Adrian Greenwood will be visiting 12 - 14 February for a MorePraxis weekend to find out more details visit the First Third Ministry website www.wa.uca.org.au/firstthird/about to register your interest.

Easter Camp is Thursday 1 April - Monday 5 April 2010. Save this date hope to see you there for more information email Jeff Savage (jeff.savage@wa.uca.org.au) mobile 0429 728 243 or Nicole Harris  (nicole.harris@wa.uca.org.au) or visit www.wa.uca.org.au/firstthird

Intolerance affects us all at some point in our lives — some more than others.  So what do we do when someone else is being intolerant? Should we speak up or let it slide?
Meghan Plowman, a young Christian from Perth, found herself speaking up on the rights of women because the issue hit a nerve.

For the past five years Empowering Peacemakers in Your Community (EPYC), a youth empowerment initiate of Scripture Union, has been working with young people in their school and community environments to empower them to be peacemakers through interactive seminars.

Young people jumping on a bouncy castle, children with spaghetti hair and gooped arms, the smell of fresh donuts, adults playing with a big jenga game and the sounds of Tongan voices filling the air.  It’s time for a First Third Party!

The Joint Working Group (JWG) between the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) held its annual meeting in Cordoba, Spain, 12-19 October 2009. It concentrated its work on Spiritual Roots of Ecumenism, and on how to ensure that ecumenical achievements of many years are properly received by the churches (Reception).

Many of you may remember the Spring Ball as a fundraising event that has been going for donkeys years. But as all good things do, the Spring Ball is has come to its end.

Last night the youth took over the stage of the UAICC national conference for the Youth Rally. On the theme of ‘Transformation,’ members of youth at the conference shared their emotional stories of transformation within their own lives, amongst all the singing and praising God.

On day three of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) National Conference, the youth were preparing for the study sessions which will be held next week, on the theme of ‘Nehemiah’.

It seems Busselton’s reputation for being a sleepy retirement town is being turned on its head, as more and more people make the move to Busselton to raise their young families.  One of its newest residents is Rev Brenton Prigge, who has come fresh from South Africa to Busselton Uniting Church as WA’s first rural First Third specialist.