell has received a prestigious Dorothies Award for its work in providing LGBTI-inclusive aged care services.
It is written
I am writing this in an in-between time. I have finished my placement at the CTM and am awaiting my installation as moderator.
Finding acceptance with the Uniting Church
Former ABC broadcaster Julie McCrossin is a familiar voice to the Australian public. Ashley Thompson turns the microphone around to find out more about her unsung faith journey.
The price of cotton
The central-Asian country of Uzbekistan is one of the largest exporters of cotton in the world. However, much of their cotton is made from child and forced labour.
Life in a refugee camp
KAREN MCGRATH recently travelled to an urban refugee camp in Jordan to meet with Syrian men, women and children forced to flee their home to escape war and violence.
A celebration of ministry
Many people gathered at Castlemaine Uniting Church recently to celebrate 50 years since Rev Adrian Pegler was ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian and later the Uniting Church.
Just keep swimming
One wet Thursday evening in May, a throng of new Monash University graduands lined up to receive their academic awards from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.