NYALC OnlineUCA President Dr Deidre Palmer has invited young adult leaders across the Uniting Church to join her online for an opportunity to connect and reflect on being Church at this time. The video gatherings scheduled over the next few months are an opportunity to remain connected after COVID-19 has meant the cancellation of the […]
By Gabby CadenheadMy name is Gabby Cadenhead, and I am in my final year of a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney. I worship at Leichhardt Uniting Church.Christian Students Uniting (CSU) is a community of university students on multiple campuses across Sydney and New South Wales united by a […]
And its repercussions for our Ibero-Latino Community By Rev. Esteban Lievano, UCA Ibero-Latino National Conference Chairperson This week South America was reported as the new global epicentre for the COVID-19 virus. The pandemic will have long-lasting impacts on already impoverished and indigenous communities in the region, but it is also impacting Latin American communities living […]
Terror, challenge, and reimagined community in biblical treatments of disability By Rev. Dr Kylie Crabbe It probably won’t surprise any of us that there are passages in the gospels that can be deeply painful for people who identify as living with a disability. In one of my favourite phrases, biblical scholar Sharon Betcher describes, “the […]
By Rev. Dr (Deacon) Andy CalderThe gospel inspires our Uniting Church DNA and faith into responses of justice and care with vulnerable people experiencing stigma and exclusion (in contrast to the Do Nothing Approach).Our faith communities and community service agencies aim to be places of welcome and sanctuary and we celebrate many instances of that […]
Join the Being a Multicultural Circle and Assembly Resourcing Unit for our third webinar looking at the Church and COVID-19. The topic of this webinar is Hybrid Ecclesiology. In the midst of COVID-19, our worship and pastoral ministry is taking place in hybrid forms, online, offline, face-to-face and physically distanced. How is this changing the […]
Uniting together in prayer and hopeLeaders of the National Conferences of the Uniting Church met virtually this week, exchanging stories of faith and ministry in what has been a challenging time for many of their communities.Middle East National Conference Chairperson Rev. Gaby Kobrossi spoke about devastating impact of the explosions in Beirut and his community’s […]
When Intergenerational meets InterculturalThe shape of discipleship in the intersectional space between intergenerationality and interculturality By Robin Yang I am hoping to begin a national conversation that explores how we do lifelong discipleship and faith formation in the messy overlapping space between intergenerationality and interculturality. Dr Holly Allen, a leading voice in intergenerational ministry based […]
Cover of the July/August Faith at Home Resources from Messy ChurchAUGUST UPDATE This excellent list of resources is from a newsletter compiled by Chris Barnett from the Intergenerational Ministry – Children & Families team at equipping Leadership for Mission (eLM) in the Synod of VIC/TAS. NEW Faith at Home resources Faith at Home: Resources from […]
A recent post on the Transforming Worship Facebook page asked for suggestions to introduce a congregation to some new songs. What a wonderful collection of responses! The request was for a congregation that wants to expand on Together in Song (TIS) hymns and organ music, but ideally songs that can be learnt easily without meeting […]