by Sue McKinnon | Jan 25, 2022 | First Nations, Message Board blog
We could quite reasonably propose changing the date, and then get into arguments about ‘which date?’ that are fraught with historical difficulties or fiction and plagued by a plethora of alternatives, but decided instead to state the simple fact that not everyone...
by ActionSkills | Jan 23, 2022 | First Nations, Past Events, Sunday Services
Each year the Uniting Church marks a Day of Mourning to reflect on the dispossession of Australia’s First Peoples and the ongoing injustices faced by First Nations people in this land. For those of us who are Second Peoples, we lament that we were and remain...
by Sue McKinnon | Nov 9, 2021 | Common Grace, First Nations, Past Events
The recording and text of this service will be available shortly. On the Sunday before Australia Day, Uniting Church congregations across the country hold worship services to reflect upon and lament the effect of the invasion and colonisation on First Peoples and our...
by Sue McKinnon | Nov 1, 2021 | Common Grace, First Nations, Past Events
You may watch the service that was broadcast by Common Grace on 25th January here, and share it with family and friends. We held a discussion afterward online with a message from Brooke Prentis, CEO of Common Grace, then some time where we shared our thoughts and...
by ActionSkills | Jul 2, 2021 | First Nations, Uncategorised
NAIDOC Week Is an Australian observance running from 4 July until 11 July every year. The acronym “NAIDOC” is derived from the original organising group, the “National Aborigines and Islander Day Observance Committee” which was an expansion in the 1990s of the...
by Engadine | Jun 20, 2021 | First Nations, Uncategorised
Have you ever been to the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial Service on the Sunday of Queen’s Birthday long weekend? My first involvement with it this year makes me want to recommend the experience. On Saturday Judy and I went to see the memorial site and walked...
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