Coping with COVID-19: Rev Beth Bear
What’s a “Chapel bite”? It’s one of school chaplain Rev Beth Bear’s clever innovations to help her keep in touch with the students at The Scots School, Albury.
Ellaine’s soothing song just the balm we need
Ellaine Downie has written a song which she hopes will bring people to a "quiet place to rest and pray for comfort".
Moderator says support one another and remember God is with us
Moderator Rev Denise Liersch asks us to think of Peter’s words as we struggle with the isolating and stressful effects of COVID-19.
Moderator shares an Easter reflection
Moderator Rev Denise Liersch reminds us to look to Jesus for a way forward during this time of seismic upheaval.
Guidelines for Safe Digital Ministry UPDATED
The following resources are prepared for ministry agents and volunteers to ensure digital ministry remains a safe experience for all people, including the most vulnerable. Guidelines from the Synod of Vic/Tas Culture of Safety Unit The Culture of Safety Unit…
Moderator’s Lent and Easter Offering
Lent is the season of the church year when we take time to reflect on Jesus’s journey to the cross and what this means for us, and for all people.
Minister tells of bushfire heartbreak and hope
As parts of Victoria burned uncontrollably over the New Year period, Rev Jennie Gordon was one of the volunteer chaplains deployed to assist those in need. These are the gripping, sometimes heartbreaking stories she witnessed and heard.
Exposing the hidden cost of domestic violence
Family violence is all-too real for too many people, especially women. It is also largely invisible, but that is something the Church is helping to change.
First Peoples knew the creator God before colonialism
Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre Uncle Vince Ross explains how the spirituality of the First Peoples is compatible, and even complementary, to Christianity.
Double Take: Ian Brain and William Clark
Uniting Housing provides affordable accommodation to vulnerable people. We speak with outgoing CEO Ian Brain and grateful tenant, William Clark.
Double Take: Frank and Wendy Johnston
Manningham Uniting Church members and serial volunteers Frank and Wendy Johnston talk about giving back and living life to the full.
Double Take: Anne Warren and Alison Overeem
Kingston Uniting Church member Anne Warren and Leprena Centre Manager Alison Overeem talk about their friendship and walking together as First and Second Peoples.
Dear parents, I’m sorry – Bradon French
By UCA VicTas |
Intergenerational Ministry Coordinator Bradon French reflects on how church youth groups have failed to help parents form faith in their teenagers and children.
Sex, sin, shame and the virgin birth
By Robyn Whitaker |
"There is no suggestion in the biblical text that consensual sex is anything other than a gift from God."
Why the Bible welcomes a gender spectrum
By Robyn Whitaker |
"We cannot simply pull a sentence or two from the Bible as if it offers the final word on sex and gender."
**POSTPONED: UCAF National Celebration
West Beach Parks Resort
Join Uniting Church Adult Fellowship members for worship, Bible study, guest speakers, electives and more. The UCA Assembly President will be guest speaker at the celebration dinner.
Fundamentals of Transitional Ministry
Centre for Theology & Ministry
This is a three-day program designed to give you an introduction to the key concepts and practices of ministering with congregations going through transition.
Secular and Sacred
Centre for Theology & Ministry
This unit offers an overview of Australian history and its implications for the future in the life of communities of faith.
