The 1986 Confession of Belhar from South AfricaRead The Confession of Belhar and Letter of Explanation IntroductionThe first document for consideration in the current triennium is the Confession of Belhar from South Africa, which claims our common humanity in the Gospel.This Confession was written in the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in South Africa in 1982 […]
Continuing WitnessAt its theological centre The Basis of Union points us to the gospel by summarising the story of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. Across paragraphs 5-10, it points us to where we continually encounter this gospel: the biblical witnesses, the sacraments, the creeds, and the documents of our Reformation and Wesleyan traditions.In paragraph 11, […]
Covenanting Banner Acknowledge the First Peoples in your area.Uniting Church congregations and presbyteries are encouraged to build relationships with local First Peoples communities, acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which they meet, worship and work together for reconciliation with and justice. One way to acknowledge the First Peoples in your area is to […]
Humans of the Uniting ChurchMeet some of the amazing people that make up the Uniting Church in AustraliaThe Uniting Church is full of wonderful stories. Across the country, there are thousands of faithful people and communities sharing in life and faith, growing disciples, nurturing faith and places of belonging, leading change, experimenting with new things, working […]
A Gospel proclaimed by all ages Something new and lifegiving is happening at Eaglehawk Uniting ChurchBy Rebecca BeislerSomething new and lifegiving is happening at Eaglehawk Uniting Church, located in the historic goldfield city of Bendigo in country Victoria. The older and younger generations of this community have begun to take steps outside of their normal roles […]
Highland Traditions of Scotland The region became culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period.INTRO / SYNOPSISTypography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point size, line length, line-spacing (leading), letter-spacing […]
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 […]