Events – Pitt Street Uniting Church

The Wall of Tears

The Wall of Tears is a powerful 15-metre by 3-metre artwork bearing the names of 18,457 children killed in Gaza between October 2023 and July 2025. Created by American artist Phil Buehler, the Wall is in Australia thanks to the Perth Doctors Medical Aid for Palestine group, bringing the names and stories of children who have died to public attention.

The Wall of Tears invites us to pause, remember and reflect on the human cost of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. As Rev Charissa Suli, National President of the Uniting Church in Australia, wrote at Easter 2025: “To remain silent about the disproportionate suffering and long-standing oppression faced by Palestinians would be to deny the truth of what we see, and can never give us a just peace.”

The exhibition in Sydney is supported by Amnesty International, Palestinian Christians in Australia and Pitt Street Uniting Church, with Sydney Friends of Standing Together and the Muslim Collective also involved in its organisation.
Speakers at the launch include human rights advocate Chris Sidoti, Dr Saira Hussain, who has undertaken four medical missions to Gaza, and Suzan Wahhab, President of Palestinian Christians in Australia.

Read more about The Wall of Tears, its journey to Australia, the exhibition and the voices calling for justice and peace.

Fourth Friday Labyrinth Walks 2026
This year we commence a new series: Walking the Labyrinth with the Gospel of Matthew, walking with a different story from the Gospel each month.
All are welcome; consider inviting a friend.

Dates: 23 October, 27 November.

Time: 10:00am
Location: Centennial Park Labyrinth.
Refreshments provided.

Inclement weather: The walks are cancelled in the event of thunderstorms.
Walks generally proceed in the rain but we have been known to retreat to a café in appalling weather.

RSVP is helpful but not essential.
For further information: email Elizabeth Lee

A few weeks ago we stood outside our church and pointed to our banner - We cry out for Gaza Peace and Justice in Palestine as part of the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network (PIEN) campaign video of Australian Churches and Clergy advocating for peace and Justice in Palestine.

The video is now live on PIEN’s YouTube page.

We are now being asked to send this video to the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and our Federal Member of Parliament and Senators. Whilst our Church Council will send the video with an accompanying letter it is important for individual church members to also send the video expressing their own specific concerns. PIEN suggests you could mention:

The congregation you belong to;
Why you participated;
What we are calling on the government to do (when addressed to Labor).
We are particularly urging the government at this crucial point in time to sanction Israel, establish a two-way arms embargo and for the UN to send in Peace Keepers.

Continue reading for further information and ways to contact the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and the Federal Members of Parliament and Senators.