The statements below are what we dream our community will hold dear and seek to become with God’s help. Join us as we learn and practice the way.

Learn Jesus Way & Love Our Neighbours.

  • We want to be an outward focussed community of faith, hope & love learning Jesus way so we can better love & serve our neighbours, our city & our world.

Shalom As Our Story

We are guided by the vision of Shalom in scripture. Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace but it means far more than peace i.e. wholeness, harmony, the way things are meant to be. A world made whole, where justice, joy, and peace take hold.

We want to join God in the renewal of all things. Wherever we see hell we want to bring the healing life of heaven.

Jesus invited us to pray, “May your will be done on earth as in heaven” which we understand to be, ‘shalom’ spreading everywhere.

We will hold space for both celebration and sorrow. Joy and lament will be welcome here.

Living Inclusion

We don’t just say inclusive, we live it.

Our commitment to LGBTQIA+ affirmation and diverse identities is core to who we are. Hospitality, safety, and belonging aren’t just practices, they’re sacred values lived out with fierce conviction. The world is better when we celebrate our diversity.

Deep Community

We’re not just building a church service we’re forming a spiritual village.

We eat, grieve, celebrate, sing, rest, serve our neighbours and grow together.

Church is more than a Sunday it’s a shared life.

We see a pathway for deep formation encompassing a practiced based faith, spiritual retreats and circle communities that create space for deep transformation.

Sacred Curiosity

We are a community of seekers and doubters, scholars and mystics.

We engage scripture deeply and honestly. Faith isn’t a finish line. It’s a journey of unfolding mystery.

So bring your questions and doubts and hopes. We are all in this together.

Justice is Worship

Faith must be embodied. We are committed to anti-racism, climate action, first nations people reconciliation and liberation from all systems that oppress people.

To love God is to love our neighbour and to seek their flourishing.

Creative Spirit

God is a Creator and we are co-creators.

We embrace music, art, movement and story as expressions of faith, justice, resistance, and imagination for a shalom world.

Our worship is vibrant, ancient, contemporary & accessible.

The Way of Jesus

We follow Jesus & his way, with humility, courage and compassion.

He teaches us to walk gently on the earth, to stand with the marginalised, and to love without condition. Jesus is our centre and our call.

This is his way…the way of sacrificial love.

A Community for the Community

We’re starting a church here in the Sutherland Shire on Dharawal Country, the land cared for by the First Nations people of this stunning coastal and bushland region.

We want to be a community for the community

those longing for something real.

A place where joy and lament can sit at the same table, where justice and beauty walk hand in hand, where questions are welcome, and creativity is sacred.

A creative, courageous, and Christ-centred community becoming fully alive in the way of Jesus which is the way of love.

Anchored in Shalom, grounded in love, and growing together.

We are part of the Uniting Church in Australia and the Synod of NSW & ACT.

Oasis Communities is part of the Uniting Church in Australia for the Synod of NSW and ACT.

  • Since we began over 40 years ago, we have been following Jesus, working for justice, growing as disciples and serving communities in these lands now called Australia.

    From our capital cities to the heart of the outback, you will find around 1600 congregations and faith communities joyfully worshipping in more than 45 languages, including First Nations languages. In Australia’s 2021 Census, more than 670,000 people identified themselves as having an affiliation with the Uniting Church. In the work of our agencies we serve alongside local communities and our Church Partners across the Pacific, Asia and Africa to inspire a better world.

    We believe all people are made in the image of God and deeply loved. As members of the Church, we make up the one body of Christ. We encourage one another to learn more about and grow with God, to care for each other and God's creation, to seek justice and to live lovingly in the world.ption text goes here

  • Future Directions for the People of God on the Way  represents a pivotal opportunity for the Uniting Church Synod of NSW and ACT to courageously grow and seek the unique role God has for the future of the Church. Future Directions casts a vision for the future of the Uniting Church to be a contemporary courageous and growing church --  across all geography, cultures and generations. 

    The Uniting Church Synod of NSW and ACT through its Future Directions strategic vision, renewed its commitments to;

    • Ministry in and with rural and regional areas,

    • People in the first third of their lives,

    • Walking Together with First Peoples,

    • Living cross-culturally as a multi-cultural inter-cultural church,

    • Those who act for climate justice; and

    • The renewal of discipleship to stimulate growth in and through our congregations.

    To find out more about the Uniting Church in Australia, visit the website.

  • So, it’s fair to say we’re proudly Australian. Our Congregations reflect the multicultural face of our country – they’re inviting and embrace people from all corners of the globe.

    We’re one of the largest Christian denomination in Australia. You’ll find us in Australia’s largest cities and most remote towns. We’re also the largest non-government provider of community services in Australia through our community services arm, Uniting (formerly known as UnitingCare NSW/ACT).

    Our Governance

    The Basis of Union  provides an overview of our mission and is also known as the “Church’s Call” and is the statement upon which the Uniting Church in Australia was established. 

    The Synod By-Laws prescribe all matters that by the Constitution are required or permitted to be prescribed in connection with a Synod.

    The Uniting Church in Australia Constitution & Regulations are based on the Basis of Union and outline the governance structure and principles of the Uniting Church.

    Governance Documents 

    Councils of the Uniting Church

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    The Synod Standing Committee (SSC) is empowered to act on behalf of the Synod between meetings of the Synod. The role and responsibilities of the Synod Standing Committee are defined in the SSC Charter (currently being reviewed). The UCA Manual for Meetings provides the official standing orders and rules of debate for the SSC. Minutes are held by the General Secretary.

    The Standing Committee is chaired by the Moderator.

    For more information and relevant Policy Documents, visit the Synod Standing Committee page.

  • Click here to read about the Basis of Union and the core beliefs and values that unite us as a church part of the Uniting Church in Australia.