April 2025 Revive Out Now
Our autumn edition of Revive magazine, a fresh perspective on faith, church and life, is out now! We’re delighted to bring you a selection of stories from across our Uniting Church Western Australian community.
There are times when the world can feel a bit overwhelming. With political upheavals, wars, and devastating natural disasters taking place overseas; and closer to home with people struggling to make ends meet, with heatwaves, fires and floods, and the general whirlwind of state and federal elections…it can feel like a lot to take in sometimes.
We started out with no set theme for this edition – more a smorgasbord of interesting stories from across our church. However, as the stories began to take shape we could sense an emerging theme coming from them – glimmers of ‘Hope’.
Hope in the form of a new worshipping community becoming part of the Uniting Church and breathing life into an empty church building in the Pilbara.
Hope in the form of a new partnership realised between WA Congress, Beananging Kwuurt Institute (BKI) and the WA Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation (WASGAC) sharing the vision for a healing centre for stolen generations survivors and their families on the former site of Sister Kate’s Home in Queens Park.
Hope emerging from a renewed commitment to social justice action by the passionate volunteers who have re-formed the WA Synod Social Justice Commission.
It was a sense of hope that was felt after visiting the St Martin’s Foothills Uniting Church Op-Shop and community centre last month, inspired by the way volunteers from the congregation and community have been able to work together with a shared commitment to serve the community around them.
We look around our church and see the hands and feet of God at work.
We know of many more examples in our church and community. This is just a snapshot, squeezed into a 32-page magazine. Our cover image has been chosen to represent this feeling of hope – life emerging from the cracked ground.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our April Revive, including our schools and agencies. We love reading your stories so please keep sharing them with us! A big thanks also to our wonderful and generous team of volunteers who help us pack and distribute Revive each edition.
Look out for the April edition in your local congregation or agency. The online version will be available soon!
We hope you find a story to inspire you and shine a light in this edition of Revive. Happy reading!
grace and peace,
Wendy Hendry, Editor
ps. Have you taken the Revive Survey? We’d love as many of our readers as possible to take part. Check it out here!