A Safe Church Awareness Workshop will be held at Maylands-Mt Lawley Uniting Church, 165 Railway Pde, Mt Lawley on Saturday 10 November from 9.30am to 3.00pm. All Ministers, pastors, church leaders, volunteers, members of congregations and those involved in community services are urged to attend. Cost is $20 per person. Morning tea and a lightRead more
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Which comes first mission or ministry? Does it matter? Given the opportunity to write this blog post, I thought I’d talk about my confusion with our church’s talking about the big ideas of mission and ministry. Is the mission of the church to care for the least and the last in our society? Is theRead more
The next Basis of Union and the Life of the Church, run by the Commission for Education for Discipleship and Leadership (CEDAL) will be held on Thursday 11 October, from 9.30am to 4.00pm at The Billabong Uniting Church. This training day run by the Director of Education and Formation, Rev Dr John Squires, focuses on the foundation documentRead more
The Understanding and Managing Conflict II workshop will be held at The Billabong Uniting Church on Friday 12 October from 9.30am to 12.30pm. As Christians, we are called to work together to create shalom – peace and wholeness of community. But as we all know, this is easier said than done. Shalom is lost whenRead more
A Safe Church Awareness Workshop will be held at the Willetton Uniting Church, 16 Herald St Willetton, on Saturday 20 October from 9.30am to 2.30pm. All Ministers, pastors, church leaders, volunteers, members of congregations and those involved in community services are urged to attend. Cost is $20 per person. Morning tea will be provided. BYORead more
In light of the Synod’s Green Church Policy, the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Synod of Western Australia this September 2018 will be a paperless meeting. Members attending the meeting can access and download all Synod related documents and information on the Uniting Church WA website or the 2018 Synod meeting app. To download the app,Read more
A Safe Church Awareness Training Workshop will be held at Margaret River Uniting Church, 60 Tingle Avenue, Margaret River on Monday 3 September from 9.30am to 3.00pm. Safe Church Awareness training workshops presented by the Uniting Church Western Australia (UCWA) are offered across the state throughout the year to help all church members understand theirRead more
A couple of years ago I celebrated a wedding for an older couple who had both lost their spouses but found love again in each other. The wedding was held at a guest house called ‘Pleasant Places’. I was intrigued by the name. It rang a bell somewhere in my mind. I asked the coupleRead more
Several decades ago, I remember a jingle on the radio that seemed to capture what it was to be Australian. The song was something to do with “Meat pies, Holden cars and Aussie Rules”. It must have been from an era when there was little Asian or European food on the national menu; Japanese andRead more
What a feast for soccer fans the recent World Cup was; night after night of exciting high-quality international football. Even nil all draws were full of skill, flair and passion. The world game was on display with all its drama and intrigue. One headline caught my eye when the German team, one of the cupRead more
