About BUCDE

The Discipleship & Education Committee oversees the opportunities for adult Christian education and deepening of discipleship at Brunswick Uniting. It is built upon the premise that as Christians we are always seeking to deepen our faith in God; both at the personal relational level and our knowledge and understanding of God and the Bible as we endeavour to have an intelligent and world engaging Christian faith.

News on a Voice to Parliament Article #1 – A step closer to constitutional recognition

I have started a new series, which will be a focus on news regarding the Yes campaign for a Voice to Parliament. Enjoy, Claire Foley  foleyclairep@icloud.com 'News from the Yes campaign. We are confident the Australian people will come together and answer with a resounding Yes. We are deeply grateful to the working group [...]

By |2023-03-23T18:49:33+11:00March 23rd, 2023|Categories: BUC Stories, First Nations, Our Stories, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Learn some FN’s stuff #16: Living Water: A wisdom that speaks heart to heart

This week’s contribution has been sent to me from Richard Arnold. Wisdom is not about cleverness, but the integration of our wounds, says Sarah Bachelard. In her homily, which was given at the service for the opening of the Australian Parliament on 6 February 2023, Dr Bachelard invited the parliamentarians, including Prime Minister Anthony [...]

By |2023-03-09T18:45:23+11:00March 9th, 2023|Categories: BUC Stories, First Nations, Our Stories|0 Comments

Learn some FN’s stuff: #13: How can I acknowledge January 26?

There are multiple ways to join together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across these lands now called Australia as we mark January 26th as a Day of Mourning, Survival Day, Invasion Day. Aunty Jean Phillips, Senior Aboriginal Christian Leader, invites the nation to pray to #ChangeTheHeart on 25 January 2023 at 7:30pm [...]

By |2023-01-21T09:08:24+11:00January 19th, 2023|Categories: BUC Stories, First Nations, Our Stories|0 Comments

Learn some FN’s stuff: #12: Learn about the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir

Many of you will already know something of the story of this choir and their amazing Conductor.   Here is just one of the stories that were bountiful over the Christmas period. An extract from the story: It’s the story of how in 1877 German Lutheran missionaries brought hymns to the desert, establishing a mission [...]

By |2023-01-12T19:54:10+11:00January 12th, 2023|Categories: BUC Stories, First Nations, Our Stories|0 Comments

Learn some FN’s stuff: #10 Listen to Premier Dan Andrews making an apology to Uncle Archie Roche

We will be acknowledging the passing of Uncle Archie  at our Sorry Day service, this January.  The Victorian government has formally apologised to songman and storyteller Archie Roach at his state memorial service in Melbourne. Listen here  The Gunditjmara-Bundjalung elder died in July at the age of 66 after a long illness. The premier, Daniel Andrews, [...]

By |2022-12-22T16:10:05+11:00December 22nd, 2022|Categories: BUC Stories, First Nations, Our Stories|0 Comments

Got a Minute? (or 40?) Learn some FN’s stuff: #8 Victoria’s road to Treaty

This is a recording of our recent meeting discussing this process.   Chris Marshall speaks to BUC WTG.mp4 - Google Drive Our group recently listening to Chris Marshall speaking about the current treaty project in Victoria and related matters – eg the work of the Yoorrook Truth Commission. Chris has worked with Aboriginal people right [...]

By |2022-12-08T08:45:14+11:00December 8th, 2022|Categories: BUC Stories, First Nations, Our Stories|0 Comments
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