Jesus taught us that we are to love our neighbor’s, and the Bible also tells us that faith without action is dead. The Social Issues Group is focused on calling attention to and acting on issues in our broader community, so that St Matthew’s Uniting Church Baulkham Hills can be a church of faith in action.
The main purpose of the SAMT group is to assist Uniting Advocacy, and other church related social advocacy groups, with their campaigns at parish level. This includes becoming involved with advocacy campaigns that are being conducted both in NSW and nationally and also providing information to the church community on important social issues.
We generally follow eight topics through many Uniting Church related organisations:
Contact: Alexander Lawless or Amanda Mason via the Church Office
- Gambling Reform – Wesley Mission
- Drug Reform – Uniting Fair Treatment
- Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Prevention and Advocacy
- Reconciliation with First Nations
- Modern slavery including human trafficking
- Palestine & Israel – Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network and Friends of the Middle East
- Climate change action – UCAN, ARRCC, Renew Australia for All, and Sweltering Cities etc.
- Our neighbours in the Pacific and the world – Uniting World
