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International Day of Peace, 21 September

The International Day of Peace provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace. It was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982.

UnitingJustice has created a suite of information, action and worship resources for church members, to learn more about the International Day of Peace and the Uniting Church in Australia's commitment to peace.

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UCA President, Rev. Alistair Macrae, has put together a short video of his reflections on peacemaking. You can view that video here via Vimeo.

 

Civil society statement on a credible plan on pollution and climate change

1 September 2010

The Uniting Church in Australia has signed on to this statement from diverse civil society groups calling for an urgent price on pollution.

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Click here to read the comments from UnitingJustice National Director, Rev. Elenie Poulos, at the press conference coinciding with the statement's release.

Social Justice Sunday 2010: 'Peace be with you'

The National Council of Churches' Social Justice Sunday resource is now available to church members.

Social Justice Sunday falls each year on the last Sunday in September, which this year is the 26th. The theme for this year's resource marks the end of the Decade to Overcome Violence, a World Council of Churches initiative, and is titled Peace be with you: Witnessing to peace in a violent world.

The resource combines information and prayers on a range of peacemaking issues. A PDF version will be available to download from the NCCA website. Hard copies can be ordered, free of charge, from UnitingJustice. Contact us on 02 8267 4236 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to place your order.

If you'd like further peacemaking resources for education and worship, take a look at our International Day of Peace resources.

 

Christ and Human Rights: Hospitality of God

Seminar at the United Theological College, Sydney, 13 September 2010

The keynote speakers at this event will be George Newlands, former lecturer in theology at Cambridge University and Professor of Divinity at Glasgow University, and Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner from the Australian Human Rights Commission.

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A Regional Refugee Protection Framework

The Uniting Church in Australia has joined with twenty other Australian Non-Government Organisations to put forward a policy statement setting out the principles we would wish to see implemented as part of a regional response to asylum seekers and refugees. 

 Click here to download the statement as PDF
Click here to view the statement as HTML

An Economy of Life resources for church members

The Twelfth Assembly meeting of the Uniting Church in Australia adopted a statement which discusses on how we understand human progress and our relationship with the natural world, titled An Economy of Life: Re-imagining human progress for a flourishing world.

Worship resources

These prayers have been prepared by the Uniting Church in Australia’s Assembly Working Group on Worship.

The themes they address make them particularly suitable for use in worship and private prayer in conjunction with the Federal Election 2010 resources prepared for Church members by the Assembly – Building an Economy for Life: your faith, your vote, your voice.

Click here to download these resources in Word

Booklet

UnitingJustice also has copies of An Economy of Life in a colourful, bright booklet available for church members. They can be ordered (free of charge) by contacting UnitingJustice on 02 8267 4236 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

A PDF version of the booket is available here