The 15th Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia has agreed to hold two equal and distinct views on marriage to honour the diversity of Christian belief among its members.
Meeting for the first time since last year’s change to Australian marriage laws, members of the Church’s national decision-making body resolved to allow its ministers the freedom to conduct or refuse to conduct same-gender marriages.
Uniting Church Recognises first people’s sovereignty
The Uniting Church has affirmed that the First Peoples of Australia, the
The Presbytery of The Downs, in partnership with Frontier Services, is seeking a person to minister to remote rural and isolated communities in the Cunnamulla Burke and Wills area in south west Queensland.
If you have a passion for ministry with people in the Outback, you will have many opportunities to serve people in the small communities and large properties that are a part of this remote area – Bedourie, Birdsville, Charleville, Cunnamulla, Quilpie, Wyandra and the like.
Uniting Church in Western Australia is currently advertising for the position of Presbytery Minister – Uniting Generations (Lay and ordained people may apply). Applications has been extended to Tuesday 31 July 2018.
Please click on the below link to view the full details and position description on the website.
This year’s Synod meeting will be held at St Philip’s College in Alice Springs.
The Synod opening service will be held on the evening of Friday 5 October. Synod business will be conducted on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 October, finishing at 5pm on Sunday.
This year there are some other meetings and professional development activities occurring before and after the Synod meeting.
Participants attending the Synod meeting will also need to:
1. complete the registration form (to be available soon) so the Synod office
At the Northern Synod meeting in July 2017 the leadership of the General Secretary Mr Peter Jones was strongly endorsed.
It was agreed to extend the placement of our General Secretary for one year to the end of 2018, and to ask the Synod Standing Committee to commence the task of recruiting a new General Secretary.
We continue to pray for and to appreciate the many gifts and skills Peter has exercised over the last 10 years in his role as General
