What’s Your Uniting Church Story? Throughout this year, we have included a question at the end of the newsletter inviting you to tell us about your Uniting Church story or to share on the themes and stories we have included from week to week. Thank you to those readers who took the opportunity to respond. […]
Rev Dr John Squires reflects on 42 years Uniting Church minister and scholar Rev Dr John Squires retired on 4 December this year after 42 years in active ministry, spanning numerous roles in congregations, a presbytery, and two of the Uniting Church’s theological colleges. An engaged theological reflector on the Uniting Church, John has made […]
Pacific Conference of Churches calls for action on West Papua The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has called for a boycott of all Indonesian products and programmes by the Indonesian Government until Indonesia facilitates a visit by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to investigate reports of ongoing human rights abuses in […]
Prayers for West JavaOur hearts and prayers go out to all those affected by the 5.6 magnitude earthquake which struck the town of Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia on Monday. We hold in our prayers our church partners in this region in the days to come. President of the Uniting Church in Australia Rev Sharon […]
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Season of Creation – Week 5Hearing the voice and wisdom of First PeoplesThis week we hear from proud Adnyamathanha woman, theologian and Uniting Church minister Aunty Rev Dr Denise Champion. Aunty Denise is the Theologian in Residence at Uniting College in Adelaide. In this short video she speaks about God’s presence in the land before […]
Season of Creation – Week 4Hearing the voice and wisdom of First Peoples”We are attuned to nature, are you attuned to nature? Are you taking notice of what is happening right in front of your eyes? Pay attention to nature and to all of creation.” This week we hear from Ngarinyin Worrorra woman and practicing […]
Listening to the voice of creation with Sean WeetraNgarrindjeri man and Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress leader Sean Weetra reflects on connection to Country and what we might hear if we listen to the voice of creation in this short video.From the Discipling the Next Generations CircleAs the impacts of the climate and ecological […]
How to live on Country in a 21st Century wayPanninher man Rev Tim Matton-Johnson reflects in this video on the deep connection First Peoples have with the land, and what it means to live on Country in a 21st century way. This reflection is part of a recent webinar presented by the Uniting Church National […]
Rev Anne Hewitt on ecumenismRev Anne Hewitt What is your role and what do you do? What are some of the key pieces of work? My role is Executive Director and General Secretary for Churches Together South Australia. I provide ecumenical ministry, strategic executive leadership and pastoral support that resources, promotes, enables and encourages opportunities […]