Local Church News

With flooding across two-thirds of the state Premier Anna Bligh indicated the damage bill will run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. The Central Queensland town of Emerald was one of the worst hit with over 1000 homes flooded, scores of businesses damaged and 2,500 people evacuated to safety. The Nogoa River, which divides the township, broke its banks ...

“OVERWHELMED BY hospitality,” was how Newlife Robina Uniting Church Minister Rev Stuart Cameron described the visit by seven Australian church members to the Western Province. “For six of us this was our first visit to the Solomon Islands, but it certainly will not be our last,” said Mr Cameron who is also Chair of the Uniting International Mission Reference Committee. ...

 AFTER MORE than 120 years, the Uniting Church at Kennedy Terrace, Paddington closed on Sunday 23 December. Now a Cleveland Uniting Church member, John Whitlock commenced attending the Kennedy Terrace Sunday School at the age of three on 16 May 1937. “Memories really do fade as you get older, but coming together like we did to the place where we ...

Artwork depicting the Stations of the Cross will be displayed in a Lent and Holy Week exhibition at St John’s Cathedral in Brisbane. Fourteen artists from around Queensland were chosen to each depict one of the Stations of the Cross through their artwork. Uniting Church artists whose work is included in the exhibition are Rev Dr Geraldine Wheeler, Cees Sliedrecht, ...

PHILLIP DAY, creator of the Between the Pews cartoon, which appears in Journey, has published a book of his cartoons. The book contains Between the Pews cartoons from 1994 to the present day, mostly black and white with colour pages scattered throughout. Mr Day said he selected his favourite cartoons for the book. “It’s great to look back at the ...

“Who Is My Neighbour?” Participants in the Atherton Xplore Arts Festival 2007 were encouraged to address the question in visual arts (painting, sculpture, computer art, power point, posters, glass work, embroidery, banners) and performance arts (drama, poetry, song writing, singing, story writing.). Festival Coordinator Margaret Russell said entries ranged from traditional representations of the Good Samaritan story to confrontational contemporary ...

The 2,800 people who chose to vote at Merthyr Road Uniting Church were welcomed by members of the Church with free gift of a cup of water and a freshly cooked pikelet with jam and cream. It was a hot day and the queue was long for all but the last hour of the day. Voters were invited to queue ...

WOODGATE (nee Dennis) Ruth Elizabeth Loved wife of Ron (dec) , loving mother of Helen, Roger and Leith. Much loved grandma to 9 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Died peacefully at Peter James Centre, Melbourne on 10/11/2007. "The Lord has done great things for us, and we rejoiced" Ps. 126:3

KELLY HOLCROFT from Oxley Uniting Church was one of three from her company and one of twelve young women from Uniting Church Girls’ Brigade companies presented with the Queen’s Award. The Queen’s Award is the highest achievement for Girls’ Brigade members and was presented by the Governor of Queensland Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce. Mrs Coral Anderson, the National Commissioner ...

The Bundaberg Uniting Church has published a CD titled Ode to Joy of music played by organist Doug Killer on the Bundaberg Uniting Church organ, just in time for Christmas! While a major purpose in producing the 20 track CD was to honour the service of Joy Killer who died last year, it was also a way of recording history. ...