| | The Uniting Church in Australia has always understood that faith without action is incomplete. Our Assembly Strategy 2026–31 calls us to use our voice and our actions to confront injustice — not just within our own borders, but across the world. Nowhere is that prophetic call more urgent than in the global fight against climate change. As a church committed to liberating justice, we are called to stand with those on the front lines of the climate crisis: our First Peoples, and our Pacific Island neighbours whose very existence is threatened by rising seas. That is why the Uniting Church's involvement in the campaign for a global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is not a distraction from our mission — it is our mission. UCA minister Rev. Meredith Williams, writing on behalf of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC), makes the case for why people of faith have a unique and urgent role to play — and what the Uniting Church is being asked to do right now. |
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From Pentecost Sunday on 24 May through to the 49th Anniversary of the Uniting Church in Australia on 22 June, we are embarking on a shared season of national prayer — 30 Days | 30 Voices | One Church in Prayer. Thirty voices from across the Church will come together, one each day, to pray as one body around the question: “What does it mean to be woven together in Christ's love across cultures and boundaries?” Save the space in your diary, share it with your congregation, and journey with us in prayer this June. The series begins on Pentecost Sunday — we hope you'll pray along with us. |
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| | | | As the federal government prepares to hand down its Budget, our agency partner UnitingCare is asking a question that sits at the heart of our faith: ambitious for whom, and to what end? Across the UnitingCare network — one of Australia's largest providers of community services — demand for emergency relief, financial counselling, and aged care support is surging, with hardship no longer confined to those on the margins but spreading into moderate-income households. As a Church called to walk alongside the vulnerable and speak for those whose voices are too often unheard, we echo UnitingCare's call for a Budget that measures its ambition not by fiscal headlines, but by whether it makes life more secure for people, invests in aged care with resources that match its reforms, and transforms Australia's support systems from reactive crisis management to genuine readiness. Because we believe that a just society — and a just economy — is one that protects its most vulnerable first. Read the full blog by the UnitingCare National Director Tamara Thomas. |
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This week, we're sharing reflections from Amelia Lavaki, Christian Conol and David Toogood who represented the Uniting Church in Australia at the Fifth Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly (AEYA 2026) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Gathering under the theme "Break Every Yoke" (Isaiah 58:6), young Christians from across Asia came together to explore faith, justice, migration, and Christian unity — and our delegates came home changed. Amelia writes about moderating a plenary on migration, honouring First Peoples on the international stage, and returning with a renewed sense of responsibility. Christian reflects on what it means to carry two cultural identities into ecumenical spaces — and finding that tension to be a gift. Read their full reflections These stories remind us that the global Church is alive, and that young people are not simply inheritors of ecumenism — they are its future. |
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| | | | The Uniting Church in Australia Assembly is recruiting for four senior leadership positions that will shape the national life of the Church for years to come. The roles — Director, Faith & Theology; Director, Identity & Mission; Director, Advocacy & Justice; and Associate General Secretary, Strategy & Governance — each carry significant responsibility for advancing the Assembly's strategy and strengthening the Church's theological culture, public witness, missional identity and governance. Together, these positions form a leadership cohort committed to a Church that is faithful, united and active in God's mission across Australia and beyond. |
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For families in rural Sumba, Indonesia, that abundance feels out of reach. Climate change, rising cost of fuel and fertiliser, and unpredictable harvests have pushed subsistence farming communities to the edge. They are among the most vulnerable people in the world to forces entirely beyond their control. This End of Financial Year, UnitingWorld is standing with our church partners in Sumba and beyond to help end the cycle of poverty and hunger. Your tax-deductible gift before June 30 will have up to six times the impact thanks to UnitingWorld’s partnership with the Australian Government. Donate today: donate.unitingworld.org.au/eofy2026 |
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| | | | Our agency partner Frontier Services has launched their latest appeal calling on Australians to help support our mates in the bush. After years of relentless drought, recent floods and skyrocketing costs have left too many families in rural and remote Australia carrying an overwhelming load — and isolation only deepens that burden. In communities where few other support services exist, Bush Chaplains are a vital presence — offering a listening ear, practical care, and the reminder that every person is seen and not forgotten. As a Church committed to the flourishing of all people, we encourage you to support this vital work. Your gift brings hope to people across the Outback — because no one should face life's challenges alone. |
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| | | Toogoolawah UC is going to be celebrating its centenary on May 31 a town known Toogoolawah is a rural town in the Somerset Region of Queensland, Australia, located roughly 75 km northwest of Brisbane. It is known for its deep roots in pastoralism, the dairy industry, and its history as a major Nestle condensed milk production site.
In response to Victoria's crushing rental crisis Crosslight highlights the work that, Uniting Housing, is doing by transforming underutilized church properties into beautifully designed, affordable homes for regional communities. Powered by strong partnerships between local congregations, philanthropists, and the government, these life-changing developments are providing vulnerable residents with the ultimate foundation for hope and stability.
Seeds from the Moringa tree, often called the ''miracle tree,'' can remove over 98 percent of harmful microplastics from drinking water, lessening the impact on adults' bodies. This would be a great natural way to clean our waters.
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31 Trinity Sunday June
14-20 Refugee Week
16 Net Zero Roundtable #2
22 49th Anniversary of the Uniting Church in Australia
28 UnitingWorld Sunday
July
5-12NAIDOC Week
10Anniversary of the UCA-UAICC Covenant
16Net Zero Roundtable #3
19Intercultural Neighbouring Sunday
Click here for the Uniting Church Assembly 2026 calendar. |
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| | | Join us in prayer for... the abating of the continued and growing international unrest that is impacting communities around the world including ours Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan as part of the WCC Ecumenical Prayer Cycle.
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