Creative Community in Action

Welcome to Paddington Uniting Church, a warm and inclusive community in the heart of Sydney.

We are a place of worship, welcome, and belonging, where people from all walks of life are invited to connect, reflect, and grow in faith together. Whether you're exploring faith for the first time, returning after time away, or simply looking for a place to belong, you'll find a warm welcome here.

Grounded in God's love, we seek to build a community of compassion, justice, creativity, and hope. Through worship, hospitality, conversation, music, and the arts, we encourage meaningful connections with one another and the wider community.

Uncle Ray Minniecon and Pastor Mike Hercock have been in partnership for more than 15 years, across church denominations and Aboriginal-identified organisations in NSW and around the country. Now they are forging a new work at Paddington Uniting Church, walking alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in justice, creativity, faith and inclusion.

Their shared story runs from the early days of 100 Revs to the establishment of Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, and includes roles with Babana Aboriginal Men’s Group. Throughout, Uncle Ray’s voice has been a call from the desert.

“To walk in the way of Christ is to walk humbly with the land, to hear its cry, and to honour its sacred story. For Aboriginal peoples, this is not a new theology. It is the oldest.” Uncle Ray Minniecon