THE RELATIONSHIP between Uniting Church young people from Indigenous communities near Weipa and the Crossways Korean congregation in Brisbane continues to strengthen after a visit to Weipa in August. Ten Crossways members headed to far north Queensland at the invitation of Frontier Services’ Cape York Patrol minister Rev Michelle Cook and her husband, Western Cape youth worker, Pastor James Hughes. Led ...

Engaging Youth in afterschool activities isn’t always easy. Handing them an aerosol-can may sound counter-intuitive but for those who have been part of the latest Wesley Mission Brisbane’s Youth and Community Combined Action program (YACCA) the results have been not only eye-catching, but also life-expanding and outstanding for all of the participants. The YACCA project, which is run for people ...

OVER 250 high school students and youth leaders from more than 50 Uniting Churches around Queensland celebrated a long weekend of discipleship training and fun at Summer Madness in January. Coordinator Tom Kerr said the biennial event had attendees from St George to Far North Queensland, Toowoomba to Gladstone and was a great success where young people had their faith ...

People from all over the country gather at the triennial Assembly to decide the future life of the church. Among them will be some of the most energetic and vibrant members of the church: our young people. Coordinated by the host synod, it’s something of a tradition for a Youthful Members Orientation to be held prior to Assembly to ensure ...

The Griffith University Multi-Faith Centre has opened nominations for participants in their 2009 project, Youth Interfaith Leadership Institute. For four days in July, the project will bring together 30 college or university students aged 18 to 30 who have been nominated by faith and religious communities and organisations. The aim of the group is to not only deepen understanding of ...

A two-year international study of youth and spirituality reveals respondents view spirituality as an important part of their lives, and most of them rarely talk to others about it, but wish they could. "In most countries where surveys were conducted, an average of only 7 percent of youth said they didn’t believe life has a spiritual dimension or they didn’t ...

Young adults dubbed "ambassadors for ecumenism" are to scrutinise the work of the Council of Churches in the Netherlands for one year as of September. The council’s chairperson, Henk van Hout, made the announcement in Utrecht at a 21 June symposium to mark the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the council, the main ecumenical body in the Netherlands. The ...

Relay for Life is an eighteen hour team event that is held annually around Australia to raise money and awareness for The Cancer Council. For the past four years, Hervey Bay Uniting Church have been a part of this event in their community and have worked hard in their fundraising efforts. This year their team held a cake stall, karaoke ...

Rassel Chisango is not your average 25-year-old.  He is the Chief Projects Officer and one of the founders of a Zimbabwean not-for-profit organisation the Royal Youth Organisation (RYO) which provides projects that aim to empower the youth of Zimbabwe to meaningfully participate in critical development issues including the Millennium Development Goals. He is also a star of the most popular ...

A newly-released survey by The Associated Press and MTV, the music channel aimed at young people, has found that religion and family are two of the strongest components contributing to the happiness of people aged 13 to 24 in the United States. "It’s easier for kids who are happy and have things going well in their life to find the ...