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Waste not, want not

Picture of a women confused by cooking reality tv shows MasterChef and My Kitchen Rules and what that means she should cook.

I may not remember my first kiss, but I do remember the first pizza I ate and the first quiche I made (and the fact that everyone thought it rhymed with “witch”). One of the most surprising things for baby boomers about reality shows such as Masterchef and My Kitchen Rules is the rehabilitation of humble vegies like pumpkin and ...

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Grassroots network fills the gaps

Rev John Ruhle and Jeannie Ballantyne from The Gap Uniting Church with comfort cushions made by the church craft group and others in the community. Photo by Holly Jewell.

The mental health ministry at The Gap Uniting Church in suburban Brisbane has struck a chord with the local community. Dianne Jensen reports. Mental health ministry coordinator Jeannie Ballantyne knows first-hand the impact that a small group of like-minded souls can have on their church and community. Jeannie and her colleagues Margaret Shield and Barbara Waltisbuhl have seen the ministry ...

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Faith without boundaries

Joan Beavis

Joan Beavis lives in West End, Brisbane where she ministers to the lost and vunerable people of her community. My mother Nellie would hold the hands of the lepers in the hospital on the tiny island of Ubuiua in the Milne Bay district of Papua New Guinea. My father, Bert Cuff, had built the hospital, commissioned by the Methodist Overseas ...

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Change campaigners enrich communities

FIVE finalists have been announced in a new Wesley Mission Brisbane initiative, Campaign for Change, designed to support those in need through enriching Brisbane communities. The winner, to be announced in February, will receive $30 000 and valuable support and expert mentoring from Wesley Mission Brisbane to establish their own community support program. The other four finalists will each receive ...

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New beginnings in Emerald

ON 13 May Blue Care Avalon Aged Care Facility in Emerald celebrated Mother’s Day by opening their new café, Café 126. Emerald / Fernlees Uniting Church minister, Rev Suzy Sitton, said Café 126 is a place where all who visit can share a cuppa and companionship. “The new café is a sign of hope for the Emerald community and a ...

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Building begins in Carina

COCKRAM Construction will build Blue Care’s new Azure Blue Lifestyle Community at Carina after winning a soughtafter tender. Moderator, Rev Kaye Ronalds, was at the turning of the sod ceremony in March. Blue Care executive director Robyn Batten said Azure Blue Carina will comprise a care precinct and a luxury retirement living precinct where residents’ amenities include a swimming pool, ...

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Building men of hope and courage

I grew up in a community that was both microscopic and networked at the same time. It was a microscopic community because my family lived on lighthouse stations. At the same time it was a dynamically networked community across the whole country, with 24 manned stations and the accompanying support networks. Looking back, it was a safe community. There were ...

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Mission for a fresh church

THE FRESH Expressions movement is creating a buzz of excitement in the Uniting Church around new kinds of mission and outreach. In essence, the movement isn’t doing anything new at all. It is almost taking mission and outreach and the activity of ‘church’ back to its fundamental roots: being Christ in the community. In 2005 the Church of England established ...

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Multiple pathways of dementia care

ACROSS QUEENSLAND Blue Care is working to assist people with dementia and their carers. Dementia is a group of diseases of the brain that attacks memory, speech, behaviour and emotion, and affects an estimated 250 000 Australians. A new café at Blue Care Coopers Plains Respite Care opened in August to provide an informal way for people with dementia and ...

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Sustaining the Stanley River Covenant

ON 1 June 2001 a Local Covenant was signed between the Anglican Parish of Kilcoy, the Lutheran Redeemer Church, Woodford, the Stanley River Catholic Parish and the Kilcoy Uniting Church Congregation. The Covenant committed the four churches to work together in love, to pray and care for one another and to live together in fellowship to the greater glory of ...

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