Letters

The May 2013 Synod was very poorly informed about the facts which led up to the abrupt demise of the college on 17 October 2012.

Mixed emotions to future direction

By Penny Mulvey Many conversations about mission and property have been held throughout the synod during the past three months. Church councils have reflected on how their buildings are used within their communities.

Shopping for solar

Kildonan UnitingCare is in the running to receive up to $2 million from corporate entity eftpos…and it needs your vote.

Stop the donkeys

I John 3:18 – “…Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.” The image above is not intended as an insult to Christians, or as a snide joke.

Coach signs off in style

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar First XVIII football coach Ken Fletcher (pictured) has celebrated his retirement from the role by returning the Associated Grammar Schools’ championship shield to the school.

Rewarding effort

Laura Egan (left) and a friend from a remote community                                   For the past nine years, the Anti-Poverty Awar

On any Sunday…

                                  …The synod’s retiring real estate consultant, David Langridge, might burn up the miles on his bike.

School chaplains have ‘some time to breathe’

By Laura Lindsay, schools liaison Uniting Church school chaplains from around the synod gathered in the tranquil surrounds of the Yarra Valley for their annual retreat in August.

Girl power

For the past five years, students from Isik Islamic Girls College (now Sirius College) in Broadmeadows met with the Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Year 10 social justice group to share a meal and explore their dive

Roger and out

UnitingCare Harrison in Knox has farewelled former-CEO Roger Gough (pictured).

Seeking safety and freedom…

Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon In the final section of the Mahabharata, the epic whose centrepiece is the Great War between the forces of good and evil, the virtuous Pandava prince, Yudhisthira, is tested on his way to heave