United in support of the Uluru StatementThe Uniting Church has signed a historic Joint Resolution of Australian religious leaders in support of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Gathering in Sydney on the fifth anniversary of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, representatives of nine Australian religious bodies jointly called for immediate bipartisan action to […]
What does Walking Together look like in practice?To mark National Reconciliation Week 2022 which takes place from 27 May – 3 June, members of the Walking Together as First and Second peoples Circle Panel are hosting an online conversation.All members of the Circle and the wider Uniting Church are invited to listen in, join in, […]
The call to put First Peoples firstAs part of a wide consultation process taking place through the Act2 project, the Assembly President and General Secretary held a series of conversations with the Assembly Circles. Nathan Tyson, Anaiwon and Gomeroi man and Manager, First Peoples Strategy and Engagement with the Synod of NSW and the ACT, […]
National Reconcilation WeekThe Assembly Resourcing Unit has produced a National Reconciliation Week resource for 2020.The resource includes reflections from UCA President Dr Deidre Palmer and Interim National Chairperson of UAICC Pr Mark Kickett, and endorses the Reconciliation Sunday material produced by Tarlee Leondaris, Covenanting Officer at the Synod of South Australia.2020 is a year of significant […]
A vision and legacyThe Markers in our Covenant JourneyFor First Peoples the ‘songlines’ that stretch across the breadth and depth of this ancient land connect the peoples and places, their law, and the creation stories told, painted and sung by the ancestors from the Creator Spirit. Listen now as this story is sung.In 1982 at […]
Sovereignty‘God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself… and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.’ (2 Corinthians 5:19)In seeking reconciliation in this land, First and Second Peoples have committed to walking in a Covenantal relationship to share in the struggle for a more just and equitable society, bound together by a common faith.The […]