Queensland Synod News

AS THE Together on the way, enriching community journey continues Church members from all over Queensland are reflecting on the future of the Church in their own context. In the light of the Church’s 2020 Call and Vision, five areas of priority for the next two years have been identified. Priority Direction E looks at “Engaging in opportunities for intentional, ...

IN AUGUST, 14 people from St Andrew’s Uniting Church on Thursday Island visited Saibai Island, in the Top Western Group of islands in the Torres Strait, for a religious program organised by Lima Uku, the wife of Pastor Lindsey Uku of Sigabarduru United Church in Papua New Guinea. After much preparation and paperwork, including writing to the Chairman of Saibai ...

FOR THE past twenty-seven years the Uniting Church’s National Assembly has strengthened relationships with Indigenous people through reconciliation and discipleship. Faith development consultant for AboutFACE (Faith and Culture Exchange) and national Uniting Church faith development consultant, Rev Tom Kerr, said the program aims to broaden participants’ worldview in an Indigenous community. “The lens I see AboutFACE through is discipleship and ...

The Trinity Theological College Library at the Synod office in Auchenflower, Brisbane, is now open to all members of the Uniting Church in Queensland. Not only has the physical space changed but the library now has an affiliation with the Australian Catholic University, free membership to Uniting Church members and more readily available electronic resources. Librarian, Alethea Hubley, said that ...

UNITING CHURCH members across Australia have been invited to leave their cars at home and cycle to church during the second annual Ride to Worship Week, October 7-13. The event, an initiative of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC), encourages people of all faiths to help tackle climate change through a fun, healthy community activity. Sydney Uniting Church ...

IN THE 2009-10 National Greenhouse and Energy Report, The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Q.) is listed as having a significant impact on the environment, having reported its energy consumption to be more than 500 Terajoules. The Uniting Church in Queensland reports its energy consumption as a group (the Property Trust), supplying the consumption information from UnitingCare, Wesley Mission ...

AS THE Together on the way, enriching community journey continues Church members from all over Queensland are reflecting on the future of the Church in their own context. In the light of the Church’s 2020 Call and Vision, five areas of priority for the next two years have been identified. Focus Group C is working on “developing sustainable, mission oriented ...

IN THE early hours of 24 August, a house fire in Slacks Creek, Brisbane, took the lives of members of three generations of a family who are associated with the Logan Central Multicultural Uniting Church, in Brisbane’s south. News reports suggest it was one of the worst house fires in Australian history. Moderator, Rev Bruce Johnson, said it was a ...

STUDENTS AND staff from Caloundra’s Unity College took an opportunity to live Gospel values in an unusual circumstance in the July school holidays. From a society that promotes careers, possessions, and personal development, eight teenagers and three leaders were welcomed in Tonga to live in village homes where community has priority. While the cultural experiences were spectacular and educational, the ...

EMMANUEL UNITING Church at Enoggera has established an unusual partnership with the Noro Church in the Solomon Islands. Discussions with Uniting World followed visits to each church; Rev David Fender visited Noro and then Rev David Vakipide spent six weeks at Emmanuel. One evening in Brisbane Rev Vakipide visited the 46th Brisbane Boys’ Brigade Company and announced that he had ...