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‘Failure is not an option’: after a lost decade on climate action, the 2020s offer one last chance
‘Failure is not an option’: after a lost decade on climate action, the 2020s offer one last chance
In May 2011, almost precisely a decade ago, the government-appointed Climate Commission released its inaugural report. Titled The Critical Decade, the report’s final section warned that to keep global temperature rises to 2℃ this century, “the decade between now and 2020...
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Synod opts to forge ahead with its Future Directions
Synod opts to forge ahead with its Future Directions
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The successor to JobKeeper can’t do its job. There is an urgent need for JobMaker II
The successor to JobKeeper can’t do its job. There is an urgent need for JobMaker II
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Future Directions aims for a younger, more engaged Uniting Church
Future Directions aims for a younger, more engaged Uniting Church

LIVING CHURCH - SYNOD 2019

What Synod support for the Statement from the Heart means
In 2019, Rev Dr John Squires said a proposal presented to Synod – in consultation with the Uniting Aboriginal & Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) and Rev. Dr Amelia Koh Butler – supporting the Statement from...
“We can’t change the world, but we can do a little bit towards it”
Inspired by a climate change TV show, Drowning in Plastic, the Campbelltown Uniting Church community decided to take some action. At Insights we had the opportunity to talk to John Russell, a Board Member and...
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...
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April: The risen Christ is the crucified Jesus
April: The risen Christ is the crucified Jesus
4 April - John 20:1-18 “Mary.” She hears her name. She hears his voice. He has risen. In the calling of her name the voice reaches out to touch her...
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