Queensland Synod News

Leslene Woodward from Mareeba Uniting Church is in Bali under the ‘Partners in Mission’ plan teaching English as a second language and sent the following report of the 74th Anniversary Celebrations of the Christian Protestant church in Bali. The Protestant Church in Bali dates itself from 1931, when the first baptism took place. But holding the major celebration in Blimbingsari ...

The following statement has been released by the Moderator of the Uniting Church Queensland Synod Rev Dr David Pitman in response to the State Government announcement of a planned extension of Gaming Machine operating authorities The following comment was included in the Queensland Special Fiscal and Economic Statement delivered to Parliament by the Premier and Treasurer (Hon P Beattie) last ...

Best selling author, social commentator and Senior Australian of the Year for Tasmania Mal Garvin, celebrates his 500th episode of his popular national Sunday evening radio show "The Conversation of the Nation.". Mal’s award winning and record breaking syndicated segment "The Breakthru Generation" has won him a loyal audience over 35 years and many of whom are now discovering him, ...

Australian Prime Minister John Howard described the Rev the Hon Dr Gordon Moyes as “the epitome of effective Christian leadership” at a farewell dinner held in honour of the Wesley Mission Superintendent in Sydney last night. Mr Howard thanked Dr Moyes for “27 years of faithful achieving and dedicated service to the people of Australia and most particularly to the ...

In conjunction with Stable on the Strand, Townsville’s city-wide Christmas festival, the SOS Film Competition seeks to give people the opportunity to communicate the Christian message of the Bible through a modern, entertaining medium, as well as demonstrate the relevance and role of the Bible in an increasingly technical society. Filmmakers can enter their films into the SOS Film Competition, ...

The Uniting Church argued yesterday for changes in the government’s proposed workplace reforms to make them fairer. The Uniting Church President Rev Dr Dean Drayton presented evidence to the Senate’s inquiry into proposed workplace relations laws. Dr Drayton said many unemployed people may continue to fall through the cracks under the new system. "It is true that unemployment is at ...

Senior representatives of the Uniting Church in Australia and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry today urged Australians to show how decent, caring and fair-minded we really are in the wake of the arrests of alleged terrorist conspirators in Melbourne and Sydney this week. Meeting in Melbourne for the November session of the UCA/ECAJ dialogue, the call followed a frank ...

Brisbane Welsh Singers sang their final concert to a full house at Bayside Uniting Church on Sunday, 9 October in a celebration of singing presented by the Saint David’s Welsh Society of Brisbane. The all female choir has been in operation for seventy years and has sung for everyone from royalty and at Brisbane’s Expo ’88 to the community in ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christians around Australia are poised to have a new national voice with the impending formation of an Alliance of Indigenous Christian Bodies. Rev Shayne Blackman, the National Administrator of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress of the Uniting Church, said a series of meetings to determine a collaborative pathway forward had already occurred with ...

The rain and wind didn’t dampen the spirits of 175 Worshippers seeking to support the new Uniting Church North Lakes faith community. Over 80 people to stand through the service as presbytery representatives and the Moderator welcomed the new Church.  Sister churches gave gifts and helped supply supper, while church members made everyone welcome. The Rev Stephen, Mrs Dian Templeton and their ...