Advent stories of peace: Soothing sounds

For Christians the birth of Jesus is not just an historical event to be marked on Christmas Day but is an ongoing story of the way that God is at work in the world.

Concert to raise funds for dementia

Pic: Eva Alegre Opera Su Presto will be performing at Toorak Uniting Church on 18 December to raise funds for people with dementia. Its new show Les Liaisons Misérables is a political farce set in the court of Louis XVI.

Concert to raise funds for dementia support

David Hodges and David Ross Smith Some of Australia’s best opera singers will perform at an upcoming concert to raise funds for people with dementia and their carers.

Ray receives the gift of music

Ray McSweeney with Girrawheen Day Centre Coordinator, Rossella Frezza (L) and Music Therapist Winifred Beavers (R) along with Olive and John Evans from the Brighton Lions Club.

Developing dementia-friendly congregations

CHARISSE EDE For the past eight years, Joan Waters has thought, read, wept and prayed about dementia. The insidious disease has taken hostage of her husband of 65 years, Reynolds, a retired Uniting Church minister.

Uniting AgeWell receives LGBTI award

Working It Out CEO Susan Ditter and Uniting AgeWell manager of integrated services Vicki Pollock Uniting AgeWell has received a prestigious Dorothies Award for its work in providing LGBTI-inclusive aged care services.