Children and Families MinistryOCTOBER UPDATEThese resources are compiled by Chris Barnett from the Intergenerational Ministry – Children & Families team at equipping Leadership for Mission (eLM) in the Synod of VIC/TAS. Thanks Chris for this valuable resource! To receive these Updates directly via email each month, please e-mail Chris at chris.barnett@victas.uca.org.au.CHILDREN & FAMILIES MINISTRY – OCTOBER 1. Refresh, Recharge, Renew […]
Nurturing faith through Advent Calling all creatives! Contribute to our Advent Calendar. For the last couple of years the Assembly has offered various resources to help the wider UCA enter into the Advent season. This year we are hoping to create something that is geared towards nurturing faith at home through Advent. We are putting […]
Mission, fellowship and hospitality: FNC 2022Image: Filipe Batiwale at the 2022 Fijian National Conference Written by Filipe Batiwale The 2022 Uniting Church in Australia Fiji National Conference (FNC) was held in Darwin from 29 September – 2 October. The theme was “Remember our past to shape our future.” As a youth attending the conference for […]
Act2 Communications Officer AppointedThe Assembly is delighted to announce the appointment of Bethany Broadstock to the new role of Act2 Communications Officer. Bethany has been working as the Communications Officer within the Assembly for two years and will now expand her role to include the communications work of the Act2 Project Unit. The Act2 Project […]
Intercultural: where our journey beginsIn our Assembly Strategic Plan we identify four key pillars that drive our work and are a primary focus as we seek to move boldly and confidently into the future. One of these pillars is Intercultural, encapsulating how we seek to live as a community that transcends cultural and other barriers, and in which […]
On the passing of Queen Elizabeth IIThe Uniting Church acknowledges with sadness the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on 8 September. President of the Uniting Church in Australia Rev Sharon Hollis has offered this short prayer. God of life and […]
Week 4: Justice in ActionThis is the final article in a series of articles from the Palestine and Israel Ecumenical Network (PIEN) in the lead up to the World Council of Churches World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel (15-22 September). In 2022 the theme is ‘Faith, Hope and Love in Action: Towards Justice […]
Rev Anne Hewitt on ecumenismRev Anne Hewitt What is your role and what do you do? What are some of the key pieces of work? My role is Executive Director and General Secretary for Churches Together South Australia. I provide ecumenical ministry, strategic executive leadership and pastoral support that resources, promotes, enables and encourages opportunities […]
Rev Sandy Boyce on ecumenismRev Sandy Boyce What is your role and what do you do? What are some of the key pieces of work? I’m the Executive Officer of the Victorian Council of Churches. The VCC has at its core a commit to deepen relationships with each other in order to express more visibly […]
Rev David Baker on ecumenismRev David Baker What is your role and what do you do? What are some of the key pieces of work? I’m General Secretary of Queensland Churches Together. QCT’s vision is to see “the church in Queensland serving, witnessing, praying, and working together”. QCT’s purpose is to resource the church, and […]