CONTENT:
Emergency Relief Appeals | Change Appeal | Voices for Justice | Pacific Issues | Everything in Common | Experience | Peacemaking
Emergency Relief Appeals
UnitingWorld has launched a number of emergency relief appeals in response to the devastating natural disasters that have struck across Asia and the Pacific. In the wake of typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines, the Pacific tsunamis and Sumatran earthquake UnitingWorld, with our partner churches, is providing assistance to address the immediate needs of these communities as well as supporting the long term rebuilding efforts. Please be in prayer for our Church Partners in these affected areas as they seek to respond to these disasters.
Click here to read more about the appeals.
Click here to make a donation.
Change Appeal for New North India Projects
Arriving in mailboxes right now is our ‘Change’ appeal for two newly launched projects in North India. The appeal seeks to raise funds in support of our Ramdas and Sarenga community and child nutrition, education and health projects.
These communities suffer high levels of unemployment, illiteracy and ill health have left most of the population in the grip of poverty. To address this UnitingWorld, in partnership with the Church of North Idia, began development programs in Amritsar and Sarenga in 2008. While people’s needs are urgent, today there is hope and transformation has begun. With your help we can make a difference one child and one community at a time.
Click here to read more about the appeal
Click here to make a donation.
Voices for Justice
Two partner church leaders nominated by UnitingWorld attended Pacific Leaders’ Stream of the Micah Challenge, Voices for Justice program in Canberra last week. A hand-picked group of Pacific Leaders participated in training, networking and planning and joined with the main program of Voices for Justice to make presentations at events and workshops. Rob Lutton also attended the event with Rev Tafue Lusama, Secretary for Peace and Justice at the Christian Church of Tuvalu and Chairperson of the Climate Action Network Tuvalu and Oiner Moa, a Pacific Conference of Churches Intern from the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa who is currently serving with UnitingWorld. Rev Lusama and Ms Moa met with a number of Federal politicians and ministerial advisors to speak about climate change issues in the Pacific during their time in Canberra.
For more information on the event http://www.micahchallenge.org.au/voices-justice
Addressing Pacific Issues
UnitingWorld National Director, Rev Dr Kerry Enright and Associate Director Church Solidarity (Pacific) Mr Bruce Mullan have been and will be meeting with Uniting Church Pacific leaders in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for conversation about Pacific issues. Topics covered include possible membership application from the Uniting Church in Australia to the Pacific Conference of Churches, trade justice issues, climate change and the Pacific, and other initiatives UnitingWorld is taking in relation to Pacific churches.
Click here to read more about trade justice in the Pacific.
Everything in Common Gifts Catalogue
In late October UnitingWorld will release the 2009/10 Everything in Common Gifts Catalogue. The catalogue lists gifts from our Relief and Development, Experience, Church Solidarity and Peacemaking programs that you can directly support. The catalogue has some great ideas for birthday and Christmas gifts.
Look out for your copy of our Everything in Common catalogue in the mailbox soon.
Experience Placements Mailout
In the next few weeks UnitingWorld’s Experience Program will be mailing out postcards and posters for our 2010 placements. The materials will go out to all congregations as well as Adult Fellowship groups. This year there are some exciting opportunities to volunteer overseas. These include:
- Bali: English Teacher for hospitality tertiary training college 6 – 12 months
- Bali: Minister/Pastor for English speaking congregation 3 months
- Niue: Youth worker (may be two positions or suitable for a couple) 3-12 months
- North India: Gap Year assistants K-12 school 3-12 months
- Pacific: Theological College Lecturers – all disciplines. Several positions available across the Pacific 3-12 months
- Thailand: Secondary teachers 6-12 months
- Tonga: Teachers in Vocational Education 3-12 month
For the full list of placement opportunities in 2010 click here.
- Experience also has a critical placement available for a communications / journalist / media liaison specialist to work side by side with our partners in the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma.
Click here to download and read more about this urgent request.
If you think you may have the skills and passion to explore these possibilities in 2010, please contact:
Kathy Pereira
P: 02 8267 4250
E:kathyp@unitingworld.org.au
Peacemaking
Joy Balazo has just returned from the Solomon Islands where she conducted a peace workshop and training for local communities and leaders. She is now on route to Indonesia to conduct further workshops.
