Dear friends,

Please find link to the Northern Synod Moderator’s Christmas message for 2024 here.

Or view video version on YouTube or on Northern Synod Facebook (11 minutes).

Best wishes for a happy Christmas.

Grace and Peace.

The best is yet to come,

Tony

“For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”  Isaiah 9:6 

With deep sadness, we mourn the passing of Rev. Dr. Gondarra OAM, a giant in the life of the Uniting Church and Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress and a revered Yolŋu leader. We give thanks for his incredible contribution to our journey of reconciliation, his unwavering compassion for his people and his deep insights into the God who walks with us all.
See below a shared statement from National Congress Chair Rev. Mark Kickett and President of the Uniting Church

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Rev Tony Goodluck, serves as the Moderator of the Northern Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. In this 2024 Moderator’s Easter Message he reflects on the everyday inbreaking of the resurrected Christ into what might seem to be mundane everyday events. Moderator Goodluck suggests that it is in encountering the hope of new beginnings in our day to day lives that Christ comes to us, often unrecognised. He encourages us to live with open hearts so that we might

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GOD IS WITH US – IN THE LIVING STORY – THROUGH THE LIVING WORD

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The fourth Sunday in Advent falls on December the 24th this year.  The Lectionary Readings include 2 Samuel 7: 1-11, 16 ‘God’s Covenant with David’ and Luke 1: 26-38 ‘The Birth of Jesus Foretold’.  Two great stories of two unlikely candidates, being David the shepherd-boy-become-king; and Mary, the teenage mother of Jesus.

Perhaps the most remarkable thing in the lives of these two reasonably unremarkable

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TRIBUTE TO MR G YUNUPINGU

As family and friends engage in ceremonies and protocols for an appropriate farewell for Mr G Yunupingu, the Uniting Church in Australia (Northern Synod) and the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (Northern Region) add our words of respect and tribute to the great Yolŋu leader.

Click on the heading or link to read our tribute.

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MODERATOR’S EASTER MESSAGE 2023             ‘HOLD ON’

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Where do you go to refresh your soul?  What do you do to get in touch with the deep parts of your inner being?  Some of us like to walk; ’ find beautiful places in nature.

As I think about Easter this year I think about refreshment; I think about

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Alice Springs                                                                                                                                            Good Friday 7th April at 3pm       

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