Tag: Moderator

  • Moderator Reports on a Hopeful Future

    Rev Steve Francis, Moderator of the Uniting Church WA, spoke to his report at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Synod of WA, adding that the present day church is full of hope and opportunity. After recently attending an event at Juniper, a Uniting Church WA agency providing community and residential aged care, he noted […]

  • Uniting Church WA Calls for an End to Three Strikes Mandatory Sentencing

    The Uniting Church in Western Australia and the Uniting Aboriginal & Islander Christian Congress WA hold grave concern over the impacts that proposed changes to the Criminal Law Amendment (Home Burglary and Other Offences) Bill 2014 currently before the Western Australian parliament will have on young Aboriginal people. Chair of the Uniting Aboriginal & Islander […]

  • Frack no! Uniting Church calls

    The Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Western Australia calls on the Government of Western Australia to place a moratorium on all unconventional gas exploration and extraction activities in WA and to move towards renewable energy and away from fossil fuels. The hydraulic fracturing (fracking) process uses large volumes of toxic chemicals at high pressure […]