Expanding our minds in Advent Part of the 2024 Advent series from the Assembly, a range of resources to enrich our reflection, worship, singing and prayer this Advent season This reflection is part of the Assembly’s 2024 Advent series, ‘Expanding Advent’. In the context of the devastating war in Palestine and Israel and the broader […]
The Christmas message from Uniting Church in Australia President Rev Charissa Suli is now available to download, watch share! In her first Christmas message as President, Rev Suli reflects on how the good news of this season surprises us with unexpected hope. “At Christmas we remember the birth of Jesus, the birth of hope itself,” […]
November 2024 UCA-LCA Dialogue meeting The Lutheran-Uniting Church Dialogue met in early November at the Uniting Church Centre for Theology and Ministry in MelbourneSubscribe to our newsletterIf you want to get the latest news from the Uniting Church in Australia then subscribe to our weekly newsletter delivered to your inbox.By Greg Pietsch, Lutheran co-chair and […]
Livestream – 2025 national Day of Mourning service A national service of lament and celebration of survival to mark the Day of Mourning will take place at 5:30pm AEST on Friday 24 January at Albert Street Uniting Church in Brisbane. (3:30pm AWST, 5pm ACST, 6pm ACDT, 6:30pm AEDT). Watch […]
Emergency Appeal for Lebanon By Michael ZewdieBankstown District Uniting Church in NSW has launched an emergency appeal for Lebanon. With many thousands injured and approximately 1.2 million people displaced following continual strikes by Israel, funds will support the congregation’s partner churches to meet vast needs including supplies for shelters and meals.Subscribe to our newsletterIf you want to get […]
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MY UNITING CHURCH’A Day in the Life of My Uniting Church’ is a photography project that aims to capture the diverse moments in a day at a Uniting Church, as the people of God gather to share life and faith. In the first iteration of this project, we visited three […]
Working together on justice for refugees An update from the Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce By Assembly Policy and Advocacy Officer Raúl Sugunananthan The Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) met in-person last Friday to plan its work for 2024. The gathering was a fruitful time with representatives from the Salvation Army, Anglican Church, Churches of […]
2023 Uniting Church Christmas messages Christmas messages from the President and Moderators of the Uniting Church in Australia The Christmas message from Uniting Church in Australia President Rev Sharon Hollis is now available for congregations to download and share! In her message, Rev Hollis reflects that in a season of celebration, the mood seems […]
UAICC National Leadership announcementThe Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) has elected Rev Mark Kickett as its National Chair. Rev Kickett has led Congress as the Interim Chair for the past three years and prior to this was serving with UAICC in South Australia. Rev Kickett said he was looking forward […]
Regenerational Introducing churches to intergenerational worshipAn exciting new resource to introduce your church to intergenerational worship is now available! Regenerational: Introducing churches to intergenerational ministry through gathered worship contains four services to use in gathered worship with all generations together.”An intergenerational community better reflects who we are, and who we are called to be […]