Category: Stories & Feature Articles

Tree of Hope brightens the day

Post author By revivewa
Post date May 5, 2020

Inspired by ‘Rainbow Trails’ and ‘Teddy Bear Hunts’ going on in local communities all over the world to raise the spirits of people living with physical distancing restrictions due to COVID-19, Marlene Carroll, with the help of Carol McLaughlin, both from Trinity North Uniting Church, came up with the idea to spread some hope with neighbours around their church.

Marlene and Carol have hung colourful doves – a symbol of hope – from branches of a bottlebrush tree on the verge outside Trinity North Uniting Church Greenwood Worshipping Community.

Tags Church and Community, COVID

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The spice of life

Post author By revivewa
Post date May 5, 2020

Alison Dyall is a member of the Uniting Church WA International Partnership and Development Commission, formerly the UnitingWorld WA Commission. She recently returned from a trip to Timor Leste, where she has travelled a number of times. She shares some of her experiences with Revive.

Tags feature, International

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Bibles for Bubs: Calling all 2019 babies

Post author By revivewa
Post date May 1, 2020

Behind every passion project is a devoted creator, and Bible Society’s Bibles for Bubs project is no different.

Belinda Faulks, Bible Society’s Projects and Relationship Manager, birthed the project three years ago and has handwritten 7 000 birthday cards in that time.

Tags Faith In Action

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Review: Saint Judy

Post author By revivewa
Post date April 30, 2020

Directed by Sean Hanish, 2020, Cannonball Productions

Saint Judy is a film based on real life events of lawyer, Judy Wood, who’s thrown in the deep end in her first immigration law case. Her belief that the truth and doing what’s right can overcome almost insurmountable obstacles to forever change asylum law in the United States of America, as well as the lives of those around her.

Judy represents an Afghani woman, Asefa Ashwari who’s betrayed by her Tribal Leader father, persecuted by the Taliban for ‘Crimes against God.’ She faces the certainty of being murdered by her own brothers in an honour killing if her fight for asylum in the United States is unsuccessful, because she encouraged girls to think for themselves and to get an education by opening a school for girls in her village.

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Easter egg treats raise much-needed funds for bushfire relief

Post author By revivewa
Post date April 28, 2020

Rev Norman Hogg, from Rockingham Uniting Church, shares how he and his wife, Freda, successfully raised $10 000 over Lent for the Uniting Church in Australia’s National Disaster Relief Fund to support people affected by Australia’s recent devastating bushfire season.

Tags Disaster Relief, Easter

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Builders’ Club inspires creativity

Post author By revivewa
Post date April 28, 2020

Rev Mark Illingworth, Minister at South Perth Uniting Church, was planning to start up a ‘Builders’ Club’ based at the church for lovers of Lego – and then came COVID-19. With physical distancing rules in place, Mark started the club online via Zoom.

Tags Church and Community, feature

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Continued support to the community from UnitingCare West

Post author By revivewa
Post date April 22, 2020

Providing community services has faced some new challenges during the COVID-19 outbreak, but UnitingCare West, a Uniting Church WA community service provider, is continuing to support vulnerable people in WA through their programs.

Tags A Helping Hand, Ageing and Community, feature

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Staying messy

Post author By revivewa
Post date April 21, 2020

For almost ten years, Messy Church at Bunbury St Augustine Uniting Church has been an all-ages worship connecting families to the message of Jesus. The monthly gathering usually consists of craft, songs, a story, prayers and a shared meal.

This month, however, due to COVID-19, Messy Church in Bunbury looked a little different. Instead of gathering at the church, people ran Messy Church activities in their own homes over the Easter long weekend, connecting as a group via live stream to share in some of the activities together.

Tags Church and Community, feature

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Who doesn’t love an apple crumble?

Post author By revivewa
Post date April 20, 2020

This sweet and simple Apple Crumble recipe was sent in by Cheryl Smith from Pinjarra Uniting Church. It was also featured in their church newsletter. Serve this tasty crumble with cream or vanilla ice-cream for added goodness!

Have you got a favourite recipe? Send it in to revive@wa.uca.org.au or mail them to Revive magazine, GPO Box M952, Perth, 6843.

Ingredients

3 or 4 green apples
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup plain flour
3/4 cup rolled oats or muesli
60g butter

Method

Preheat oven to 180o degrees.
Peel and core the apples, slice thinly and place apple into a buttered ovenproof dish.
To make the crumble topping, place sugar, flour and the oats or muesli into a mixing bowl.
Chop the butter into small pieces and add to the bowl.
Using your fingers, mix in butter until mixture is crumbly, then sprinkle it over the apples.
Bake for 35 minutes.

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To everything there is a season

Post author By revivewa
Post date April 15, 2020

Kevin Tengvall, founder of the Ride for Life program of Merredin Uniting Church, shares his reflections on the program, as the mission comes to a close.

Ride for life was started in 2010 as a mission of Merredin Uniting Church. The idea came to me after talking to a work colleague who challenged me by asking why I wasn’t doing any ministry with kids. Which led me to question: what could I do? And how could I do it?

Tags Church and Community