News, Notices & Prayer points - 17th October 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
New Times - News
What does it mean to be Australian?
I wake up this week looking into a cracked mirror musing upon what it means to be an Australian after the Referendum. What is our identity? What is in our psyche? Do I like what I am looking at?
Engage out of love not fear
Is a Pacific Island life worth less than an Australian life? Because when we refuse to make the changes that need to be made for the sake of the entire planet, we are only thinking about ourselves.
Healing and Hope - Voices from across the Church
We have an opportunity to be the generation that is brave enough to change the course of history. A vote ‘yes’ is the key to Closing the Gap.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 10th October 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Healing and Hope - A Prayer Vigil and Community Forum on the Voice to Parliament
Indigenous leaders, and members of the Uniting Church gathered at the Port Augusta Football Club on 28th September to attend, a prayer vigil and community forum about the Voice to Parliament.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 3rd October 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 26th September 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 19th September 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Are Australians Dividing Further on the basis of race?
Understanding our Australian Constitution is important for the 14th October Referendum. Australia has always been divided on the basis of race. The Australian Government has the power to make laws on the basis of race; and has done so since 1901.
World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel
The photograph accompanying this article is in Bethlehem and is a section of the Security/Separation wall which surrounds the Occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank.
Snakes and Ladders be gone! Why The Voice to Parliament matters Part 2
But how will the Voice work? And what difference might a permanent Voice into the core of Government make?
News, Notices & Prayer points - 12th September 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Snakes and Ladders be gone! Why The Voice to Parliament matters
Is your head spinning over the battle that has erupted since the Referendum date announcement? Mine is!
News, Notices & Prayer points - 5th September 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 29th August 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Healing and Hope
Looking back: Looking forward. Self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has an element of looking back and addressing past injustices, dispossession and alienation. The call for truth telling in the Uluru Statement from the Heart is the chance to heal past hurts.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 22nd August 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
News, Notices & Prayer points - 15th August 2023
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Swords to Plowshares
Korea Peace Appeal is an international campaign that seeks to amplify voices calling for an end to the Korean War and a transition from armistice to peace on the Korean Peninsula. More than seventy international partner organisations, including the World Council of Churches (WCC), are supporting the Korea Peace Appeal.