Category: News & Announcements

Juniper Carer wins Australia’s Aged Care Employee of the Year

Post author By revivewa
Post date September 5, 2018

WA’s Joyce Ashworth received national recognition at the 2018 Aged and Community Services Australia (ASCA) National Aged Care Awards today in Sydney, the leading event celebrating achievement in aged care across Australia.

Chris Hall, Juniper Chief Executive Officer, congratulated Joyce, a much-loved and well respected Multi-skilled Carer/Supervisor with an aged care career spanning an impressive 50 years – 45 of those years served continuously with Juniper. Juniper is a Uniting Church WA agency providing residential and community aged care.

“Joyce is a giving and inspirational mentor, her longevity and dedication to her role is a powerful example to her colleagues,” Chris said.

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Hundreds of rare and exquisite wildflowers set to shine at South West showcase

Post author By revivewa
Post date September 4, 2018

The Busselton Wildflower Exhibition is set to welcome hundreds of visitors when it opens it’s doors for the 93rd time this spring to showcase the best wildflowers from the region. The exhibition is organised each year by Busselton Uniting Church.

The South West corner of Western Australia is renowned for having one of the richest and most diverse flora in the world and attracts visitors from around the state, Australia and overseas.

The Busselton Wildflower Exhibition gives those unable to ‘go bush’ an opportunity to see a great variety of specimens. Wildflower enthusiasts can learn more about the local varieties with advice from botanists on site or visitors can just enjoy the sights and smells of the exhibition as they wander through the exhibition.

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Uniting Church publishes additional marriage liturgy

Post author By revivewa
Post date August 30, 2018

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The Uniting Church in Australia has today published an additional marriage liturgy that will allow same-gender couples to get married in Uniting Churches from Friday 21 September 2018.

The liturgy was approved by the Uniting Church’s Assembly Standing Committee which met in Sydney from 24 to 26 August.

The publication of the Uniting Church in Australia Additional Marriage Liturgy (2018) follows the decision by members of the Fifteenth Assembly Meeting in July to hold two equal and distinct statements of belief on marriage to honour the diversity of Christian belief among Uniting Church members.

Dr Deidre Palmer, President of the Uniting Church in Australia, has issued a Pastoral Letter to church members, to reassure people about the additional liturgy.

Tags feature, LGBTQIA, Uniting Church

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Celebrating 103 years

Post author By revivewa
Post date August 29, 2018

Osborne Park Uniting Church will be celebrating 103 years of worship in the area on Sunday 9 September.

Established in 1915, the original church has seen several additions and extensions over the years and experienced the variations in congregation size as many churches have.

At the centenary services in 2015, a total of about 220 attended, showing the many people who have attended over the years.

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Trayning Uniting Church celebrates 50

Post author By revivewa
Post date August 15, 2018

Trayning Uniting Church is celebrating 50 years of worship in their building; however their history begins well before that, in 1911. Their current building was erected in 1968.

A celebration was held at the church, with Valda Knott, Community Minister, delivering a short history of the congregation.

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135 years of being church

Post author By revivewa
Post date August 13, 2018

Guildford Wesley Chapel will celebrate its 135th anniversary on Sunday 19 August, 9.30am.

Methodist church services began in Guildford in 1837 when the Hardy brothers travelled to Guildford. The services were held in private homes, the open air or in the Court House after it was constructed. Guildford Church became part of the Perth Methodist Circuit when it was inaugurated in 1840.

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Editorial: 15th Triennial Assembly

Post author By revivewa
Post date August 9, 2018

With the 15th Triennial Assembly Meeting of the Uniting Church recently held in Melbourne, this edition is jam-packed with news from the event. I didn’t attend myself, but as I watched along from home here in Perth I could see there was plenty of passion for the church in that meeting room.

Big news coming from the meeting which has gained a lot of attention is that Uniting Church ministers will be able to marry couples of the same gender if they wish to. Whatever your opinion on the issue, I think we can all agree that the Uniting Church has made history in Australia.

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Nature playground to land in South Perth

Post author By revivewa
Post date August 8, 2018

The South Perth Early Childhood Centre, at South Perth Uniting Church, is looking forward to a major upgrade of it’s outdoor playground, after receiving a $65 000 grant from Lotterywest.

Hon Kate Doust MLC, Member for the South Metropolitan Region, presented the grant this morning to Noelene Moir, Director of the South Perth Early Childhood Centre, and Ronni Naughton, Chair of the Management Committee.

Tags Church and Community, Youth

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Grace in abundance, hope liberated

Post author By revivewa
Post date August 5, 2018

Members of the Uniting Church’s 15th Triennial Assembly have returned home to share the news of the landmark decisions made at the meeting.

Over seven days, from Sunday 8 to Saturday 14 July, more than 260 Assembly members shared prayer, worship and Bible studies with ecumenical and interfaith friends, church partners and each other. Dr Deidre Palmer, past Moderator of the Uniting Church South Australia, was installed as the Uniting Church’s 15th President in a joyous service before shepherding a meeting in which Assembly members voiced a wide range of strongly and faithfully held views on a range of issues, from different biblical, theological and cultural perspectives.

Following are some of the important decisions reached.

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New Assembly role for Stuart McMillan

Post author By revivewa
Post date August 1, 2018

Ex-President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Stuart McMillan, will begin a new role with the National Assembly as Assembly Consultant Covenanting on 1 September.

Stuart will provide advice, support and leadership about honouring the church’s Covenant with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) to the Assembly and across the councils of the Uniting Church.

“Living out our Covenant between First and Second Peoples is a central part of our expression of our Christian faith in the Uniting Church in Australia, and at the Assembly we are committed to taking that seriously,” said Assembly General Secretary Colleen Geyer in announcing the appointment.

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