Melbourne’s faithful gather in the aftermath of MH17

Shadows cast across the high ceiling of St Paul’s Cathedral combined with the echoing sounds of the Choir of Trinity College to create a true sense of ceremony at a Multifaith Service for Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 l

UnitingCare praises proposed funding reform

Image courtesy of Amanda K on Flickr UnitingCare Australia has commended the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Early Childhood Care and Learning praising proposed funding reforms.

The Bible in context: HIV and AIDS

The global HIV and AIDS epidemic has been a context of great suffering: stigmatization, death, grief, impoverishment and has left countless children orphaned.

Rising above hate

Tahira Zahir (pictured) holds coloured balloons as a symbol of community harmony. Tahira Zahir (pictured) holds coloured balloons as a symbol of community harmony in Bendigo last month.

Time to go inside

From time to time, cartoonist and poet, Michael Leunig gives thanks for the blessing of winter, where life slips through our fingers, darkness gathers and our hands grow cold. Time to go inside he says.

Game, set, match

                                When the Geelong East Uniting Church Tennis club (pictured) heard the news their beloved courts were to be

Greening the Church

When the Synod resolved to reduce energy use by 20 per cent by 2020, many congregations set about working towards ways in which they could live out the commitment to responsible stewardship of the environment.

Welcoming signs at Hobart North

Rosemary Wilkinson Signing with Rev Carol Bennett Once a month, the Hobart North congregation makes its weekly Sunday service more inclusive for hearing impaired members by offering sign language interpretation.

The age of 10

Mavis Budge and Beth Rundell at morning tea This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Uniting Aged Care Board, bringing together most Uniting Church aged care services in Victoria.

Campaign results for slavery

Image courtesy of runran on flickr With encouragement from the Commission for Mission (CFM), Coles, Simplot and Nestle sent representatives to a meeting organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in May.