“Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth”. Genesis 2:16
The message of salvation is echoed within the weeks of Advent. The celebration of his coming is always warm and filled with hope. In it we are reliving the celebration of Jesus’ birth with joy which has been proclaimed by the angels to the shepherds
With much sadness the National President, Moderator and Chairs of the Northern Regional Council of Congress and the Pilgrim Presbytery of Northern Australia, Presbyteries of the Northern Synod, share the news of the passing of Rev Dr Gumana at GänGan Homeland on 19th November 2016. Rev Dr Gumana made unprecedented contributions as a senior Yirritja elder to Indigenous arts, the homelands centre movement, contextual theologies and the recognition of First Peoples sovereignty and law.
The Target and UnitingCare 25th Christmas Appeal has been launched in Target stores and will run through to the 24th of December. We have already had $35,000 directly donated to the appeal -before it has started!
This is the 25th anniversary or the Target and UnitingCare Christmas Appeal and we are hoping it will be the best possible. We are aiming to raise $1.5 million for Emergency Relief assistance plus tens of thousands of toys.
Today Minister Nigel Scullion announced funding has been secured to enable Kormilda College to keep operating into 2017. The Uniting Church welcomes the Minister’s announcement as it means the excellent outcomes achieved by staff and students at the College can continue.
The Uniting Church entered into a partnership with the Anglican Church in 1989 so Kormilda College could offer secondary education to Indigenous students, especially to those who did not have this access in their home communities.
The College Board has been
The Makarrata was the vision of the late Dr Joseph Gumbula. Dr Gumbula has spent the last two decades working with the custodians of collections of art, photographs, craft and human samples collected from Milingimbi over the last century identifying traditional ownership. A significant amount of this material comes from collections of those who worked with the Methodist Overseas Mission.
Rulku Wanga Ceremony Ground at Milingimbi prepared for Makarrata.
Burial poles from the different clan nations were placed in the centre
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It is with much sadness the Northern Synod advises of the passing of Deaconess Lorna Nellie Stevenson. Lorna was born on 20 June 1922 and passed away in Alice Springs on 19 September 2016.
Lorna trained as a deaconess at Rolland House in Melbourne and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in Adelaide on 28 January 1960. She then worked as a field officer with the Christian Education Department of the South Australian Presbyterian church. She was
UnitingCare Australia has issued a press release concerning the impact of more than $2 billion on Federal Government aged care funding cuts on sick older people. The press release provides two case studies showing the effect these cuts will have on sick elderly people who live in aged care facilities.
More information on this issue and more detailed case studies are available here.
The UCA President, Mr Stuart McMillan, together with the Northern Synod Moderator,
Rev Thresi Mauboy Wohangara and Chairman of the Northern Regional Council of Congress, Rev Djawanydjawany Gondarra have released a statement concerning the abuse of young people in Territory prisons.
In collaboration with the community of Pukatja, the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC) and Ernabella Arts, Western Desert Dialysis are working to raise the first years nurses wages and operational expenses for dialysis in Pukatja (Ernabella).
On Wednesday 22nd June Western Desert Dialysis will be launching the Pukatja Dialysis Fund!
The mission of Western Desert Dialysis, also known as the Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation, is to improve the lives of people with renal failure, reunite families and reduce the incidence