Queensland Synod News

Ministry of the Word graduates from Trinity Theological College Lucie Bennett and Wayne McHugh will commence their placements as intern ministers at the start of 2006. For Lucie, candidating for ministry was something she first thought about 20 years ago but it wasn’t until three months before her husband was diagnosed with cancer that she received another call, and two ...

National Christian Youth Convention (NCYC) 2007, following the lead of organizations including Sojourners, the Centre for Action & Contemplation, and World Vision, has begun an Internship Program. “The NCYC 2007 internship program provides an opportunity for young people to receive training and gain experience from the organisation of a large scale event.” says Jeremy Burtenshaw, Convention Manager Open to young ...

Uniting Church Lay Pastor and Minister of the Mt Louisa House of Praise, Anne Harley, received the Townsville Australia Day Citizen of the Year for her efforts in co-ordinating Stable on the Strand program. Townsville Mayor Tony Mooney was reported by the Townsville Bulletin as having said that Townsville was acknowledging citizens who have achieved at the highest level. Ms ...

Outspoken Catholic Nun and Associate Professor University of Western Australia Sr Veronica Brady will be a keynote speaker at the UnitingCare Australia and Uniting Missions Network National Conference to be held in Brisbane in March. Born in Melbourne in 1929, Veronica Brady became one of the first Australian nuns to teach in a university, broadcast on radio and join in ...

The Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery, has approved awards for 662 recipients in the Australia Day 2006 Honours List. Mr John Martin Butters of Victoria Point, Queensland was awarded the Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division Mr Butters was recognised for service to education promoting adult learning opportunities, and to the community through ...

Bacon, eggs, bush ballads and face painting kept over 5000 residents entertained at the big Australia Day breakfast hosted on the Robina Common by the Robina Uniting Church. Newly appointed Robina Uniting Church Minister Rev Stu Cameron said it was a fantastic celebration and was excited to see the community come together on such as an important day. "As a ...

Conservative critics are claiming victory over the closing of a new prime-time US television series that depicted the life of an Episcopal (Anglican) priest, with a host of family problems who held long conversations with a seemingly hip Jesus. "The Book of Daniel" show, which debuted on 6 January but only aired four of its eight scheduled episodes, provoked howls ...

Pope Benedict XVI has won plaudits from what some consider an unlikely quarter for attempting in his encyclical to relate the spiritual and erotic aspects on love, delivering what one commentator labelled a "compassionate conservatism". True the dissenting Roman Catholic theologian Hans Kueng was critical of what he said was Benedict’s failure in the encyclical, "Deus Caritas Est" (Latin for ...

Peace building initiatives in Sri Lanka and Bali and leadership development for PNG, East Timor and Indigenous Australians are key projects to be supported by the Queensland Synod’s annual Lent Appeal held in the weeks prior to Easter. Appeal coordinator Bruce Mullan says the theme “Sharing the Hope” captures the aspiration of the projects to bring Christian hope to people ...

A 62-year-old Bulgarian Orthodox Church village priest caught with more than five kilograms of marijuana will not be prosecuted because, local police say, they do not have enough evidence to prosecute him. The Rev. Kiril Papudov of the south-western Bulgarian mountain village of Kladentsi (population: 10) was held in 24-hour police custody after police found 5.3 kilograms of marijuana in ...