The Uniting Church Filipino National Conference for 2020 will take place on 30-31 October 2020.The Conference will begin with an online service of Lament and Hope on Friday 30 October with Filipinos in Australia and overseas. It will include Vespers for All Saints Day and serve as the Conference opening.The theme of the Conference is […]
Welcoming Seasonal WorkersWorking for Justice Advocate Rev. Loni Vaitohi plays an important role as a pastoral carer for seasonal workers from the Pacific who come to work in North East Victoria and beyond. Once a month he conducts a service from the chapel in the caravan park in Merrigum, part of the Greater Shepparton region. […]
No room for racismA second webinar exploring the implications of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement for the Australian context will take place with Uniting Church members this Sunday 25 October. Register here. More than 100 people participated in the first webinar with UCA members from across the country taking time to reflect meaningfully on the […]
Rev. Do Young KimRev. Do Young Kim is the minister at Payneham Road UC in SA. He was ordained in 2014 in the Korean Presbytery. Our Panel
Tracking our Carbon FootprintWritten by Rob Floyd, Assembly Associate General Secretary As part of its new Climate Action Plan, the Assembly has begun to measure its carbon footprint. Our goal is to become carbon neutral by 2040 by reducing emissions 5% each year. This year the COVID-19 pandemic has shown what is possible. The financial […]
Join the Being a Multicultural Circle and Assembly Resourcing Unit for our fifth webinar looking at the Church and COVID-19. The topic of this webinar is Domestic Violence. Our speakers will examine the increasing risk of Domestic and Family Violence in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and how different cultures engage differently in difficult […]
Prayers for Peace in Artsakh – Nagorno-KarabakhThe Uniting Church in Australia is deeply concerned by the recent violence in Artsakh – Nagorno-Karabakh. The conflict between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces has continued over recent days with fears it could escalate across the region. The Uniting Church is aware of the significant number of people from […]
Woven together in Christ Uniting Church members from every state and territory came together to reflect on what it means to live out their Christian vocation as part of the President’s Conference webinar “Called by God.” The webinar, now available to watch below, included 13 panellists who shared personal stories of the ways God has called […]
As part of Children’s Week 2020, the National Safe Church Unit will stream a webinar on Wednesday 21 October to support people across the Uniting Church who are engaging with young people online. The theme of the 2020 Children’s Week is children have the right to meet together and join groups and organisations as long […]
Service of Acknowledgement and LamentOctober 22 marks the second anniversary of National Apology to Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.A prerecorded service is available to help congregations mark this solemn anniversary.Dr Palmer said the liturgy was part of the Uniting Church’s commitment to remember and acknowledge the harm done and to lament its role in […]