New direction for UnitingCare
The Standing Committee recently approved a new strategic direction for the UnitingCare agency network as part of the broader strategic review of all activities and operations of the synod.
No consensus on eldership proposal
The Uniting Church in Australia has been unable to achieve consensus on a proposal to amend regulations regarding eldership and church councils.
Action as a response to worship in September
St Andrews in Fairfield is one of many Uniting Churches celebrating the ‘Season of Creation’ in September. This year the focus is on the ‘Word in Creation’ which correlates with the Mark series of the church year.
August letters
Access denied I write this letter concerning the Uniting Church withdrawing its support for ACCESS Ministries.
Justice Peter McClellan speaks at Assembly
Chair of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Justice Peter McClellan, speaks to the 14th Triennial Assembly of the Uniting Church.
Assembly news
14th Triennial Assembly Uniting Church in Australia While most of us in the eastern states shiver through icy temperatures, over in Perth approximately 300 members of the National Assembly continue to meet in temperatur
The Planting of Hope
Acts of kindness are central to happiness and fulfilment, something that Uniting Church members demonstrate in so many of their activities and quests for social justice and caring for others.
New Assembly Gen Sec
Colleen Geyer has been appointed the new Assembly Gen Sec at the National Assembly meeting in Perth.
Foreign aid
Rob Floyd, national director of UnitingWorld The Uniting Church in Australia has encouraged Church members to advocate strongly for increases in government overseas aid funding.
New Uniting Church President installed at Perth Assembly
Our very own Associate General Secretary of the Victorian and Tasmanian Synod,Isabel Thomas Dobson (pictured right) is one of the Chaplains to the new President, Stuart McMillan The installation of Stuart McMillan as 14t
Charities blamed for homelessness
West Australian Police Minister, Liza Harvey, has sparked controversy for blaming homelessness in Perth on charities not doing their jobs properly.
Looking for leadership
The Assembly of the Uniting Church gathers in Perth this Sunday for a week-long meeting, which is held every three years.