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I WOULD really love to see the Uniting Church and Congress look at covenanting, for people to understand that under God we are in this together.
We are the family of God, we’re going to walk together. I’d love to see covenanting, where we really understand where each one of us is coming from — that in God’s country, we walk together as a family and share that mutual respect.
We’ve all got something to bring to the table. We share that and we walk together.
I’m looking forward to allowing people to say, we’re the First Peoples of this nation, we have a right to be here, let’s work together, let’s (under God) have a mutual respect for one another.
Accept it, we’re here together; we’re going to walk together for a long time.
We’ve all got something to learn from each other. Let’s see how we can work together, learn together, grow together and walk together. That’s what I’d really love.
You know the Congress logo with the two hands; it’s about learning and growing together and breaking down a lot of those barriers.
For too long there have been so many misconceptions on both sides but you realise under God, we’re in this together.
Roberta Stanley is the deputy chair of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress.
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