Constant change
By Penny Mulvey The newspapers described the cold snap that descended on the east coast of Australia last month as an ‘Antarctic vortex’.
My first Assembly
Having worked at the synod for only a few months, I was not quite sure what to expect when I attended Assembly for the first time in Perth.
Meet the President
By MATT PULFORD Six weeks after being interviewed in Sydney for an accountant position at the UCA’s Northern Synod, Stuart McMillan found himself standing alone with his swag on the edge of a dirt airstrip at Ram
Golden brush relay
Primary school students will once again take part in the ‘Golden Brush’ painting relay held at St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Stratford. Teams of four to six children are each given a topic to paint.
Humanity Remade by Kindness
The ‘Emerging Man’, a series of statues in Prague, by Olbram Zoubek, depict humanity being re-made to ‘fullness’ after the end of the de-humanisation of communism.
The cost of family violence
By NIGEL TAPP Family violence is no longer an issue to be kept ‘behind closed doors’.
Fashion on show at Ocean Grove
Ocean Grove’s Uniting Church Adult Fellowship (UCAF) group has raised $1400 through a volunteer-led fashion parade for Share’s Winter Appeal.
Asylum seeker support
The 14th Assembly of the Uniting Church has demanded that the Australian Government adopt policies which genuinely seek to support rather than demonise asylum seekers and refugees.
Progress on clothing industry
As a direct result of global pressure from advocacy groups such as the Uniting Church, more than 200 companies have now signed the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Accord.
Guaranteed Pure book review – God Inc.
Book | Guaranteed Pure | Timothy EW Gloege Review by Emmet O’Cuana Gloege’s Guaranteed Pure sets out to establish how American business culture in the late-19th century became an essential element of middle-class Prote
From Numurkah to Amritsar
By Deb Bennett Rev Deacon Jean Mayers has been a minister with the Uniting Church for 12 years, for the last five at Numurkah and Nathalia/Picola churches.
Korean church continues to grow
By TIM LAM The Korean Church in Melbourne, located in Malvern, is the oldest Korean church in Australia.