Pentecost 19- What Ae We Doing with God's Vineyard?- Matthew 21:33-46
God has entrusted this vineyard for a moment in time, so may we tend to it faithfully, share it generously and produce good fruit.
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Pentecost 18 - The Parable of the Two - Matthew 21: 23-32
A father has two sons..... who couldn't be more different in their responses. Yes, it's a story ages old, but also a story about the ways, the paths, the choices of responding. The parable begins with these words.... "What do you think"? So what DO you think? Join us as we explore life and faith together.
Can Green AI shape the future of sustainability?
AI's environmental cost is well documented, but a new movement called Green AI is emerging to change that, cutting energy use while tackling biodiversity loss and climate resilience. The piece looks at what this shift means for companies and investors.
Busting the Myths About Child Safety Checks for Volunteers
Working With Children Checks (WWCCs) in NSW and Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) registrations in the ACT often attract a surprising number of myths. From concerns about privacy to assumptions that they're expensive or unnecessary, let's separate fact from fiction.
New Website and Membership Applications for the UAICC
The Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) in NSW/ACT is pleased to announce that we have a new website and a new electronic membership application form, allowing people to apply for membership online.
Pentecost 17- God Chooses Grace - Matthew 20:1-16
God chooses to show grace to all people. Are we open to receive it?
Good Governance Should Help
Devin North, Head of Risk, Audit, and WHS at Synod reflects on what years of working across the Uniting Church's governance structures have taught him: that good governance isn't measured by technical correctness, but by a simpler test - does it actually help the people who have to live with it?
Stitched with Care at Kippax
Three years ago, a minister at Kippax Uniting Church left a basket of wool and knitting needles out during worship, inviting anyone to pick it up. Since then, that quiet gesture has grown into a steady stream of handmade blankets, teddies and angels, offering warmth and welcome to people sleeping rough, escaping violence, and rebuilding their lives after arriving as refugees.
Pentecost 16 - Forgiveness: A Sacred Gift - Matthew 18:21-35
As we receive God's mercy and forgiveness, how do we show mercy and forgiveness to others?
Resourcing more readily and effectively: Survey for Lay-Led Congregations
A Reference Group comprising Lay Leaders and ordained ministers from rural, metropolitan, and CALD communities has been formed to develop a survey to identify the specific needs of our rural, regional, remote, CALD, and UAICC communities.
Pentecost 15 - Binding Up Letting Loose - Matthew 18: 15-20
In ways this passage is about addressing the difficult issues of conflict and relational breakdown within the church. In other ways this passage is an invitation into the loosing, liberating, life giving ways of Christ. This may be a difficult passage to understand, but certainly it is a difficult passage to embrace as part of the Christian life.
Reflecting on Developing Healthy Teams Workshop
As the NSW ACT Synod reshapes itself into three new, geographically and culturally diverse presbyteries, Vital Leadership’s workshop on Developing Healthy Teams has been timely. Led by Ben Gilmour, with a significant contribution from Alicia Benardos, our new head of People and Culture, this workshop contributes meaningfully to our Synod's well-being.
Pentecost 14 - Our True Selves - Matthew 16: 21-28
Finding our true selves in Christ. Tim is joined by a rooster as we explore what it means to deny 'ourselves' and take up our crosses.
It Doesn't Change God. It Changes Me.
C.S. Lewis once said prayer doesn't change God, it changes us. Michael Earl explores what that means for a church, and a world, in constant flux, drawing on Shadowlands, Scripture, and Sarah Coakley's idea of "prayer as crucible."
What is that in your hand?
“What is that in your hand?” God asks Moses as he calls him to a life of service in pursuit of freeing an oppressed peoples. That same question was posited to a group of Young Adults on the first night of our annual ritual of taking a small group of young leaders to experience and participate in the community outreach work of Alpine Uniting Church in Jindabyne.
Counting What Congregations Do
The 2026 National Church Life Survey (NCLS) gives Uniting Church congregations a chance to record what is happening in their churches and communities, and to use that information to plan for the future.
Pentecost 13 Who do YOU say I am? Matthew 16:13-20
Over two thousand years ago, near Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks Simon Peter 'who do you say that I am?". Today we are asked the same question, 'who do YOU say Jesus is?'
Forty Years at Ashfield: Rev. Bill Crews Answering One Door Knock at a Time
When Rev. Bill Crews arrived at Ashfield Uniting Church 40 years ago, he did not arrive with a plan for what the next four decades would become. Instead, people began knocking on the door.