Partnering with Congregations

Serving humanity is at our heart.

As part of the Uniting Church responding to God’s Mission, the relationships we have with congregations are vital.

Uniting Church congregations deliver community services across Victoria and Tasmania

Many of these congregations partner with Uniting to strengthen their community service work.

Just a few examples are:

Early learning centres supporting young children and families
Providing accommodation for asylum seekers
Community arts programs
Providing emergency relief to people in crisis
Advocating on social justice issues.

Wesley Covenant

Uniting has a Covenant with the Wesley Church in Melbourne’s CBD, which recognises the genuine desire of both partners to have a close and meaningful relationship.

The Covenant and the overall relationship between Uniting and the Uniting Church are celebrated every year at a service held at the Wesley Church on the Sunday between 22 June, the anniversary of the creation of the Uniting Church in 1977 and 1 July, the anniversary of the creation of Uniting Vic.Tas in 2017.

Share the spirit of Christmas

Discover our new range of Christmas cards - including an Australian native flora mixed pack. Every purchase helps support individuals and families doing it tough this Christmas.

Food For Families

Food For Families is a great way to get together to make a tangible difference to the lives of individuals and families experiencing hardship and crisis throughout the year.

Help fill a box with non-perishable food and household essential items and donate it. Find out how you or your congregation can help families in your area.

Share Grants Program

We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Share Grants Program will support 9 projects across 6 Uniting Church congregations.

This year, the submissions received were once again all quality applications with much competition for the limited funding available through the Share Grants Program.

To ensure that as many projects in need of support could benefit from this annual percentage of Share appeals and bequests proceeds made available through the Share Grants Program, all the successful projects received partial funding as contributions to support mission with their communities:

HICCI Connections (Healesville UC)
North Ringwood Care Emergency Relief (North Ringwood UC)
WomEmpower (Hotham Mission)
Renshaw Education Program (Hotham Mission)
Food For Thought (Hotham Mission)
Helping Hand Emergency Food Relief Program (Croydon UC)
CAN Community Food Program (Carlton Church Of All Nations)
Women’s Multicultural Group (Carlton Church Of All Nations)
Foodbank Operations Program (Combined Churches Caring Melton)

We wish them well with their projects. Thank you to the supporters of Uniting’s Share appeals.

As we continue to support your important work, we also want to let you know that from next year, Share Grants will be directly managed by the Synod of Vic.Tas. This change is designed to streamline administration and better align with Synod grant processes. More information will be shared in the coming months. In the meantime, you can find grant forms and information here.

Community in Mission

Community in Mission highlights the magic that happens when we partner together to enliven communities around us.

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