For all the Saints A reflection on All Saints DayImage: All Saints Day 2022, Wesley Church Melbourne. written by Bethany Broadstock, Assembly Communications Unit “Now he is God not of the dead but of the living, for to him all of them are alive.” Luke 20:38 On a Sunday close to 1 November, my favourite […]
A lament for our timesRev Bec LindsayThis lament was written by Rev Dr Bec Lindsay, Uniting Church minister and sessional lecturer with United Theological College, and is shared with permission.”I lament that we have forgotten how to talk to each other, how to listen across our difference, to the sounds of children playing, preferring instead […]
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 21-28 May 2023 What makes Christian Unity important? Responses and reflectionsAs we mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we invited responses from Uniting Church members engaged in the ecumenical and theological space, reflecting on what makes Christian Unity important. “The message of Christian unity is not a sweet occasional […]
A Fijian Bible Study A new book of weekly Bible Studies in Fijian based on the Revised Common Lectionary by Rev Dr Iliesa Jovili MeoA new publication containing detailed Bible Studies for the weekly Lectionary readings written in Fijian has been launched this week. The text is the work of respected Uniting Church Fijian minister […]
Continuing WitnessThe 17th Assembly has agreed to recognise three ecumenical documents as “continuing witness” to the Gospel of Jesus Christ”. The Belhar Confession, The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification and Laudato si’ have been recognised as part of a new category of statements or confessions of faith from other churches which we might […]
As the year draws to a close, we thought it was worth taking at look at just some of the ways the Assembly Circles of Interest have contributed to, supported or inspired the work of the Assembly across 2022. In these highlights, we see a picture of the national identity of the Uniting Church reflected […]
Reflection 6: Matthew JuliusOver the past weeks, we have published edited versions of reflections on the Basis of Union and Ministry Practice originally presented as part of panel discussions at the 2021 Basis at 50 conference (find the introduction to this series and links to those original reflections here). This week we begin to publish […]
Reflection 5: Rev Sandy BoyceThis reflection is part of a series offered by the Assembly’s Growing in Faith Circle to continue reflection and engagement on the Uniting Church’s founding document, the Basis of Union, 50 years after it was first published. The series was inspired by and is a response to “The Basis of Union […]
Reflection 4: Rev Radhika Sukumar-WhiteThis reflection is part of a series offered by the Assembly’s Growing in Faith Circle to continue reflection and engagement on the Uniting Church’s founding document, the Basis of Union, 50 years after it was first published. The series was inspired by and is a response to “The Basis of Union […]
Reflection 3: Rev Stu CameronThis reflection is part of a series offered by the Assembly’s Growing in Faith Circle to continue reflection and engagement on the Uniting Church’s founding document, the Basis of Union, 50 years after it was first published. The series was inspired by and is a response to “The Basis of Union […]