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Street libraries are a way to share the love of reading with anyone who wishes to borrow a book and drop one in. Street libraries can be small shelves, repurposed fridges, or bigger cabinets. There are around 500 street libraries across...
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LIVING CHURCH - SYNOD 2019

The Purpose of the Living Church
What makes the church a living church?  This was the question posed by Rev Peter Walker on the first day of the Living Church Synod 2019. In the first of three daily devotionals focusing on...
The Focus of the Living Church
What do we really mean when we speak of the church as a community in which there is unity in our diversity? We are an inclusive church that values diversity. What does unity in diversity...
The Identity of the Living Church
Identity is important. And it is fair to say the Uniting Church has spent a disproportionate amount of its energy on the question of its identity, Rev. Peter Walker has told the final day of...
What Living Church means to us
At Synod 2019 the theme was ‘Living Church’ and throughout the event, we asked people what the Uniting Church meant to them and how they felt their Uniting Church was a Church living out the...
Synod 2019 Bible Studies
Over three days, United Theological College Principal Rev. Peter Walker delivered Bible Studies to the 2019 Synod meeting. These studies have been praised by Synod members as one of the meeting’s highlights. You can watch...
Synod 2019: John Squires reflects
Synod this year was a rich experience of being the church. In the church, we are young and old, and at every point in between. In the church, we are black, brown, and white; we...
Synod Special Event: ‘Half a Million Steps’ Panel Discussion
On Friday 6 July, the Uniting Church in Australia Synod of NSW and the ACT hosted a special screening and Q&A panel discussion on the documentary 'Half a Million Steps' at Knox Grammar. The panel...
Synod 2019 closes
The Living Church – Synod 2019 drew to a close with a powerful and poignant closing celebration. The celebration was open to the wider church as well as Synod members and saw more than 200...
Synod Day 3 Wrap Up
The final day of Synod 2019 brought a close to a jam-packed three days that looked at how we can be the Living Church. Key Decisions Day three came with key decisions the first deciding...
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Love, rinse, repeat: Animals and creation
Love, rinse, repeat: Animals and creation
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The Gospel According to Kanye West?
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November – Disturbing Discipleship
November – Disturbing Discipleship
3 November, Luke 19:1-10 Is this a story about eternal salvation? Look at verse 9; that clearly identifies salvation as the focus of the story. But is this eternal salvation...
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October – Upending Expectations
October – Upending Expectations
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September – Seeking the lost
September – Seeking the lost

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