CORRECTION: Due to the uncertainty around the lockdown, our first session (at least) will be via Zoom. Tuesday 27th July, 7:30pm on Zoom – join here (or enter Meeting ID: 948 6101 8161. Passcode: 486817). If you can't come on Tuesday night, you can still be part of the Eco-theology Conversations group! Join our private [...]
BUC's Church Council welcomes the decision of the national Assembly to allow ministers to conduct same-gender marriages. In a Pastoral Letter to all Uniting Churches, UCA President Dr Dierdre Palmer explains: To honour the diversity of Christian belief among our members, we will hold two equal and distinct statements of belief on marriage. This decision [...]
The database includes all of the information in the Olive Pages together with dates of birth, membership details (baptized, confirmed, member-in-association etc). The council and pastoral care committee use this information to support active oversight and care of our wonderfully diverse and complex congregation. It is also used to respond to the Synod’s annual [...]
The Leaders’ Retreat, held in February, brought together the Church Council, the full Ministry Team, and more than a dozen other leaders from BUC. The report gives a snapshot or “flavour” of some of our sessions, and detailed notes from others - including 8 small-group workshops on specific topics that had been nominated by [...]