What does intergenerational worship look like?This week we continue sharing stories about the Intergenerational life and ministry of our Church – a key pillar of the Assembly Strategic Plan. One of the Church’s key voices in this space Chris Barnett (Intergenerational Ministry – Children & Families, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania) reflects on what it means […]
What is an intergenerational church?Written by Rev Lindsay Cullen, Assembly National ConsultantOne of the Assembly Strategic directions is encouraging and enabling an Intergenerational Church. The longer description says, ‘Welcome, equip and hold together the different generations, in the life, ministry, decision making and leadership of the church.’ Many churches in the UCA are either exploring […]
Season of Creation 2021 From 1 September to 4 October, Christians around the world take part in acts of worship and action focused on how we live in relationship with and care for God’s creation.UCA President Rev Sharon Hollis has shared a video message inviting Uniting Church congregations to participate in the Season of Creation. […]
Our Vision for a Just AustraliaAn update of the Uniting Church statement “Our Vision for a Just Australia” expresses our hopes for Australia to be a nation that is just, compassionate, inclusive and courageous.In launching the July 2021 update, President of the Uniting Church in Australia Rev Sharon Hollis said: “With many people in Australia […]
Church in the Digital AgeRunning from March 2021 until November 2022, the Assembly Standing Committee has formed the Church In the Digital Age Task Group to identify the critical theological, pastoral and practical issues related to the worship, witness and service of the Uniting Church in Australia raised by the challenges and opportunities of the […]
Call for compassion and leadership on AfghanistanThe Uniting Church in Australia Assembly has joined calls urging the Australian Government to act urgently, swiftly, compassionately and with leadership in responding to the crisis in Afghanistan.The Assembly is one of more than 300 organisations who have signed a joint letter to all Federal MPs and Senators urging […]
Prayers for LebanonImage Credit: ABC NewsPlease hold in your prayers the people of Lebanon and UCA members with family in Lebanon, as the nation struggles through one of the world’s worst financial crises in more than a century.Assembly Consultant Covenanting Stuart McMillan offered the following expression of solidarity and compassion for our friends from Lebanon […]
Urgent action needed for ‘code red’ warning A new report from the United Nations global body on climate science is a “code red for humanity”.This was the declaration of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres upon the release of the sixth Amendment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).In the new report the IPCC […]
Choose peace with justice: a liturgy for Hiroshima Day 2021This week marks the 76th anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On Friday 6 August many across the world will observe Hiroshima Day, which has become both a day of remembrance and of action for nuclear disarmament.The Wellspring Community, a dispersed and ecumenical Christian […]
On 4 August communities across Australia will mark National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day – a day to celebrate First Nations children and their right to grow up strong in culture and spirit. The Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC), UnitingCare Australia and Uniting Church in Australia Assembly have joined this celebration reaffirming […]