A one-page study outline for Mentors and Discernees OR Study Groups to help explore the themes in the Statement from the Assembly.

Approved by the Assembly Standing Committee, November 2008. Useful for study by those considering some views of Ordination in the Uniting Church.

This 'Docbyte' from the Assembly introduces a discussion about how Baptism is understood in the Uniting Church. This is particularly useful for a small group discussion, but will also be useful for a Mentor / Discernee conversation about Baptism in the Uniting Church.

English-language version

Korean Language verion

This is the ever-famous 'Hitchhikers' Guide to the Basis of Union' from the Queensland Synod... a kind-of UCA Guide to itself... an easy way to get into 'who are we anyway?'

This explains how we understand guidance and discernment in the Church on tricky issues. It goes through a process for considering issues.

These guidelines replace pages 23 - 25 of the POD Full Kit 2008 below.

This 'Docbyte' from the Assembly introduces a conversation about Ordination. It is particularly useful for small groups but will also be handy for a Mentor / Discernee discussion about the Uniting Church's perspective on Ordination.

Resources explaining the Period of Discernment and how to undertake one.

Update March 2010 - also contains info helpful for Applicants for Ordination.

What does it mean to be a member of the UCA? This was a 2007 Assembly discussion paper. It contains up-to-date thinking and wondering about who we might think we are as church-people.