Local Church News

THE planting of an olive tree signified the hope for a long future for the Dalby Uniting Church at its centenary celebrations on 11 November. The former Methodist church sprang to life with a packed service, inspiring worship with a great blend of old and new music, cake and delicious food; all the ingredients for a wonderful celebration of 100 ...

MODERATOR Rev Kaye Ronalds joined an ecumenical line-up of church leaders in an opening and blessing of new facilities at Emmaus College in Jimboomba on Friday 19 October. Emmaus is an ecumenical college, in which the Uniting, Lutheran, Anglican and Catholic traditions work together to provide a rich faith-based education for students from prep to Year 12. The opening and ...

WHO are the Esk Bush-Bashers? A Uniting Church (Esk) bush band who came together 20 years ago and are amazed that they are still having fun some 380 coach groups later. The band is composed mainly of blokes on piano, accordions, bass guitar, mouth organ, bush bass (an old tea chest) and lager phone (think bottle tops) together with singers. ...

UNITING Church members in Longreach have helped celebrate the anniversary of a community service established with congregational help more than 30 years ago. Longreach Meals on Wheels Inc (MOW) was first officially mentioned in the minutes of a meeting of the Elders Council of the Longreach Uniting Church in 1979, led by Rev Graeme Adsett, says Elaine Britton, a church ...

AT the TUCA Box (Toogoolawah Uniting Church in Australia Box), the ladies of the Toogoolawah Fellowship Guild cater for more than 100 people at each fortnightly cattle sale, with that number doubling at each of the weaner cattle sales in 2011. The TUCA Box may be new, but the traditions are longstanding. For over 60 of the 85 years of ...

"HAVE you noticed that the more we choose to give away, the more we seem to make at the garage sales?" asked Leah McIntyre, Church Council Secretary at St Marks Uniting Church in Mt Gravatt, after our most recent effort. For many years, St Marks has held garage sales twice yearly. The March 2012 sale supported the Moderator's Fund for ...

FRIENDSHIP, fun and a warm welcome to all were what Moggill Uniting Church, in Brisbane's west, had in mind when they launched Women Today in April this year. Facilitator Iris Marais explains that Women Today is based on the four Cs: Christianity, connection, creativity and celebration. Women Today-ers enjoy evenings of supper and entertainment with guest speakers on a monthly ...

WHAT do you get when you mix 50 dozen scones, fencing wire, a Skype connection, and a stack of $20 notes inside a school hall? You get the Toowoomba Uniting Churches' combined celebration recognising 100 years of ministry in remote Australia, which began with John Flynn, the man on the $20 note. Members of the Lifeworks, St Stephen's, Wilsonton, Meringandan, ...

THE Flying Padre in Cloncurry was on the minds of the 250 people who gathered at Elanora Uniting Church on Sunday 29 July to enjoy a performance by the Australian Chamber Musicians. Titled On the Wings of Song: From Bach to Gershwin, the concert delighted all present, and the church donated the entire proceeds of $3700 to Flying Padre Rev ...

In July, Kangaroo Point Uniting Church celebrated the first anniversary of Macedonian Ministry. Minister Rev Paddi Mullan says that through this ministry, 20 members of the inner-city Brisbane congregation feed up to 40 people every week. “After much prayer and time set aside seeking to discern the voice of the spirit, we felt we would try and develop a community ...