Farewelling Raul Sugunananthan Raul Sugunananthan is departing the Assembly following 10 months of effective advocacy workTomorrow 23 May the Assembly will farewell Raúl Sugunananthan from his role as Assembly Policy and Advocacy Officer. The Assembly was excited by the possibilities when Raúl joined the Assembly Resourcing Unit and over the past ten months it has […]
Act2 speaks your language The Act2 Project team has released a suite of language resources to help people engage with the Act2 reportWritten by Erik Lennestål, Act2 Project and Research Officer Act2 resources are available in 17 languages – and counting! The Act2 team is proud to be able to make available a suite of […]
Uniting in Prayer: your community From 19 May – 22 June we’re Uniting in Prayer. Here’s five ways to be involved #UnitinginPrayerWe are so excited for Uniting in Prayer to begin this Sunday 19 May, Pentecost Sunday. For 35 days across the national Uniting Church, we’ll be upholding in prayer our communities, our life and […]
2024 Federal Budget ResponseThe Uniting Church in Australia welcomes the clear commitment in the Federal Budget to relieve cost of living pressures for Australians, while noting more needs to be done for the most vulnerable in our community. Assembly General Secretary (Interim) Rev Lindsay Cullen said it was pleasing to see the budget handed down […]
Welcome and Safety for All A new Assembly resource for preventing harm from sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOGICE) By Rev Kath Behan, Assembly National Consultant One of the proposals brought to the 16th Assembly meeting in 2022 highlighted the need for discussions around what has become known as SOGICE (sexual orientation and gender identity […]
Act2 report to the 17th Assembly released The final report of the Act2 Project has been released as a PDF and will soon be a websiteCover image: Illustration commissioned by the Act2 Project for the cover of the report from Melbourne-based illustrator Cat MacInnes. See the image in full and read the illustration statement here. […]
‘For the Future’ An illustration commissioned by the Act2 ProjectThe Act2 Project Unit commissioned this illustration for the cover of the Act2 report from talented Melbourne-based illustrator Cat MacInnes. In her signature bright and whimsical style Cat offered this image to fulfill the brief, ‘For the future – the Uniting Church in a flourishing future’.”At […]
Save the Date: 30th Anniversary of the Covenant 10 July marks 30 years since the historic signing of a Covenant between the Uniting Church in Australia and the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian CongressThis July the Uniting Church will be marking two significant anniversaries in the life of the church and our relationship with First […]
Anger and heartbreak is rising in Australia over the epidemic of violence against women. In recent weeks, thousands have been protesting across the country following the deaths of seven women in the month of April bringing the 2024 tally to over 30. They are saying that enough is enough, we need action […]
Pastoral Statement May 2024 President Rev Sharon Hollis writes to Uniting Church members ahead of new Religious Discrimination debateTo Uniting Church in Australia members, congregations and faith communities Dear friends in Christ, As debate re-emerges on religious discrimination laws in Australia, I acknowledge the burden this will place on some members of our Uniting Church […]