Queensland Synod News

IN THE midst of the secular we are touched by the sacred. My aim in painting is to reflect our human experience of spirit, life and wonder. These experiences do not originate with us: we speak of being overwhelmed, grabbed, or seized by them. Is that not also what religion is at its core? God is in the midst of ...

THE Journey team won two awards at the recent Australasian Religious Press Association Awards for Excellence held in Wellington, New Zealand on 8 September. The 2011 What Are You Hungry For? Easter video took out the creativity award from a field of professional communications teams from across Australia and New Zealand. Judges praised the high quality and thoughtfulness of the ...

“FITTING in” is not a phrase that sits well with Az Hamilton, former 96five family radio announcer, Compassion Australia advocate and founder of youth social justice project Just Motivation. The organisers of the Queensland Synod youth camp Summer Madness went in search of a guest speaker to inspire and motivate high school-aged youth, aiming to find someone local and relatable ...

ANY parent can testify to the impact of the arrival of a new member of the family. Add distance, broken relationships or health problems, and parenting can be a hard road to travel. Rachel Mudge, a new mother who worships at Aitkenvale Uniting Church in Townsville, has observed many of the issues first hand from her role as a teacher. ...

A group of 13 people representing Trinity Wilston Uniting Church, Brisbane, returned recently from our second visit to our partner church, the Church of South India. The party was made up not only from the church congregation but also from community members and local business people, giving a great opportunity for people from the wider Wilston community to see the ...

WITH 2013 as the year of discipleship, 58 young people from around Queensland submitted artwork for the 2013 Calendar Art competition exploring what it means to be a disciple of Jesus in the 21st century. Judges Moderator Rev Kaye Ronalds, artist Rev Geraldine Wheeler and Art from the Margins coordinator Tony Anderton were impressed by the thought and the creativity ...

TEN young adults came together from around Queensland for the third annual Stretching Faith theology weekend held from 7 to 9 September at Alexandra Park Conference Centre on the Sunshine Coast. Kate Wilson, who was supported by the Central Queensland Presbytery to travel from Mackay for the weekend, was enthusiastic about the opportunity. "It's networking, it's learning, and stretching my ...

LATELY I have been on the road visiting Presbytery meetings, attending the Assembly meeting and talking to people about our shared journey: Together on the way, enriching community. When people ask me how we are travelling, I ask them what they have been doing. They have told me many inspiring stories about living out the church's Call and Vision 2020. ...

AT the 13th Assembly meeting, delegates from the National Young Leaders Conference presented the statement, “Reconcilation People”, which addressed key justice issues identified by young people within the Uniting Church. The statement was prepared in February at the National Young Adult Leaders conference, when 75 Uniting Church young people from across Australia gathered in Sydney. The conference was hosted by ...

The Australian Christian Lobby has expressed concern that some frontline services to Queensland's most vulnerable people are being affected by the Queensland Government's budget cuts. ACL Queensland Director Wendy Francis said ACL understood the need for the government to balance its budget, but was concerned some of the cuts were going too far. Ms Francis had spoken to a number ...