UnitingCare Tasmania’s emergency relief operations in southern Tasmania will be reduced from four half days a week to about 10 hours a week in the wake of a 30 per cent funding cut by the Federal Government.
By Lin Hatfield Dodds National Director of UnitingCare Australia People in politics like to quote an old German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, who famously said that laws are like sausages.
By Marguerite Marshall This December representatives from 192 countries will meet in Paris to try and solve perhaps the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced – climate change.
By Tim Lam Sri Lankan Harmony Day looks set to become an annual fixture in the local Sri Lankan community calendar.
Rev John Gardiner’s recent 90th birthday celebration also served as a retirement celebration of sorts. Although officially retired decades ago, Mr Gardiner has remained very active in the Springvale community.
By Jennifer Byrnes It’s a conspiracy! Every Sunday, and at many other times in the week, the people of God conspire. The word conspire derives from ‘con’ meaning together and ‘inspire’ meaning to breathe in.
Review by Emmet O’Cuana Film| Testament of Youth| M Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, the first of a series of lengthy memoirs, is a classic appeal to pacifism inspired by the horrors of the First World War.
By Doug Williams Imagine bringing together 285 teenagers, a DJ with sound desk and four speaker stacks that would bring down Sydney Opera House.
Dandenong Uniting Church minister Rev Dr Apwee Ting believes there is a desperate need for churches to re-discover the art of cross cultural ministry in order to fully engage with their missional mandate.
Jean McKendry-Paterson 19/1/1928 – 9/3/2015 North Melbourne has lost a much loved and respected senior citizen in Jean McKendry-Paterson.
By Nigel Tapp “We love our church but we love our God more.” – Marie Beluch.