Uniting for ClimateUniting Church members added their voices to many thousands of students in rallies around the country last week supporting the global youth-led movement, Schools Strike 4 Climate. All over Australia, thousands attended this most recent climate action on Friday 21 May in about 50 locations, with large rallies filling the major cities and […]
Join the Being a Multicultural Circle and Assembly Resourcing Unit for a new webinar series: The Uniting Church in the 21st CenturyWebinar 2: National Conferences of the Uniting ChurchThe second webinar in this series explored the history and life of the National Conferences, which provide regular opportunities for people of the same cultural background to […]
Written by Rev Dr Apwee Ting, Assembly National Consultant On the Day of Pentecost one of the great miracles of the Spirit of God was manifested in various languages. The ability to speak and hear the Good News in different languages is an important sign of God’s presence. On the day of Pentecost, we see […]
Cosmic Grace on the CrossWritten by Apwee Ting, Assembly National Consultant For many years Jesus’ words on the cross in the Gospel of Luke (Lk. 23:34) have been important words for me during Lent, Holy Week, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” There are […]
From Grief to Renewal via Lament How God is reshaping the Uniting Church for missionWritten by Rev Dr Apwee Ting, Assembly National Consultant I will remember 2020 as a year of grief. As we approach Christmas, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the deaths of more than 1.6 million people and 72 million infections worldwide. Personally […]
Join the Being a Multicultural Circle and Assembly Resourcing Unit for our final webinar of 2020 looking at the Church and COVID-19. The topic of this webinar is Mental Health. Our speakers will explore how we take care of our mental health in the midst of the pandemic and share experiences from their own faith […]
Written by Rev. Sophia Lizares, Minister Kalamunda Uniting Church and St Martin’s Foothills Uniting Church Troubled by cyclones and mounting authoritarianism in their home country, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic both there as well as in Australia, Filipinos are charting a distinctive path as members of the Uniting Church. Using the Filipino practice of “Damayan: […]
Empowering the Next GenerationsBy Rev. Dr Apwee Ting, National Consultant, Assembly Resourcing Unit It was a joy this month to again meet with Uniting Church National Conference leaders. The Assembly Resourcing Unit along with UCA President Dr Deidre Palmer hosted the gatherings welcoming First and Second Generation leaders in two separate online meetings. A key focus […]
Finding hope in Sabda dan DoaIn a year where faith and hope have been especially important, people across the world have had to think differently about what it means to be connected in worship.When COVID-19 forced us into physical isolation, Assembly National Consultant Rev. Dr Apwee Ting discovered a new way of sharing prayer and […]
The Uniting Church Filipino National Conference for 2020 will take place on 30-31 October 2020.The Conference will begin with an online service of Lament and Hope on Friday 30 October with Filipinos in Australia and overseas. It will include Vespers for All Saints Day and serve as the Conference opening.The theme of the Conference is […]