NextGen Youth find their voice
Participants from last year’s youth camp (pictured) travelled to the Uniting Church Grantville Lodge in July for a weekend of learning, reflection and worship.
Maria at St Martin’s
St Martin’s Beaumaris’ monthly discussion group in Sound of Music costumes. St Martin’s Beaumaris’ monthly discussion group recently looked into the life of Maria Von Trapp.
Trust support helps families
UnitingCare’s Biala has welcomed a $22,000 funding grant from a philanthropic trust to enable them to continue to provide vital respite services to children.
Chaplains chatting
Victorian Uniting Church Chaplains have come together for education and peer development in two separate gatherings in recent months.
July letters
Stand up for foreign aid I commend those responsible for producing the very evocative front page and the words which went with it shown on Page 2.
Uniting Church calls for tax justice
Cheryl Lawrie, acting Executive Director of Commission for Mission, shows her support for tax justice. Tax evasion by multinational companies costs Australia billions of dollars every year.
Prayers in Parliament
The Victorian Parliament will debate a proposal to remove the Lord’s Prayer before each parliamentary sitting.
How do Australian children feel about asylum seekers?
Allegations that the Australian government paid people smugglers to turn away boats carrying asylum seekers have dominated news headlines this week.
Celebrating the courage of refugees
Refugee Week is an opportunity to recognise the positive contributions refugees make to Australian society. This year, Refugee Week is celebrated from 14 to 20 June with the theme ‘with courage let us all combine’.
Poetry – An Ordinary Life
I mused upon the weeds one day, upon the torn and ravaged ground. Their healing fronds and trailing leaves, repairing torn and damaged space. I mused from window set on high, on field of rusting dusty past.
Poetry – The Quiet Ones
River – ‘Hand Drawn with Mouse’ Digital Art by Margaret Gambold. THE QUIET PLACES Show me the quiet places Lord, Where I can find your peace. Take me beyond the noisiness of life’s relentless beat.
Housing affordability crisis
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey caused a storm this week when he advised first-home buyers to “get a good job that pays good money“.