During the Season of Creation the Laudato Si spiritual exercises will be a key part of our worship. Copies printed on card will be available at worship Download here to view anytime We will be focussing on Ecological Spirituality, the sixth goal, each week and will also examine one or two of the other six [...]
The UCA Assembly has endorsed the Joint Interfaith Statement to the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). A total of 100 organizations have endorsed this statement. Ms. Kehkashan Basu will read the statement during the NGO presentation segment on Friday, 5 August, which is scheduled [...]
During the cold snap a few weeks ago I was waiting at the side of the church hall as the Orange Sky van was manoeuvring in to the driveway. It was bitterly cold, and being the cold weather wimp that I am, I was not coping very well with it. I was standing outside [...]
After two Covid-denied attempts in 2021, we are finally launching our new Album, Only One Way to Head Saturday 9th July, 7.30pm The Brunswick Uniting Church Auditorium, 214 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, Victoria We would love it if you, and family and friends, could join us to celebrate the official album launch. It is a live concert incorporating our multimedia [...]
We have a crucial window of opportunity over the next five days to influence the Victorian government's decision on its 2035 climate target. The Victorian government has initiated the process to set the country's first Emissions Reduction Target for 2035. It's an opportunity we can't afford to miss. Friends of the Earth Melbourne has [...]
UCA assembly statement on climate justice and care of creation The 16th Assembly of the Uniting Church has just passed a statement to take seriously the voices and wisdom of First Peoples on climate justice and care of creation by committing to net zero emissions by 2040.
On Thursday 7th April, the Park Hotel-Prison (in which dozens of people had been detained in torturous limbo for over a year) finally stood empty, and almost all of those who found themselves locked up in Australia after being ‘medevac-ed’ here from PNG and Nauru for supposed medical treatment were able to walk free [...]
Church leaders’ Easter statement on the environment\ Dozens of church leaders in Australia, including UCA Assembly President Rev Sharon Hollis, have signed an open letter calling on our political leaders to take powerful action to preserve and protect God’s creation by: Halving carbon emissions this decade, in line with the recommendation of scientists and targets of [...]
A Better Provider for the Church's Electricity Australia's energy market now includes companies with a wide range of prices, emissions levels and policies for decarbonising the country's industry, which makes it important who we choose to buy electricity from. The church was disappointed last year to see our previous supplier sold to one of [...]
Justice and International Mission Convention 2022 – Our planet is changing: do we? Brunswick Uniting Church has been invited to lead a workshop for the Synod Social Justice Convention on Saturday 30 April. The topic of the workshop is “How Brunswick Uniting went about declaring a Climate Crisis”. Shawn Whelan is taking the lead on this [...]