Local Church News

The Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot launched three new free dementia training resources as part of Dementia Awareness Week on 18 September 2008. Minister Elliot joined Alzheimer’s Australia and the Parliamentary Friends of Dementia in Canberra to officially launch Dementia Awareness Week, which runs from 19-26 September 2008. The theme for the week is Mind your Mind – and reduce ...

Susan Helyar and Hannah Cormick from the National Office and Chris Talbot from UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide will be attending the Australia Fair Housing Advocacy Day at Parliament House next Wednesday 24 September. The morning will involve presentations from housing experts and key politicians including the Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek and the Australian Greens Whip and spokesperson on housing Rachel ...

4th September 2008 From The Daily Sun, Buderim Buderim resident Iris Williams died in a car accident at Woombye on September 2, 2008. She is pictured here in a photo dated June 12, 2005, after receiving an Order of Australia medal. Iris Williams was always the last person to leave. That was just the sort of person she was. She ...

A FAITHFUL few marked the end of an era that saw thousands worship in the community church building at the Marsden Youth Centre in Kallangur, north of Brisbane. Built in the 1930s by Frederick Marsden and given to the community, the Congregational and then Uniting Church building served as a place of worship until the mid 1990s. Rev Evan Stenlake ...

THE CALL is a new musical written and directed by Tony Pitman. Journey readers may have last seen Mr Pitman’s work performed at the 2006 Assembly meeting, when Chris and Sue Chapman performed DA inVINCIble Code. Music is directed by Rev David MacGregor, whose music will already be familiar to many. Mr MacGregor has also written five of the songs ...

Presenter Karl Faase and Producer/Director Martin Johnson wrapped up filming this week for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s television and DVD special on the 1959 Australian Billy Graham Crusade. “We filmed segments in Sydney at the SCG and St Stephen’s Uniting Church and in Melbourne at the MCG and the Myer Music Bowl,” said Karl Faase. “Each of these locations ...

Soon after houses were built in the estate near Bowman Park and families moved into the area, the Methodist Church established a worshipping community in Bardon. By February 1945 a Sunday School was meeting in the kiosk in Bowman Park and later in the year the Guide Hut in Cecil Road was the site of the first official Methodist Church ...

EVERY CONGREGATION knows there are thousands of people in their neighbourhoods who will never darken the door of a church. On the other hand, they feel welcome in a shed. Consequently, the Uniting Church has become a national driving force in the Men’s Shed movement. As the song says, “Every Aussie boy needs a shed”, and it seems girls enjoy ...

YEAR IN the Son (YITS) is a gap year program for 16-21 year olds that provides young people with the opportunity to spend one year learning more about God and about themselves, and to gain understanding, skills and attitudes that will help them face the challenges ahead with confidence and competence. Run through the Faith and Life Institute, Year in ...

Paul Bottern was recently appointed Chief Executive of Wesley Mission Melbourne. Paul comes to Wesley Mission Melbourne from Kildonan UnitingCare where he was CEO. He has previously held positions as chief operating officer and acting CEO at the Self Help Addiction Resource Centre and as State Director of Fusion Australia in Victoria. Paul is also a member of the board ...