Join the Assembly’s Finance, Audit & Risk CommitteeThe Assembly Finance Audit and Risk Committee (AFARC) is seeking a new member to fill a vacancy as an existing member retires in mid 2023. The appointment is for an initial three-year term. The Committee is established pursuant to Uniting Church Regulation 3.7.5.2. Responsibilities of the Committee, as […]
‘Our heart for God’s renewal’: Intergenerational at Trinity Alberton Uniting Church When Pastor Simon Story was called to leadership at Trinity Alberton Uniting Church just outside Adelaide’s CBD, it was a long way from the secular roles he and his partner Leesa had held in the years before. With a strong call to ministry, a passion […]
New Associate General Secretary AppointedThe Assembly is delighted to announce Rev Lindsay Cullen has been appointed by the Assembly Standing Committee to the role of Associate General Secretary. Lindsay is a highly respected, collaborative and creative leader in the Uniting Church. Currently serving as National Consultant with the Assembly Resourcing Unit, Lindsay has played a […]
You’re invited: Act2 Drop-Ins The Act2 Project Team is excited to invite you to a new opportunity to get involved with the Act2 Project. Fortnightly Act2 Drop-Ins are a relaxed and informal opportunity, hosted on Zoom, to chat with some of the Act2 team, hear about the Act2 Project, share your insights and get advice […]
Taking the first step to intergenerational Image credit: GenOn Ministries Facebook page As a Church we are always growing disciples of all ages. From the time we are young children through to the fulfilment of age, we are on a life-long journey of faith and discipleship that, as communities of faith, we’re called by God […]
Reflection 1: Rev Dr Sally DouglasThis reflection is part of a series offered by the Assembly’s Growing in Faith Circle to continue reflection and engagement on the Uniting Church’s founding document, the Basis of Union, 50 years after it was first published. The series was inspired by and is a response to “The Basis of […]
Late in 2021 almost 70 people from across the national UCA gathered online for a day conference hosted by Pilgrim Theological College in the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania to reflect and engage with the Uniting Church in Australia’s Basis of Union. The event coincided with the 50th anniversary of the final form of the […]
PASTORAL STATEMENT – Cassius TurveyImages: Vigil for Cassius Turvey, Cygnet, southern Lutruwita / Tasmania. Credit and thanks to: Alison OvereemTo UCA members, congregations and faith communities:The Uniting Church joins with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) in mourning the death of 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy Cassius Turvey and stands with them in their […]
UAICC National Statement against social injusticeImage: Vigil for Cassius Turvey, Weeip Park in Midland, Perth on 31 October. Credit and thanks to: Marziya MohammedaliThe recent death of young Noongar Yamatji boy Cassius Turvey who was fatally attacked in Perth has gathered a nation in grief.This sorrow echoes the injustice faced by First Peoples, past, present […]
A new website for Act2 The Act2 Project Unit is excited to launch a brand new website for the Act2 Project! Act2 is a whole-of-Church national process focussed on the future of the Uniting Church. It is now moving into a new moment of exploration and discernment, shaped by the decision of the 16th Assembly. […]