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.
Why ‘retirement’ is not a Christian Word
There are good reasons why the word ‘retirement’ has been used around me, and about me, in recent times.
Depictions of home
Depiction of Home at the Arts Centre community project My daughters and I spent this Christmas in Vietnam. There was a strangeness to celebrating Christmas in a country where Christmas is not a major festival.
Gallipoli revisited
Russell Crowe Movie l The Water Diviner l M Russell Crowe has chosen one of the great narratives of modern Australia to make his directorial debut.
Ecumenical French community to visit Melbourne
The Taizé Community will celebrate 100 years since the birth of its founder, Brother Roger Schütz.