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Faithful Futures – Expression of Interest

We are inviting you to help shape the future ministry and mission of the Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania.

Faithful Futures is an opportunity for the church community to celebrate ministry that is already underway. It’s also a call to step with purpose into new possibilities for ministry and mission in local contexts over the next five years, guided by five shared goals.

The five goals of Faithful Futures are:

Respecting Country
Intercultural Leadership
Coordinated Ministries
New Communities of Faith
All-age Growth

We are building a goal group for each of the goals.

We are seeking people who bring a combination of lived faith, relevant experience, and collaborative skills. This includes experience in listening and building positive relationships, and the ability to contribute to shared learning, resource development, and forming strategic recommendations. We envisage that each group will meet at least four times per year. Visit Faithful Futures - Uniting Church in Australia. Synod of Victoria and Tasmania to view the detailed Terms of Reference for each group.

We want to invite you to join with us on this journey.

You do not need to have had experience of a church committee or even attend a church gathering regularly. If you have a passion and interest for one of these goals – please complete this form.

If you have any questions or require any additional support or adjustments to help you apply (e.g. a paper application form, a recorded audio response, or phone call), please email FaithfulFutures@victas.uca.org.au or call Karen Roberts (Project Lead) on 03 9116 1472.

Section 1 About your Interest

1. What motivates you to contribute to the future of the Uniting Church at this time?(Required)

2. Which Faithful Futures Goal Group(s) are you interested in? (tick all that apply)(Required)

IMPORTANT:

- Each Goal Group has a distinct purpose, scope, and way of working.
- Please review the available Terms of Reference before making your selection.
- At this stage, Terms of Reference (TOR) are available for some Goal Groups, with others to be released progressively. Where TOR are not yet available, we still encourage you to indicate your interest.

Respecting Country

New Communities of Faith

Intercultural Leadership

Coordinated Ministries

All-age Growth

3. What interests and/or excites you about contributing to this/these particular Goal Groups(s)?(Required)

Section 2 Your Contribution

4. What gifts, skills and/or experience would you bring to the selected goal group(s)?(Required)

Section 3 Availability & commitment

5. Are you willing and able to attend regular meetings?(Required)

Goal Groups will meet approximately 4 times a year (in-person and/or online, see TOR for details)

Yes

6. Are you willing and able to participate in preparation / reading between meetings if required?(Required)

Yes

7. Is there anything you'd like to share about your availability and participation? (optional)

Section 4 Your Personal Information

8. Your Name(Required)

First Name Last Name

9. Your Email Address

10. Phone Number(Required)

11. Suburb / Town of Residence(Required)

12. State(Required)

Victoria

Tasmania

Other

Section 5 A Little More About You

We are interested in supporting diversity of voices and perspectives in the membership of the goal groups where possible.

13. What is your gender? (optional)

Man or male

Woman or female

Non-binary

Prefer not to answer

Other

14. Do you speak any language at home other than English? (optional)

Yes

15. If so, what language do you speak?

16. Which age group do you fit within?(Required)

Under 18 years

18-29 years

30-49 years

50-69 years

70+

Prefer not to say

17. If you are under 18 years of age, participation in Faithful Futures Goal Groups may require your parent or guardian awareness and consent. Please provide their contact details (name, email and phone number).(Required)

Section 6 Community connection

18. Are you currently connected to or participating in a UCA congregation or faith community?

Yes

19. Name of UCA Congregation / Faith Community (if relevant and / or known)

20. Name of Presbytery

Gippsland

Loddon Mallee

North East Victoria

Port Phillip East

Port Phillip West

Tasmania

Western Victoria

Yarra Yarra

I'm not sure

Section 7 Provide a referee to support your application

21. Full name of referee(Required)

22. Email address

23. Phone number(Required)

24. What is your relationship with the referee? (e.g. colleague, friend, congregation leader, other)(Required)

Section 8 Final

25. Have you reviewed the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Goal Groups you're interested in?(Required)

Yes

26. Do you have a current Working with Children Check?(Required)

Yes

27. If no, are you willing to undergo a Working with Children Check if you are selected to be a member of a goal group?(Required)

Yes

28. Do you have any questions for us? (optional)

Section 9 Privacy & Confidentiality

The information gathered through this form will only be used for the process of establishing the goal groups and notifying interested parties about opportunities to be involved in shaping Faithful Futures.

The Uniting Church in Australia – Synod of Victoria and Tasmania Privacy Policy governs how we collect, use, and disclose personal information in accordance with applicable privacy laws, such as the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

This policy explains: