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By Vanessa Griffiths, Fundraising Support Manager, Church Enterprise Development.  David Strachan is a student at Raymont Residential College and in his second year of studies.  In 2021 he was the recipient of the Christ Family Christian Leadership Scholarship.  He grew up in a small town in New South Wales and went to the local high school.  He started studying theology ...

By Andrew McKaysmith, Writer and Content Creator, Office of the Synod.  The tradition of Father’s Day in Australia can be traced back almost a hundred years and is celebrated this Sunday, September 4. The Christian faith has a much longer association with the iconography of the Father, as it is present in the Trinity and throughout the Bible. Struan Robertson, ...

Snapshots from Newlife family of churches on the Gold Coast. Trusting God and Casting a bold vision to grow in : Church Multiplication Personal Formation Social Transformation Digital Innovation Lighthouse Leadership All images: Supplied.  [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”16″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″ ngg_proofing_display=”0″] 

By Andrew McKaysmith, Synod Writer and Content Creator. August 4 is National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, and this year’s theme is ‘My Dreaming, My Future’. The theme asks First Nations youth to consider what Dreaming means to their lives and identity by encouraging them to share their hopes and aspirations for the future. Kym Korbe is a Koa ...

By Peter Rekers, Communications Coordinator, QLD Synod. When Noela and Noel Rothery visited East Timor in 2010, they never expected the turn of events that would follow. They immediately recognised the opportunity and need to help the struggling nation by donating to help where they could. On returning to Glebe Road Uniting Church in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, the congregation ...

By Andrew McKaysmith, Synod Writer and Content Creator. Homelessness Week will take place from August 1 to 7, and the theme this year is ‘To end homelessness, we need a plan’. The theme seeks to raise awareness of the need for a national plan to address the issues driving rising homelessness. Jody Willoughby is the Statewide DFV & Homelessness Manager, UnitingCare ...

By Andrew McKaysmith, Synod Writer and Content Creator. The Chair of the Multi-Cross-Cultural Reference Group encourages everyone to learn how to say ‘Peace’ in another language during Multicultural Queensland Month. Rev Louisa Yu believes that the simple gesture of learning a word or phrase common across all cultures will help build strong bonds between members of the congregation and the community. ...

By Andrew McKaysmith, Synod Writer and Content Creator. Charleville and Districts Family Day Care is a Uniting Education Early Learning service covering territory larger than much of western Europe, so it’s fortunate service leader Ellen Lyne doesn’t mind travelling.  Ellen’s services operate all over outback Queensland providing daycare for families in remote locations, from Weipa on the Cape York Peninsula to ...

Now in its fifth year, Next Gen Arise (NGA) continues to support young people from all nations in the church to develop leadership, build networks and corporately worship Jesus. Emma Nicholls meets with NGA’s Project Officer Va Tuilovoni to see what her team and their wide network of supporters have planned for the initiative in 2020. Next Gen Arise has ...

This report is adapted from Uniting Church in Australia Assembly media sources with additional information by Journey writers in the Queensland Synod. Heartbreaking images and stories of the unfolding bushfire crisis were the backdrop to late spring and summer across Australia. Many of the affected communities and properties in Western Australia, the southern states and Tasmania, and up to New ...