THE APOSTLE Paul promised the churches in need of good leadership in his day that “Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the ...

OVER 60 young people from the Student Life Mission came to the Gold Coast in November to witness to Schoolies. The Burleigh Heads Uniting Church opened its doors to the students for the 10 days they were on the Gold Coast, giving them a place to meet, worship, train and coordinate their mission. The young people came from various universities ...

CHRISTIAN AND Muslim leaders in Britain have joined in support of Christian communities in Iraq following the latest attack by extremists in the name of Islam, which resulted in the death of almost 60 worshippers at Our Lady of Salvation cathedral in Bagdad. A statement issued on 15 November by Britain’s Christian Muslim Forum, following a meeting two days earlier ...

By Judith Sutera Liguori 2010 RRP $16.95 Reviewed by Linda Hanson, who worships at Pomona Uniting Church and enjoys the seasons of the church. The sub heading of this book – Daily Scripture and Prayers together with Saint Benedict’s own words – is a very accurate summary. I hadn’t read much of St. Benedict’s works previously, so I was interested ...

ON SUNDAY 10 October 2010 (10.10.10) millions of Christians across the globe united for a day of global prayer and action. From India to the UK, Zambia to Ecuador and every state and territory around Australia, Christians paused to remember the poor in our world, and to worship God for his heart of justice. More than seventy countries took part in the ...

On the first weekend of September The Gap Uniting Church hosted a full-day seminar and evening concert with musicians Geoff Bullock and Stu Larsen called Journeys in Music and Grace. Mr Bullock and Mr Larsen are both well-known and talented song writers and The Gap Uniting Church minister Rev John Ruhle said it was a “privilege, a challenge and an ...

MEMBERS OF Chapel Hill Uniting Church in Brisbane’s west made an extra big effort to pull off a successful fair the week after the federal election used their facilities as a polling booth. The biennial Nearly Spring Fair was held on 28 August with many stalls also operating on polling day (21 August).Community support and great congregational teamwork ensured both ...

THE RELATIONSHIP between Uniting Church young people from Indigenous communities near Weipa and the Crossways Korean congregation in Brisbane continues to strengthen after a visit to Weipa in August. Ten Crossways members headed to far north Queensland at the invitation of Frontier Services’ Cape York Patrol minister Rev Michelle Cook and her husband, Western Cape youth worker, Pastor James Hughes. Led ...

NOVA, SBS TV (12 and 19 September, 2010). www.sbs.com.auReviewed by Karyl Davison THIS DOCUMENTARY, aired on SBS in two one-hour parts, uses the latest archaeological scholarship from the Holy Land to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Scriptures, also known as the Old Testament. It tackles some of the biggest questions in biblical studies: ...

THE DOCTORS told me that I had a close shave with death. It’s not that I had not been warned. Six years ago an angiogram showed that I had a partial blockage that might need bypass surgery if the cholesterol continued to build up in the arteries. It did not bother me much since I was taking some of the ...