Cindy James is a Panel Member for the Working for Justice Circle. We asked her to tell us a bit about herself and her work supporting refugees in Wagga Wagga. Currently I work for St Vincent de Paul as school coordinator which includes educating school students about poverty, refugees and asylum seekers and other social […]
Pilgrim Uniting Church has become the first South Australian church to be recognised by the Five Leaf Eco-Awards for their environmental achievements. The Five-Leaf Eco Awards are an ecumenical initiative for churches and religious organisations to assist, inspire and reward churches for the actions they take for the environment. Director of the Five Leaf Eco-Awards […]
Circle Advocate Rev Dr Amelia Koh-Butler reflects on what makes seeking common ground hard, and why it’s always worth pursuing. A few years ago I was involved with a bunch of radical disciples who birthed a new community. It’s called ‘The Commons’ in Newcastle, NSW. The founders were inspired by Acts 2:42-47. The believers devoted […]
Emily Evans is one of the Seeking Common Ground Panel members. She is also a member of the World Council of Churches Central and Executive Committees. We’ve asked her to share some of her experiences. What were your first experiences of ecumenism? One of my first experiences of ecumenism was at a local level when I […]
By Rev Dr Matthew Wilson, Co-Convenor UCA-ECAJ Dialogue The National Dialogue of the Uniting Church in Australia Assembly and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has met 45 times since 1991. The Dialogue was established when tensions arose between the Uniting Church and the Jewish community in relation to the political situation in Israel-Palestine. […]
Rev Dr Ji Zhang reflects on the historic agreement between the Vatican and the People’s Republic of China on the mutual recognition of bishops appointed both by the Catholic Church in China and Vatican. In the 17th century, Matteo Ricci was one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China mission. He studied Chinese, read […]
Get to know our Advocate Rev Ann PerrinThe Advocate for the Growing in Faith Circle is Rev Ann Perrin. We asked Ann to share a little about herself. What I am doing now: Team Leader for the Hawkesbury Mission Zone in the Parramatta Nepean Presbytery of the NSW/ACT Synod. My greatest achievement is two adult […]
Get to know our Advocate Rev Alex SangsterThe Advocate for the Transforming Worship Circle is Rev. Alex Sangster. Alex has been a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia for over 12 years and is committed to opening up worship to all people and finding ways to connect people into God’s story incarnated in Jesus […]
By Rev Ellie Elia, Minister at St Andrew’s Uniting Church Glenbrook Something is growing at St Andrew’s Uniting Church Glenbrook NSW, and it’s wild and beautiful and surprising.The Season of Creation gives to the worshipping life of the congregation an opportunity to awaken the senses, reconnect and recommit to our place in God’s creation, and reflect […]
By Simon Lee, Lead Minister, NEW Beginnings Uniting Church Towards the end of 2017 NEW Beginnings Uniting Church (NBU), in Cronulla NSW, felt it was important for the health of our church that we should be not only singing songs in worship that have represented our faith heritage, but also songs that represent who we […]