Faith to the fore in Tonga
The people of Tonga will bounce back from the devastation caused by a recent tsunami, say Victorian-based Uniting Church members from the South Pacific Island nation.
The people of Tonga will bounce back from the devastation caused by a recent tsunami, say Victorian-based Uniting Church members from the South Pacific Island nation.
Uniting Church members are being urged to pray for the people of Tonga, after the South Pacific Island nation was devastated by a tsunami last weekend.
Tongan King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u thanked former missionaries from Victoria for their work in Tonga during a reception in Melbourne in June.
UnitingWorld has launched an appeal to support communities in Tonga affected by Tropical Cyclone Gita.
Melbourne’s winter weather presented a formidable challenge for a group of young Tongan students visiting the synod CBD offices on Thursday.
It is not every day you receive an invitation to crown the ruling monarch of another nation. But that was the honour recently bestowed upon former Uniting Church president Rev Dr D’Arcy Wood.