Standing up for older AustraliansThe Uniting Church, through UnitingCare Australia the national body which represents its community services, has joined aged care providers across the country calling for transformation of Australia’s aged care system.Days before the Royal Commission is due to hand down its final report, a new coalition, the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC), […]
16 Days of ActivismRepublished with permission from New Times. Read the full edition here: https://sa.uca.org.au/new-times/new-times-print-edition/ Written by Dr Deidre Palmer, UCA President As I write this article I have heard the horrifying news of a woman murdered by her partner outside the Alice Springs hospital. As you read this article it is more than likely that this […]
Lent BeginsWritten by UCA President Dr Deidre Palmer As we enter into this season of Lent, we follow Jesus to Jerusalem, travelling with him in his suffering, and to his death. This year, we are mindful of the suffering experienced by so many in our world right now. In this time of preparation and discipline, […]
Praying for PerthUniting Church leaders and church agencies are offering prayers and support, as a massive bushfire destroys scores of homes in Perth’s north eastern fringe.At the time of publication, more than 80 homes had been destroyed by fire. More than 500 firefighters are still battling the blaze, and hundreds of residents have been evacuated […]
16TH ASSEMBLY GOES ONLINEThe Uniting Church’s triennial Assembly meeting will take place online for the first time, due to continuing risk factors around the COVID-19 pandemic.Members of the Assembly Standing Committee (ASC) took the historic decision at an extraordinary meeting on Saturday 30 January 2021.“Putting the safety and wellbeing of members of the 16th Assembly […]
Living Our Destiny TogetherWritten by Bec Beisler, Assembly Resourcing UnitHundreds of Uniting Church members across the nation marked a Day of Mourning this week to reflect on and lament the colonisation and violent dispossession of Australia’s First Peoples.More than 50 Uniting Church congregations, as well UCA schools and aged care homes, took part in worship […]
A groundbreaking woman minister, an ex-Moderator, a Legacy leader, a trade unionist, a ricegrower and a Christian educator are among the wide range of Uniting Church members acknowledged in the Australia Day 2021 Honours list.Rev Norah Norris AM was the first Presbyterian woman to be ordained in South Australia. After Church union, Norah served on […]
Prayers for the USAThe President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Dr Deidre Palmer, has called church members to hold in prayer churches and people in the United States in the coming weeks and months.President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took their oaths of office early on Friday 21 January Australian time, as […]
Take part in a Day of Mourning ServiceUniting Church communities across the country are preparing to mark a Day of Mourning on Sunday 24 January to stand with and affirm Australia’s First Peoples in their journey of survival.The Day of Mourning is an annual observance in the Uniting Church to reflect on the effects of […]
UCA prays for USA Assembly President Dr Deidre Palmer has conveyed the Uniting Church’s prayers of solidarity with the people of the United States to the UCA’s partner churches in that country.The prayers are in response to violent protests by Trump supporters at the US Capitol building in Washington DC, which disrupted the counting of Electoral […]