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 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:

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.

Pancake Day 2025

Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the last day to eat all of the luxury foods in the pantry before the start of Lent, which is a time of abstinence and reflection in the 40 days before Easter.

Pancake Day is a great chance to get together, have some fun and make a difference. Since 2002, Pancake Day has raised over $2.4 million for local communities across Victoria and Tasmania.

Coffee Cup Challenge

Each year congregations across Victoria and Tasmania host Pancake Day events to raise vital funds to support people in our communities experiencing crisis, vulnerability and disadvantage.

This year we're adding an extra dimension to Pancake Day fundraising activities and inviting congregations to join us in the Coffee Cup Challenge.

2024 Share Grants Program

We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Share Grants Program will support 9 projects across 7 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 Emergency Relief Program (Healesville UC)
North Ringwood Care Emergency Relief (North Ringwood UC)
Homework Clubs (Hotham Mission)
Renshaw Education Program (Hotham Mission)
Food For Thought (Hotham Mission)
Helping Hand Emergency Food Relief Program (Croydon UC)
CAN Community Meals (Carlton Church Of All Nations)
Operation Larder (Frankston UC)
Emergency Food Relief (Combined Churches Caring Melton)

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

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

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].

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