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Young UCA members who attended the 15th Assembly in Melbourne are getting revved up for the next big youth event on the Church Calendar.
Assembly Consultant Covenanting
Uniting Church in Australia immediate past President Stuart McMillan will begin a new role with the National Assembly as Assembly Consultant Covenanting on 1 September 2018.
Grace in abundance, Hope liberated
Members of the Uniting Church’s 15th Assembly have returned home to share the news of the landmark decisions made at the 15th triennial meeting.
Over seven days from 8-14 July, more than 260 Assembly members shared prayer, worship and Bible studies with ecumenical and interfaith friends, church partners and each other.
Freedom to Decide on Marriage
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.
Unconfirmed Minute - Resolution of the 15th Assembly
Marriage and same-gender relationships
The Assembly resolved:
Pastoral Letter from the President on Marriage and same-gender relationships
Grace & Hope as Uniting Church Gathers in Melbourne
More than 300 members of the Uniting Church in Australia from across the country will gather at Box Hill Town Hall in Melbourne over the next week for the Church’s 15th triennial Assembly meeting.
World churches walking together
The centrepiece of the 70th-anniversary celebrations of the World Council of Churches (WCC) was a visit by Pope Francis.
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Response to James Haire
The Assembly Working Group on Doctrine would like to comment on a ‘Response to the Assembly Standing Committee’s Report and Proposals on Marriage and Same-Gender Relationships’ by Prof. James Haire.
Honourable Members
A number of UCA members received awards in the annual Queens Birthday Honours list.
Breaking Bread with Friends in Faith
The Uniting Church in Australia is hosting six Iftar Dinners in five different states as an expression of its desire to build a more peaceful world with people of other faiths.
Iftar is the breaking of the fast during Ramadan for people of Muslim faith. The sharing of this meal among people of different faiths is becoming a popular and powerful symbol of friendship and harmony.
“In a world that is easily divided by differences, it is so important that people of faith build bridges together,” Uniting Church President Stuart McMillan told 130 guests at the Iftar Dinner held at Parramatta Mission in Sydney on 5 June.
The dinner was co-hosted by the Assembly, the Synod of NSW/ACT and Uniting with Muslim partners the Affinity Intercultural Foundation.