ONE hundred and fifty Uniting Church members gathered in Mt Louisa House of Praise in Townsville for worship over the Easter weekend. Congregation minister, Rev Anne Harley, said this year’s Easter Call was a success and attendees were changed, inspired, healed, and more equipped to serve. “We believe God has far more for us in the Uniting Church in North ...

HAVE you ever competed in a three-legged race? You won’t see it on the program for the Olympic Games but you might get to see it at a church family picnic. I wonder who came up with the idea that one body should be shackled to another racing against a whole lot of other awkward pairs. Put the stop watch ...

IT’S a number of f rsts for Adelaide’s Amel Manyon. She is the first South Sudanese woman to be ordained into the Uniting Church in Australia. Ms Manyon will also become minister of the newest Uniting Church community in South Australia, the Uniting Church Northern Suburbs Dinka Speaking Faith Community, located at St. Stephen’s Uniting Church, Elizabeth North. She was ordained ...

THE role of teacher is a significant one in everyone's lives. In the formal education system alone, everyone has memories of the impression, good or otherwise, a teacher has made on them. As children, we are often unaware of the dedicated professional community that nurtures our progress through education. Now, as an adult and a parent, I stand in awe ...

PEOPLE learn in many different ways. Our experiences of learning are influenced by the way we interact with our world. Whether we are in a classroom, workplace, at home or at church, we are interacting with information and making decisions that expand our understanding of the world. It’s interesting to think that the way we view the world shapes our ...

ON our journey towards the Church's Vision 2020, the Uniting Church in Queensland has committed to numerous projects, as discerned from the Priority Directions reports at the 29th Synod last September. The following highlights some of our progress. • Development of a study resource is underway for use in the lead up to the 35th anniversary of the Uniting Church ...

SIXTY FIVE young leaders from all parts of the Uniting Church in Australia emerged inspired from the Uniting Church National Young Adult Leadership Conference in Sydney in February. The six-day conference brought together young adults from across Australia who were nominated as key leaders in the Uniting Church. It aimed to recognise, celebrate and develop the gifts and voice of ...

Church Publishing, 2010 RRP $26.95 Reviewed by Rev Jennifer Roberts, minister with the South Rockhampton Uniting Church. Liturgies and Prayers Related to Childbearing, Childbirth, and Loss is a selection of liturgies, prayers, laments, and ritual that apply to most aspects of pregnancy and birth, including celebrating pregnancy; providing memorials for pregnancy loss (including pregnancy loss through planned abortion); along with ...

WHEN I was younger, before I was married, I used to think that for a girl to love me she would have to take me as I am – uncombed hair, shower once a week, stained clothes and picky eating habits. If a girl really loved me, she would look past these surface issues and see the real me. Fortunately, ...

AN exciting project to explore the possibility of developing a digital discipleship resource was launched at Summer Madness youth camp on the Sunshine Coast in January. The project, called GrowFaith, is in the research phase. The resource is an integral part of enacting the Together on the way, enriching community (see http://ucaqld.com.au/about-us/about-the-uniting-church-in-queensland/together-on-the-way-enriching-community) recommendations to the 29th Synod of the Uniting ...