From local acts of compassion to shared moments of worship and learning, God’s Spirit continues to move across our Synod. Discover the stories that remind us who we are, why we serve, and how we journey together in faith.
On 23 August, the driveway at Galston Uniting Church filled with red fire engines and a sea of yellow uniforms, as nine Rural Fire Service (RFS) brigades gathered for the church's annual Blessing of the Fleet service.
AI's environmental cost is well documented, but a new movement called Green AI is emerging to change that, cutting energy use while tackling biodiversity loss and climate resilience. The piece looks at what this shift means for companies and investors.
Working With Children Checks (WWCCs) in NSW and Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) registrations in the ACT often attract a surprising number of myths. From concerns about privacy to assumptions that they're expensive or unnecessary, let's separate fact from fiction.
The Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) in NSW/ACT is pleased to announce that we have a new website and a new electronic membership application form, allowing people to apply for membership online.
Devin North, Head of Risk, Audit, and WHS at Synod reflects on what years of working across the Uniting Church's governance structures have taught him: that good governance isn't measured by technical correctness, but by a simpler test - does it actually help the people who have to live with it?
Three years ago, a minister at Kippax Uniting Church left a basket of wool and knitting needles out during worship, inviting anyone to pick it up. Since then, that quiet gesture has grown into a steady stream of handmade blankets, teddies and angels, offering warmth and welcome to people sleeping rough, escaping violence, and rebuilding their lives after arriving as refugees.
Matthew draws us into the theme of watching and waiting, which is a part of the wise life, but also part of the wise faith. It's not about something off into the future, but about being awake, in faith, in mind, in the world and days in which we find ourselves. Let us explore life and faith together.
Jesus calls us to live out our lives as authentic, created-in-the-image of God people. This touches everything we do, say and think, and as controversial as it sounds, how we vote.
God has entrusted this vineyard for a moment in time, so may we tend to it faithfully, share it generously and produce good fruit.
A father has two sons..... who couldn't be more different in their responses. Yes, it's a story ages old, but also a story about the ways, the paths, the choices of responding. The parable begins with these words.... "What do you think"? So what DO you think? Join us as we explore life and faith together.
God chooses to show grace to all people. Are we open to receive it?
As we receive God's mercy and forgiveness, how do we show mercy and forgiveness to others?
In ways this passage is about addressing the difficult issues of conflict and relational breakdown within the church. In other ways this passage is an invitation into the loosing, liberating, life giving ways of Christ. This may be a difficult passage to understand, but certainly it is a difficult passage to embrace as part of the Christian life.
Finding our true selves in Christ. Tim is joined by a rooster as we explore what it means to deny 'ourselves' and take up our crosses.
Over two thousand years ago, near Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks Simon Peter 'who do you say that I am?". Today we are asked the same question, 'who do YOU say Jesus is?'