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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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What is mission?
A new course, delivered online next month, will reintroduce participants to what Christian mission is.Starting on 10 February, ‘Exploring Mission’ will take a look at mission as a concept, along with the underlying theology and...
Finding Modern Relics
For the past six months, Leichardt Uniting Church member and religion writer Rohan Salmond has curated Modern Relics: a substack that looks at some of the intriguing (and bizarre) ways that internet culture interacts with...
New startup helps churches with property needs
To help with sharing their property spaces that often lie unused during the week, Uniting Churches have partnered with Vennu, a service that helps local community groups manage and rent their property spaces, so they...
Palpable joy, as in person worship approaches
As NSW opens back up again post lockdown, a Sydney Minister reflects on lockdown experiences and what opening back up will look like for his congregation. Rev. Phil Swain is the minister for Turramurra Uniting...
Study: Screentime effects on school aged children only minor
With COVID-19 seeing children in doors more, and studying from home until recently, screen time is something parents have had to consider.A recent study from the University of Colorado looking into screentime in school aged...
Calling all innovative ministry agents
UME’s Mission Enablement team plan to offer a one-year formation hub again in 2022. The Formation Hub targets helps participants’ skills and spiritual formation. It will include time for both reflection and practice.The Hub consists...

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