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Living as an Intercultural ChurchAn Intercultural church is a church that accepts, supports and celebrates each cultural group. It intentionally encourages all cultural groups to engage in intercultural relationships and share in leadership, mission and ministry.An Intercultural church builds on the idea that Australian society and the Church’s membership are multicultural, and it calls on […]
Why Innovate?
Why Innovate?Written by Rev Lindsay Cullen, Assembly National ConsultantWhen I speak to people about the need for, or reasons for innovation, there are two themes which predominate. The first is practicality — we need to innovate in order to be relevant, or to connect with our communities or with current cultures and sub–cultures.We’ve seen wonderful […]
First in-person Pacific-Australian Church Network meeting
First in-person Pacific-Australian Church Network meetingFirst in-person Pacific-Australian Church Network meetingPCPAN Release / 22 July, 2022CanberraRepresentatives of Pacific and Australian Churches have concluded the first face to face meeting of the Pacific Church Partnership Advisory Network (‘PCPAN’) in Canberra, with a focus on self-determination, Pacific migrant labour, development in the Pacific and an affirmation of […]
Innovation
Our Innovative ChurchEver since it began, the Uniting Church has been challenged to think creatively about how to respond to the calling of God. Innovation is part of our DNA, and our calling to be innovative is more important than ever as we discern where the Spirit is leading us. Innovation is also a key […]
Picture Above: Art in Faith class at NungalinyaInnovation in faith and art at Nungalinya College Written by Michael Zewdie This week as we celebrate NAIDOC Week 2022, we wanted to highlight the innovation taking place at Nungalinya College and one First Nations artist who is empowering other First Peoples to share their faith and culture. […]
St Leonard’s Coffee Cup Challenge
Innovation inside a coffee cupA cup of coffee is a personal thing – flat white, black, cappuccino, espresso. No matter how you take it, for many of us having a ‘cuppa’ is one of the small but simple pleasures of our day. But for Barry Schofield, the humble cup of coffee gave birth to […]
A tribute to Neryl McCallum
A tribute to Neryl McCallum Originally published in the June/July edition of New Times, Synod of South Australia written by Dr Deidre Palmer, Ex-President, Uniting Church in Australia Assembly Neryl McCallum lived a remarkable life and made a life-giving difference to many of us, and to the life and mission of the Uniting Church. She […]
The logo of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) shows the cross of Jesus Christ, in its light and love, standing over a darkened world — redeeming it through grace and truth. By that cross people are bound to Christ and each other. The Holy Spirit, symbolised by the dove with the wings of flame, […]
New discussion guide for ‘Our Faith’ video series
New discussion guide for ‘Our Faith’ video series’Our Faith’ is a video series produced for the Uniting Church Assembly exploring some basic Christian beliefs from a Uniting Church perspective. While the videos were released in 2019, there is now a small group discussion guide to accompany them. The video series and discussion guide have both […]