Benefit of the doubt
From a very young age, my brothers and I enjoyed playing cricket on the front driveway. Ours was the biggest (and best) game in the street.
Synod wins free speech in Tasmania
The Synod of Victoria and Tasmania was part of a successful campaign to stop the Tasmanian Liberal Government allowing large businesses to silence their critics through the use of defamation laws.
UnitingCare Australia responds to social services reform
Outlining an overhaul of the Federal social services system recommended by Patrick McClure at a projected cost of 150 million, Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has stated “the budget needs repair.
Smile for the Camera! – Pancake Day 2015
UnitingCare’s annual Pancake Day fundraiser has been a smashing success thanks to generous members of the local community, with nearly 400 events registered across Victoria and Tasmania.
Social issues high on conference agenda
Congress members Aunty Dianne Torrens (Chairperson of NSW/ACT Congress) and her husband Tim performing at a fellowship evening at the UAICC National Conference in Poatina, Tasmania.
Big tick for Hobart early learning centre
Scots Early Learning Centre has shifted its focus to learning with nature UnitingCARE Tasmania’s Scots Early Learning Centre, in Hobart, is moving forward in leaps and bounds.
Ignorance and virtue in Birdman
Michael Keaton Birdman arrives on Australian screens in the middle of a popular rush of support in the run up to the Oscars.
Memories of MLC
Jill Sanguinetti’s memoir, School Days of a Methodist Lady: a journey through childhood What makes a Methodist Lady? Jill Sanguinetti’s memoir, School Days of a Methodist Lady: a journey through childhood, goes a conside
Church of the world
Participants around a shared well in the Chuuk District of Kampot Province in Cambodia during a visit to the Cambodian Organisation for Children and Development, a local NGO which helps some of the area’s poorest people.
Graphic history – the Anzac legend
DAVE Dye’s The Anzac Legend DAVE Dye’s The Anzac Legend is an extremely well-researched illustrated graphic novel that describes the initial landing at Gallipoli. At 218 pages, it represents years of work.
Old fashioned community spirit makes Pancake Day a success
Volunteers Bonnie Harrison, Bev Jungwirth, Fred Jungwirth, Helen Barton For the congregation at Euroa Uniting Church, Pancake Day is all about enthusiasm for a good cause and bringing people together.
Connecting churches
Dr Sureka Goringe (pictured) has been appointed the new associate director of Church Connections.