UC National News - 1-4 Apr 2020 - Virtual Palm Sunday service and rallies, Lent Event and more

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With traditonal Palm Sunday marches off due to the COVID-19 criss, advocates for refugees and asylum seekers are taking their call for compassion online.

Palm Sunday online service

Rev Alex Sangster from St Andrews Fairfield in Melbourne will lead an online service this Sunday on the Uniting Church in Australia Facebook page.

As we draw closer to Holy Week and the end of Lent, please remember the UnitingWorld Lent Event 2020 appeal.

UnitingWorld and our church partners need your help to build peace and beat poverty in places like Maluku, Indonesia.

Long distance calling

Frontier Services staff are hitting the phones to keep spirits high in parts of Australia where people are feeling the isolation as well.

UCA in the NRS - One year on

A year has now passed since the UCA joined the Federal Government’s National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.

Being a Safe Church online

As UCA members and our families spend more time in cyberspace, Director of the UCA's National Safe Church Unit, Rev John Cox reminds us that our commitment to being a safe church for all people extends to online environments.

Arrangements for Holy Communion

The Assembly Standing Committee will consider temporary arrangements for Uniting Church members to receive Holy Communion online by COB Friday 3 April 2020. Advice on these arrangements, if agreed, will be made available as soon as possible after the decision.

CCA postpones 15th General Assembly

The Christian Conference of Asia is halting programmes and activities, including its Assembly in September due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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The UnitingCare network and others in health and aged care facing shortages of personal protective equipment.
Assembly Agencies Frontier Services and UnitingWorld as they seek to minister to those in need at home and abroad.
All who work to make our institutions safe places for all people.
Regional Ecumenical Organisations who are standing together with the common message to protect life.
All those gathering online for peace and justice on Palm Sunday.