Covenanting Instruments In 1994 the UCA entered into a formal binding Covenant with the UAICC. The words of the statements together with the painting form the ‘covenant instruments’. Covenanting Statement Covenanting Painting Preamble Preamble to the UCA Constitution, Assembly, 2009 “The Church celebrates this Covenantal relationship as a foretaste of that coming reconciliation and renewal […]
Interfaith Relationships
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Ecumenism
Ecumenical engagement in the UCAThe Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) in its founding document The Basis of Union, declares its commitment to ecumenism (paragraph 2). The UCA believes Christians in Australia are called to bear witness to a unity of faith and life in Christ which transcends cultural and economic, national and racial boundaries. In […]
Living the Covenant Locally Living the Covenant Locally is a grass roots movement, made up of congregations, faith communities, schools and agencies, who are growing in understanding, encouraging others, connecting with UAICC and/or other First Nations Peoples locally and who then are equipped to take action, walking together as First and Second Peoples, in binding […]
what makes me feel safe
“Someone that’s there to help me”This week as the Uniting Church marks its first Child Safe Week, we are reminded of our commitment to keeping children and young people safe.Two young congregational members have shared their thoughts on what being safe means to them. Kani says it’s about someone there to help him – like […]
Let’s Yarn About Our Intercultural Church
This month the Assembly Resourcing Unit has led a series of online conversations about the intercultural life and ministry of the Uniting Church.In the final Let’s Yarn conversation, Rev Dr Paul Goh will share his research on Intercultural communities within the Synod of South Australia.Mapping Intercultural Neighbourhoods in SA: CALD and Intercultural Ministries Survey 2020-2021This […]
National Day of Prayer for those impacted by COVID
National Day of Prayer for those impacted by COVID Below we share a collection of prayers from UCA members and our church partners for the National Day of Prayer on Sunday 22 August as we pray for all those communities in Australia and across the world impacted by the pandemic. Prayer from Rev Sharon Hollis, UCA President God of […]
Our Intergenerational Church
Our Intergenerational ChurchOur vision is to be an Intergenerational Church where every generation is engaged together in active discipleship, growing and sharing faith in Jesus. We hope to encourage Uniting Church communities to discover ways to be a church for all ages, where faith and discipleship is encouraged equipped, and expressed intergenerationally. The Assembly has […]
Yarning Circle Gathering 2021In this video attendees at the recent gathering of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) hosted by the Queensland Moderator shared how First Peoples are contributing to the growth and development of the Uniting Church.Participants share about their life and ministry in the Uniting Church and how First Peoples are contributing […]
COVID-19 and the God we meet in suffering
COVID-19 and the God we meet in sufferingRev Dr Mery Kolimon is Moderator of GMIT, our partner Church in West Timor, Indonesia. Throughout the pandemic, she has shown leadership in public health and coordinated the emergency relief program after the devastation of Cylone Seroja.But in the midst of this busy ministry, and in spite of […]