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The concept of “First Third” was approved in 2007 to “encourage the whole church to encompass diversity in expression and ministry by providing leadership for an integrated approach to ministry with a specialised focus on people within the first third of life”. As part of implementation of the model, over the subsequent years, were multiple FirstRead more

Moderator Rev Steve Francis at the Beryl Grant Community Centre Opening Our Moderator Rev Steve Francis’s monthly diary reflects his movement as the leader of the Uniting Church WA throughout the month. If you would like to know more about these events or get in touch with him, please contact his Personal Assistant, Justine Woodward atRead more

The Deep End Camp, a Uniting Church WA camp for people aged 16 to 25, will be held from 9 to 10 December at the Uniting Church Campsite in Busselton. Cost is $20 per person. To register, click here. For more info contact Janine McDonald, First Third Officer at janine.mcdonald@wa.uca.org.au.Read more

Commending the Faith in Australia Today is one-day seminar led by Rev Dr Chris Walker from 10.00am to 3.00pm on Saturday 2 December 2017 at Bunbury Uniting St Augustine Church. Chris is currently in WA, teaching theology at Murdoch University. He will share how we can best commend the faith to people, defending the faith against challengesRead more

  Wait a minute, hang on a second. Press the pause button. Behold. Every once in awhile, a word in the Bible pops out and seems to shout at me. Usually, I have passed over this word many times before and just missed it. Then out of the blue, the word stands out asking toRead more

You are invited to a gathering to respond to the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. This special ecumenical event is on Saturday 9 December at 3.30pm at McCallum Park, Victoria Park. Parking is available in Taylor Street (look for the blue balloons). Come with your with picnic rugs, chairs and afternoon tea. At 4.15pm,Read more

  Mysterious, intricate, pulsing with energy…  The human body is an endlessly fascinating repository of secrets. The miracle of the skin, the strength and structure of the bones, the dynamic balance of the muscles… your physical being is knit according to a pattern of incredible complexity. So begins Philip Yancey’s description of the book heRead more

I once met someone who worked in a café in Iceland. She told me that one of the specialities of the café was pure water. It was bottled and labelled but the water did not come from a factory. The café owners simply filled the bottles from the pure mountain stream than ran behind theRead more

Moderator Rev Steve Francis attended the Rohingya Rally outside of WA Parliament Our Moderator Rev Steve Francis’s monthly diary reflects his movement as the leader of the Uniting Church WA throughout the month. If you would like to know more about these events or get in touch with him, please contact his Personal Assistant, JustineRead more

Last Saturday I found myself again at the steps of WA Parliament. The rally was organised at short notice to give public expression to the grotesque genocide and horrendous ethnic cleansing that is taking place in Myanmar (Burma) for the Rohingyan refugees. The media have brought us tragic images of over 400,000 ethic Rohingyan refugees fleeing their homes andRead more