News – UnitingWorld

November 21, 2024

Christmas brings out our best selves. We love to give and be generous to our loved ones, our neighbours and even strangers too. The holiday season carves out precious time to spend with family and friends and, when times are good, there’s extra food and [Read More]

Continuing the legacy of Christmas through Everything in Common

by Apwee Ting

Blogs

November 19, 2024

The message of Christ’s birth is as radical today as it was more than two thousand years ago. Born in humble circumstances, the Son of God came to embody hope for the poor, the oppressed and the forgotten. As I reflect on this journey, having [Read More]

10 Christmas gift ideas that don’t cost the planet

by Marcus Campbell

Blogs, Campaigns

November 13, 2024

We all like to say Christmas isn’t about the presents—and we mean it. Ask around. It’s about family and friends, neighbourhoods alive with connection, and intergenerational debates over the holiday playlist (Taylor Swift or Mariah Carey? Elvis or Bing Crosby?). It’s a time to reflect [Read More]

Send Christmas cards that fight poverty!

by UnitingWorld

News

October 15, 2024

Wish your loved ones the hope, peace, joy and love of Christmas. Sending our Christmas cards to your friends, family and loved ones is a great way to fight poverty, build hope and inspire others about the work of our overseas partners. $15 for a [Read More]

Everything in Common Gift Catalogue 2024 out now!

by UnitingWorld

Campaigns, News

October 15, 2024

Everything in Common is our annual gift catalogue, filled with gifts that fight poverty and build hope. Our new catalogue is out now! Each gift card supports one of the life-changing projects of our church partners overseas. We also have a new set of Christmas [Read More]

Uniting Church in Australia President, Rev Charissa Suli, MCIF President Rev Dr Semisi Turagavou, and UnitingWorld National Director Dr Sureka Goringe at the MCIF Conference in Suva, Aug 2024

Methodist Church in Fiji adopts groundbreaking disability and disaster management policies

by UnitingWorld

News

August 27, 2024

The Methodist Church in Fiji (MCIF) has adopted policies to ensure church-wide approaches to inclusion of all people with disabilities, and to build the capacity of the church to prepare for and respond to disasters. The first of their kind, the MCIF Disaster Risk Management [Read More]

Demanding a Safer World for All on World Humanitarian Day

by UnitingWorld

News

August 19, 2024

Today on World Humanitarian Day 2024, 60 prominent Australians have signed an open letter from the Safer World for All campaign warning the safeguards designed to protect humanitarian workers are breaking down. UnitingWorld National Director Dr Sureka Goringe was a signatory, alongside Australian children’s author [Read More]

Tassie churches look beyond the Apple Isle

by UnitingWorld

News

August 15, 2024

On a crisp May weekend, Mardi Lumsden, UnitingWorld Donor Relations Manager, had the pleasure of venturing to Tasmania to visit UnitingWorld supporters and churches. In Launceston, Mardi spent time with Presbytery Chairperson Rohan Pryor, hearing about the joys and challenges of the Uniting Church in [Read More]

Improving food security in Timor-Leste

by UnitingWorld

Community Health & Infant Nutrition (Timor Leste), News

August 14, 2024

UnitingWorld has been supporting our partner in Timor-Leste to help communities prepare for and respond to the impacts of El Niño. As a small island nation, Timor-Leste relies heavily on rain-fed agriculture and imported food. Since September 2023, the El Niño weather event has led [Read More]

We need a reset on Christmas giving

Continuing the legacy of Christmas through Everything in Common

10 Christmas gift ideas that don’t cost the planet

Send Christmas cards that fight poverty!

Everything in Common Gift Catalogue 2024 out now!

Methodist Church in Fiji adopts groundbreaking disability and disaster management policies

Demanding a Safer World for All on World Humanitarian Day

Tassie churches look beyond the Apple Isle

Improving food security in Timor-Leste

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