HarperOne, 2009, RRP $20.99 Reviewed by Karyl Davison, Pilgrim Learning Community and Rural Ministry Coordinator for the Central Queensland and Mary Burnett Presbyteries.AS PART of the worldwide Christian church we have an amazing and transforming message to share – the gospel of Jesus Christ. But in a society that sorely needs something real to change lives, much of the church ...

ON FRIDAY 21 May 2010 the 28th Synod began at Alexandra Park Conference Centre, Alexandra Headland, with a service of celebration of the diversity of the Uniting Church in Queensland.  As the didgeridoo called people to worship, those present were blessed with water dipped branches and joyous calls in a Kabi Kabi (the local indigenous people) welcome to country accompanied ...

RRP $19.95 Reviewed by Shauna Coombes, a member of the Murgon-Goomeri Uniting Church Spirit and Song 2 provides a range of worship songs showing lyrics, melodies and some guitar arrangements; some songs also have additional harmonies. There is a keyboard accompaniment version also available separately. Whilst this song book is described as containing “contemporary Catholic music”, it contains a range ...

The Harare diocese of the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe says it is "shocked and dismayed by the continuous police interference with Sunday services", and the increased brutality that is causing casualties. "Many of our parishioners were assaulted and beaten, several of our parishioners of St Monica’s Church in Chitungwiza were brutally assaulted and had to be admitted to hospital [on ...

Known as the Father of modern contemporary praise and worship music Graham Kendrick is continuing to make an impact on today’s worship music scene. The likes of Matt Redman, Paul Baloche and Martin Smith of Delirious have all been influenced by him in their songwriting and worship leading. Graham recently hit Australian shores and shared some of his insights into ...

Christian groups have joined with non-governmental organizations to warn about the killing of religious leaders and attacks on places of worship during a resurgence of fighting between government and rebel forces in Sri Lanka. "We call on the government as well as all armed groups, to respect places of religious worship as places of refuge and ‘zones of peace’," urged ...

That those attending Uniting Church worship services in Queensland are not bored is the good news story from the National Church Life Survey (NCLS) results from 2006. Questions on the impact of worship on the lives of people show that fewer than 2% of Uniting Church worshippers always experience boredom. None of those over 65-years of age report being consistently ...

The 26th Synod’s theme was interpreted visually in a developing image on a Worship Focus Table placed in front of the Synod throughout the meeting. The Worship Focus Table was put together by Caroline Holmes Jenni Farquhar, and Sharon Kirk. Caroline Holmes explained to Journey that the table evolved over the five days of Synod and focused on Dare to ...

Unions NSW today called on the Howard Government to establish a ‘right to worship’ protection in its so-called Fairness Test covering Australian Workplace Agreements. The call follows revelations a member of the Hillsong congregation was refused the option of taking Sundays off to worship when negotiating an AWA with a call centre. Unions NSW secretary John Robertson said the worker ...

MUSIC HAS always been prominent in worship in the Christian church and was originally used to convey doctrine and later to tell biblical stories to the uneducated masses. To some, music enables spiritual experience. The western Christian worship music we know today grew from ancient Greek and Jewish traditions (the Psalms) and largely influenced and shaped what we now call ...