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THE Mt Mee Community Church was spilling over on Sunday 20 May as people celebrated an ecumenical landmark.
Members of the church have produced a Covenant recognising that Mt Mee is a single congregation, composed of adherents of different traditions.
Pastoral care is given jointly by Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran and Uniting Church ministers.
Moderator, Rev Kaye Ronalds, and Moreton Rivers Presbytery Minister, Rev Andrew Gunton, joined their counterparts from the Anglican, Catholic and Lutheran churches, as well as local ministers who serve the community, in leading praise to God.
Mt Mee Community Church was opened in 1922 after farmers around the beautiful hamlet at the top of the D’Aguilar Ranges formed a committee to fund the building of a church for all Christians on the mountain.
The trustees had to find a repository for the deeds and a sponsor for insurances, so the land and building remain the property of the Uniting Church (as the successor to the Methodist Church) to this day.
Ninety years on, the leaders of denominations represented in the community have almost caught up with their members’ ecumenical fervour.
Photo : Maragret Cox lights a candle at the service to celebrate the Mt Mee Covenant. Photo by Kaye Ronalds
