Social Justice at WVUC
Below you will find an array of stances that our church takes on current issues, both to show what it is we stand for, and how we take our beliefs and put them into practice:
Climate Change:
Refugees and Asylum Seekers:
Canberra Presbytery Social Justice Group
Gaza:
This year members of the Woden Valley Uniting Church participated in the Canberra Wave as part of the Rising Tide 2024 blockade.
We are asked the question of the Prime Minister, “When will you stop new coal and gas?”
Climate Change: |
WVUC, and the Uniting Church in Australia as a whole, endorses the need for climate action now. It applauds its school age members for participating in the Student Strike for Climate Change and members of all ages active in the Uniting Climate Action Network. The recent Season of Creation provided an opportunity to think more deeply about care for the whole of creation.
(For more on this visit the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change)
Refugees and Asylum Seekers: |
WVUC strongly supports the work of Canberra Refugee Support and Companion House, as well as the Palm Sunday Rally in support of Refugees and Asylum Seekers and other protests from time to time.
(For more on this visit the Canberra Refugee Action Committee Facebook page)
Canberra Presbytery Social Justice Group |
Several people from WVUC are members of the Canberra Presbytery Social Justice Group, a major area of interest of which is drug law reform. The group has played a part in the development of the Uniting Church NSW/ACT and Uniting’s Fair Treatment Campaign which seeks safer, fairer laws and policies.
Gaza: |
WVUC members have been involved in working for peace and justice in Palestine. You will find information on activities on the Against the Wind page and some good theological reflection on our Growing in Faith page.
