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 ...

A series of ammunition explosions in the city of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo on 4 March killed more than 200 people and destroyed a Roman Catholic Church. The explosions originating from the national arms depot tore though a densely populated neighborhood in the outskirts of the city, flattening houses, bringing down roofs and shattering windows. More than ...

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 ...

THE Uniting Church is a community of worship, witness and service but it is also a place of learning. Our schools are not the only learning organisations within the Church either; one of UnitingCare Queensland’s values is “Leading through Learning”. In Paragraph 11 of the Church’s foundational document, the Basis of Union, it states: “The Uniting Church acknowledges that God ...

SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2008 RRP $49.95 Reviewed by Karyl Davison. Did you know that Jews first came to Australia aboard the First Fleet and that Muslim fishermen and traders from eastern Indonesia visited what is now mainland Australia as far back as the 16th century? Not forgetting Indigenous Australian’s faith systems, Australia has been multi-faith since white settlement in 1788. ...

A series of weekly reflections are available during Lent focusing on the "economy of water," offering suggestions for how people can work toward water justice in their communities. The Seven Weeks for Water began 20 February, with additional resources produced for 22 March, which is World Water Day and Maundy Thursday. The reflections have been produced by the Ecumenical Water ...

Gathering together and celebrating God’s will. Amelie Toop, 9, Wynnum. Fun, praying and singing songs about God. Andie Lang, 6, Moura. To have fun and praise God. Finlay Niemi, 10, Charters Towers. Being connected. Finn Jewell,10, Oxley. Caring for each other and God’s world. Gillian Watson, 10, Indooroopilly. Belonging to Jesus’ family. Isabella Lamb, 8, Tingalpa. Sing and learn about ...

Alexandra Park Conference Centre on the Sunshine Coast was inundated in January with more than 200 Uniting Church young people for Summer Madness 2012. Organised by a team of youth leaders and people with a passion for helping young people experience God, the camp was a huge success. Over four days, high school aged youth and their leaders experienced the ...

THE new year has brought changes to the Queensland Synod's Pilgrim Learning Community (PLC) with the commencement of a new Director, Neil Thorpe, and Christian Educator, Rev Dr Marian Zaunbrecher. Over the years the work of Rev Dr Rob Bos, who retired in 2011, and Rev Karyl Davison, who now works in the Presbytery and Synod of Western Australia, was ...