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A GROUP of current and former members of Albert Street church may have set a record for the longest running fellowship.
In today’s parlance of Small Groups, the Albert Street Couples Club has been a stand out success for 50 years, with 50 members celebrating the occasion with a lunch at Wheller Gardens in Chermside in March.
As in the beginning, Rev Ray Hunt spoke at the celebration, recalling how he and Fay organised the fellowship in early
1961.
“Since then more than 100 people would have met regularly to enjoy Christian fellowship and friendship,” said foundation
member Wilf Wheatley.
The Wheatleys and Reids have remained with the Couples Club since the beginning.
Originals through to present day members brought photos and memorabilia to the lunch.
Some recalled how the matron of Raymont Residential College (formerly Raymont Lodge) arranged for female students to come and serve as baby sitters.
Arrangements were made for boys from Primmer Lodge to escort the young ladies home, perhaps ensuring the long
term future of the Albert Street Couples Club.
Photo : Couples Club members (from left) Don and Lorraine Reid, Fay and Ray Hunt, Wilf and Kath Wheatley. Photo by Osker Lau
