Kungan Kaldowinyeri: Listening to Creation This last semester Uniting College for Leadership and Theology in South Australia has run a second immersive unit taking students on Country, this time led by Uncle Ken Sumner and Rosemary Dewerse “If you want to be reconciled to me, you have to be reconciled to Country first [for] I […]
#UCADayofMourning Sunday 25 January For 30 years the Uniting Church has been in Covenant with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC). Made in honesty about our history and in hope for the future, the Covenant commits us to work for a just church and nation. […]
Faith, culture and community celebrated Attending the annual conference of the Australia and Oceania Fellowship of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe deepened Rev Kath Behan’s understanding of cross-cultural partnership and God’s boundless familyby Rev Kath Behan, National Consultant with The AssemblyIn late September, I had the opportunity to attend the annual conference of the Australia […]
UCA, UAICC and UnitingCare Australia welcome First Nations Economic Empowerment Alliance The announcement was made this morning by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a speech at the Garma Festival in Gulkula Uniting Church, Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress and UnitingCare Australia welcome First Nations Economic Empowerment Alliance as a step toward shared prosperity […]
Planting Hope: Vision, Volunteers and a Community Revitalised A 20-year dream has been fulfilled in the outback terrain of South Australia, bringing the hope of Jesus to a remote communityBy Rob Floyd, National Director of Frontier ServicesIt isn’t often that you embark on an epic journey, through vast expanses of desert, to witness the birth […]
Yarta Wandatha: the land is speaking, the people are speaking Walking with Elders, learning from their ancient wisdom and wrestling with the lessons that creation – ‘God’s oldest voice’ – has to teach us todayThis article was first published in VOX, the bulletin of the University of Divinity. It is republished with permission. By Dr […]
Livestream – 2025 national Day of Mourning service A national service of lament and celebration of survival to mark the Day of Mourning will take place at 5:30pm AEST on Friday 24 January at Albert Street Uniting Church in Brisbane. (3:30pm AWST, 5pm ACST, 6pm ACDT, 6:30pm AEDT). Watch […]
UAICC Statement on the passing of Rev Dr Michelle Cook National Chairperson of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress, Rev Mark Kickett, has released a letter of pastoral supportPastoral support letter, from UAICC National Chairperson Rev Mark Kickett Upon the passing of Rev Dr Michelle Cook The UAICC National Chairperson, on behalf of the […]
‘Holistic spirituality’: a tribute to Rev Dr Gondarra OAM This is the reflection given by Rev Steve Orme at the State Memorial for Rev Dr Gondarra OAMThis short reflection was given by Uniting Church minister Rev Steve Orme at the State Memorial Service for Rev Dr Gondarra OAM Held in the grounds of Nungalinya College, […]
Deadline looming to make your submission on proposed Truth and Justice Commission The Bill is before a Senate Inquiry and you can make your voice heard until 20 SeptemberPlease note the deadline has been extended and submissions now close 20 September. The deadline is looming for submissions to a current parliamentary inquiry into a Bill […]