News – UnitingWorld

December 15, 2017

High up in the Indian Himalayas, in a small village of mostly farming families, a busy school day begins. Students leave their homes and walk the short distance to newly built classrooms for their first lessons of the day. They are taught by young, local teachers, [Read More]

FORGIVENESS IS LIMITLESS

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Peacebuilding and Trauma Healing (South Sudan)

December 15, 2017

Two weeks before Christmas, on a sweltering summer’s day in Juba, 68 lay leaders and ministers from across South Sudan gathered to talk about peace and forgiveness. Finding inspiration from Matthew 18:21-22, the workshop focused on reconciliation and trauma healing. “According to scripture, forgiveness is [Read More]

SO MUCH MORE THAN MAKING TOAST

by UnitingWorld

Partnering Women for Change (Pacific Region)

December 15, 2017

In September 2016, UnitingWorld facilitated a workshop with the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu (PCV) on Gender Equality through Theology. The theological teaching was facilitated by Rev Dr Cliff Bird, a prominent Pacific theologian and UnitingWorld Regional Coordinator, as well as Cliff’s wife, Mrs Siera Bird. [Read More]

Methodist Church in Fiji sails for climate solutions

by UnitingWorld

Blogs, News

September 11, 2017

The President of the Methodist Church in Fiji (MCIF) is to join the crew of Fiji's iconic traditional sailing canoe the ‘Uto Ni Yalo’ this week, as it sails to Matuku in the Lau group of islands. Rev. Dr Tevita Nawadra Bainivanua will join the [Read More]

Fiji: when cyclones shake the world, the Church shakes it back.

by Cath Taylor

Blogs, News

September 6, 2017

It doesn’t matter where I travel across this world of ours – China’s lakeside Colleges, India’s dusty villages, a storm-chewed community in one of Fiji’s most lush northern valleys – it’s always the mothers who sidle up to me for a chat. Maybe I’m a [Read More]

After the flood, where’s the river of tears?

by Cath Taylor

Blogs

September 5, 2017

The first I knew of 16 million people inundated by floodwater were the photos from a friend on Facebook. Outstretched hands, bare shoulders, muddy torrents: they were the first of what I expected to be a mainstream media deluge. Instead: silence. Families across Nepal, India [Read More]

Pacific churches call for climate action at COP23

by UnitingWorld

News

August 17, 2017

The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has called for the urgent implementation of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, and for leaders to hear the voices of Pacific Islanders – the most vulnerable people to the impacts of climate change. The PCC made its statement during [Read More]

We can’t go back in time, but some tragedies can be prevented in advance

by Cath Taylor

Blogs, Campaigns

August 14, 2017

Almost exactly two months after our son died in 2004, some 250,000 people were killed by a series of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. It was described at the time as the worst tsunami event the world had ever seen. I didn’t watch any of [Read More]

UnitingWorld welcomes new National Director

by UnitingWorld

News

July 11, 2017

The Uniting Church in Australia Assembly Standing Committee has approved the appointment of Dr Sureka Goringe as the National Director of UnitingWorld. Dr Goringe is currently UnitingWorld’s Associate Director of International Programs for the Pacific region and a previous Chairperson of UnitingWorld’s Relief and Development [Read More]

THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN IS NOW VERY BRIGHT

FORGIVENESS IS LIMITLESS

SO MUCH MORE THAN MAKING TOAST

Methodist Church in Fiji sails for climate solutions

Fiji: when cyclones shake the world, the Church shakes it back.

After the flood, where’s the river of tears?

Pacific churches call for climate action at COP23

We can’t go back in time, but some tragedies can be prevented in advance

UnitingWorld welcomes new National Director

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