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.

Our foundation
Christ invites us to serve humanity by creating an inclusive, connected and just world.

Uniting Church congregations deliver over 1000 community services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Over 100 of these congregations partner with Uniting for their community service work.

Just a few examples are:

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.

2024 Share Grants Program

The Share Grants Program continues to provide financial assistance to parish missions, congregations and others who would have historically applied that enhances the quality and scope of their services to the community in Victoria and Tasmania.
 
The funding priorities remain to be for projects that meet at least one of the following purposes:
  • Directly address urgent human need
  • Are preventative in nature
  • Tackle underlying structural causes of disadvantage
  • Improve the quality of community services.

Applications close Friday 16 August 2024

Share Grants Applications Guidelines

For further information, call 1800 668 426 or email [email protected]
 
Share Grants Contact:
Dale Barker-Harrington, Church and Community Relations Lead, Uniting Vic.Tas
Get involved
There are many ways for congregations to get involved.

We welcome your suggestions for occasions when Uniting can contribute to your worship.

Community in Mission

Community in Mission (formerly Congregation Connect) highlights the magic that happens when we partner together to enliven communities around us.

A printed copy is included as part of our Share Appeals and newsletters.

Current and past editions are available on this page.

If you would like older editions of Community in Mission that are not listed here, please contact us at [email protected].