National Day of Prayer for COVID-19Uniting Church in Australia President Rev Sharon Hollis is encouraging UCA members to join in a day of prayer for all those experiencing the ongoing impacts of the pandemic. It follows an invitation from the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) for churches to mark a National Day of Prayer […]
Urgent action needed for ‘code red’ warning A new report from the United Nations global body on climate science is a “code red for humanity”.This was the declaration of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres upon the release of the sixth Amendment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).In the new report the IPCC […]
Uniting Church Child Safe Week: 5-11 SeptemberEvery child and young person in our Church deserves to feel and be safe, to thrive and be healthy. Join others across the Church for the first Uniting Church Child Safe Week from 5-11 September and Child Safe Sunday on 5 September. The National Safe Church Unit has asked a […]
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 […]
Proud in Culture, Strong in Spirit Today on 4 August communities across Australia are celebrating and honouring First Nations children and their connections to culture as part of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day. To mark the day, the National Safe Church Unit of the Uniting Church has shared a special version of […]
On 4 August communities across Australia will mark National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day – a day to celebrate First Nations children and their right to grow up strong in culture and spirit. The Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC), UnitingCare Australia and Uniting Church in Australia Assembly have joined this celebration reaffirming […]
Growing together as an Intercultural ChurchIn this final piece reflecting on what it means to live our life as an Intercultural Church, Rev Charissa Suli speaks about some of the work of the Assembly Resourcing Unit in equipping the Church to live its life cross culturally.By Rev Charissa Suli, National Consultant, Assembly Resourcing Unit The […]
Arrangements for Holy CommunionAt its meeting in March 2020, the Assembly Standing Committee (ASC) approved temporary guidelines for Uniting Church congregations and faith communities to celebrate Holy Communion as part of online worship.”At this moment, we cannot gather together in our usual ways, because of the restrictions designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, […]
Highlights of the 16th Assembly The first-ever online meeting for the Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia took place over the weekend of 17-18 July.In two historic and joyful moments for the Church, the 16th Assembly installed Rev Sharon Hollis as its third woman President and declared Rev Charissa Suli the new President-elect, the […]
Eight long years Written by Rob Floyd, Assembly Associate General Secretary and Chair of the Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce19 July 2021 marked eight long years since then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that “…as of today, asylum seekers who come here by boat without a visa will never be settled in Australia.” This decision has gone […]