Uniting Church welcomes commitment
to families
Key
Uniting Church family services providers have
welcomed the Australian Government's commitment
to establishing family relationship centres that
will put a focus on mediation and dispute
resolution ahead of the court system. READ
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Mr Howard said established
services including Relationships Australia,
Centacare, UnitingCare and Anglicare
would be the likely winners of Jobs Network-style
tenders to run the centres. Cheaper custody option
taken. READ
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NCYC turns 50! Come and celebrate
Fifty
years after the first National Christian Youth
Convention, up to 2,000 young people will gather
in Gawler, South Australia, for the anniversary
event. READ ON
Call for support as demand
for shelter increases
Wesley
Mission’s Homeless Persons’ Services
is calling on the community for greater support
of needy Australians under threat of homelessness.
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The 'BEM' of the 21st century?
"The
nature and mission of the church" will become
a "major ecumenical instrument for the fulfillment
of the Lord's prayer" for the unity of Christian
believers, according to Metropolitan Dr
Gennadios of Sassima. READ
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Reforming Alliance wants Resolution
84 rescinded
The
Reforming Alliance has called on the Uniting Church
to rescind Resolution 84 and adopt the Queensland
Synod statement on sexuality, which was reaffirmed
at a Special Synod in November 2003. READ ON
Catholic bishops told to take
hard line on gender
The
Vatican is concerned that feminist ideologies
are eroding what it regards as women's maternal
vocation but calls on governments to "create conditions
that enable women not to neglect their family
duties when they enter into a job". READ
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