Diamond wedding celebrations  

John and Margaret Williams celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on 20 March with a large gathering of family and friends. The couple are members of Mountview Uniting Church in Mitcham.

Prison preachers

Book | Opening the Doors: A Prison Chaplain’s Life On The Inside | Paul Gill Review by GARY DAVIDSON Author Paul Gill served as senior prison chaplain and coordinating chaplain at Western Australia’s Casuarina Pris

Subversive faith

Book | Seeing – Remembering – Connecting:  subversive practices of being Church | Karen L.

Farewell

Famed writer, Annie Dillard wrote in her bestselling novel Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: “Time is the one thing we have been given and we have been given to time.” Well my time as moderator has almost given out.

Synod Snaps – May

Synod Snaps brings you images from throughout the church and beyond. Croxton Congregation in Thornbury, Victoria hosted a dinner party on 18 March.

A helping hand for farmers

TIM LAM Like many young men in Australia, Peter Johns wanted to attend university and pursue a career in an industry of his choice.

The challenge of change

DEB BENNETT If experience is the best teacher, Rev Ros McDonald has certainly learnt how to cope with change.

Foundations for the future

By PENNY MULVEY The apostle Paul, in the final chapter of his letter to the Romans, draws attention to the many people who assisted him on his journeys proclaiming Jesus Christ.