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NCCA Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Members of the Uniting Church are urged to join with other Christian churches in a week of prayer organised by the Nation Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA). “We invite all of our members to join our brothers and sisters from other churches to celebrate the unity that is ours in Christ,” said the President [...]
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New Working With Children Check to begin June 15
The new NSW Working With Children Check will begin on June 15 2013 and be phased in over a five year period. This new check applies to all those directly working with children, both paid workers and volunteers. The clearance numbers issued through this check are valid up to 5 years. From June 15 2013, [...]
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Join us – uniting for change
The Uniting Church community will have a stronger voice on the things that matter following the launch of a new website that encourages citizens to get active on important social issues. Uniting for Change is UnitingCare Australia’s new online social advocacy and discipleship platform that aims to build an Australia where all people have access [...]
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Roundup: Thatcher, same-sex marriage, Christianity, God and theology, ministers conferences
Margaret Thatcher and the churches Professor Linda Woodhead, director of the Religion & Society project at Lancaster University in the UK, and Antonio E. Weiss, historian at Birkbeck College at the University of London and author of The Religious Mind of Mrs Thatcher, discuss the late prime minister’s strained relationship with the churches. Church of [...]
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WCC addresses mining and extraction issues at World Social Forum
At the recent World Social Forum, ecumenical voices warned about the grave consequences of extraction of natural resources and mining, which they say generate a tremendous amount of social and ecological debt. These concerns emerged in a World Council of Churches (WCC) workshop at the World Social Forum held in Tunis, Tunisia, from March 26 [...]
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WCC pays tribute to Emilio Castro
A leading ecumenist of the late twentieth century, Rev. Dr Emilio Castro was remembered by the World Council of Churches (WCC) for “his unfaltering efforts in bringing together Christian faith and spirituality with radical commitment in the struggles for justice.” Castro, a Methodist pastor and theologian from Uruguay, served as the WCC’s general secretary from [...]
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Roundup: Fracking, Abbott and God, Grayling and God, racism, coalmining
Fracking The Rev. Robert Buchan, Uniting Church Minister in the Northwest Plains of New South Wales, says there’s growing community concern about the environmental impact of coal and coal seam gas projects in the region. Coal gets ‘rogue’ status in fight for clean Earth Australian coalmining has become a ‘‘rogue industry’’ and most of the [...]
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Roundup: Tutu, Jan Sutch Pickard, coal seam gas, homeless shelter
Church releases CSG statement The New England North West Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia this week issued a statement calling on the NSW Government to provide for greater protection for the farmlands and sensitive environments of the Liverpool Plains and North West Plains area. Volunteers sought for church homeless shelter pilot A pilot [...]
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Churches must create and sustain healthy communities
Churches need to be inspired by the biblical verse Luke 9.2: “He sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and heal the sick.” With this inspiration only those who can make healthy communities possible can translate their preaching into visible actions. These were the words of Karen Sichinga, who serves as a member [...]
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Call for Korean reconciliation
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has called for an end to the increase of tensions on the Korean peninsula and encourages the parties involved to move immediately to dialogue about peace, reconciliation and reunification. The situation on the Korean Peninsula is of increasing concern [...]
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