A time for Transformation
A letter from Circle Advocate Rev. Alex SangsterHey Transforming Worship crew,I write to you all from Melbourne. I write to you from a city ‘ringed in steel’. Where we rally ourselves, […]
A letter from Circle Advocate Rev. Alex SangsterHey Transforming Worship crew,I write to you all from Melbourne. I write to you from a city ‘ringed in steel’. Where we rally ourselves, […]
By Rev. Dr Amelia Koh Butler and Janelle Gibson The UCA as part of Global Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity made up of a number of denominations. The movement traces its roots back to founder John Wesley, an Anglican preacher. Charles Wesley, John’s brother, and George Whitefield were also significant leaders in […]
By Shane Slade, Seeking Common Ground Circle member, Engadine Uniting Church Sydney Alliance is a coalition of citizens, community organisations, faith groups, unions and not-for-profits working together for a common good vision of Sydney. The Alliance works on many issues reactively and proactively, building campaigns on Affordable Housing, Voices for Power (Affordable and Renewable Energy) […]
Emily with the WCC Gender Advisory Working Group in Switzerland, January 2019.Uniting Church member Emily Evans is taking part in the World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee meeting from 20-24 July 2020.The meeting is taking place online and Emily sends this video report from her home in Darwin.Emily shares how despite not being able […]
Join the Being a Multicultural Circle and Assembly Resourcing Unit for our second webinar looking at the Church and COVID-19. The focus of this webinar will be our ministerial practices and how they have been impacted by the pandemic and new understandings that have emerged. The webinar will take place on Thursday 30 July from […]
How must we change in order to continue?Around 100 people across the Uniting Church participated in the first in a series of webinars looking at how COVID-19 has challenged and changed us as the church.Presented by the Assembly Resourcing Unit and the Being a Multicultural Church Circle, the webinar on 9 July explored the topic […]
UAICC National Executive member Alison Overeem at the 2019 President’s Conference in Fiji. The Australian Government’s Pacific Step-Up initiative aims to change the way Australia engages in the Pacific region, strengthening partnerships and enhancing commitments to help address the challenges facing Pacific people. UnitingWorld has been consulting with Pacific partners and the Pacific Conference of Churches […]
Doc.Bytes 2019 DocBytes are short discussion starters exploring Uniting Church understandings and beliefs. The two-page papers are especially aimed at groups though they can also be used for personal reflection. They provide some input, questions, and also point to further reading options. Docbytes 2019 The Assembly Standing Committee has approved the following set of resources […]
Connecting Familes, Nurturing FaithConnecting Families, Nurturing Faith’ is a resource for ministry leaders to encourage discipleship across households. It includes a step by step process, a checklist, ideas to share with families and information about four recommended resources.This is not another discipleship resource but rather a tool to assist ministry leaders to choose a resource, to […]
#BuildBackBetter The Uniting Church in Australia has outlined a set of principles and key actions that will guide the way to a better future as Australia recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.UCA President Dr Deidre Palmer said the COVID-19 pandemic had highlighted the stark inequality and disparity in our Australian society and exacerbated the disadvantage faced […]