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Nathan Tyson is an Aboriginal man, of Anaiwon and Gomeroi heritage. He is the Relationships and Service Manager with the Uniting Church in Australia (Synod of NSW and ACT) I always find the lead up to Australia Day exhausting. If I had been writing this a few weeks before Australia...

Uniting Church people have been recognised in the 2021 Australia Day Honours List, for their contributions to the church and community.The Governor-General, David Hurley, announced the 2021 Honours List, which features 845 names in total. “The individuals we celebrate today come from all parts of our great nation and have...

Facilitated by Bidwill Uniting and The Signal Box, the Digital Mentor program is an initiative to build congregations’ digital capacity in Parramatta-Nepean Presbytery. Being a Digital Mentor involves helping a community to use digital technology. Digital mentors are not technological experts. Instead, the role involves helping and encouraging people through...

A recent patent has been granted to computer giant Microsoft for a product that replicates people who have passed away.According to the patent, which Microsoft initially filed in 2017, the company is working on chat bots for those who are grieving so that they may ‘communicate’ with the person. The...

Dr Matt Anslow started recently as the new Educator for Lay Ministry at Uniting Mission and Education. This role focuses on providing and coordinating training and education for anyone involved in lay ministry in NSW and ACT.“So that might mean worship leaders, lay preachers and presiders, youth leaders, pastors ­­–...

On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the youngest person to ever read at a presidential inauguration. If you haven't already seen the footage of America's poet laureate Amanda Gorman's stunning oration at President Joe Biden's inauguration, the transcript is here in full. Ms Gorman has since told reporters that...