Queensland Synod News

ENI-09-0337 Canterbury, England, 29 April (ENI)–Britain’s privately-funded National Secular Society has called on the government to end public support for hospital chaplains. The organization has sent a report to Britain’s Health Minister, Alan Johnson, calling on him to review hospital chaplaincy services with a view to ending taxpayer funding for them. "People are shocked to learn from us that chaplaincy ...

A leading Australian theologian and a South African bishop famous for his anti-apartheid advocacy will travel to the Solomon Islands on Tuesday 28 April to jointly speak about truth and reconciliation processes for the troubled Pacific nation. Reverend Professor James Haire, AM, who is Professor of Theology at CSU, Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (http://www.csu.edu.au/special/accc/), ...

The affiliation between Trinity Theological College and the Australian Catholic University was formalised in an official ceremony in February.Moderator of the Queensland Synod Rev Bruce Johnson said he felt a mixture of emotions on the day. “The excitement I feel today is tinged with a sadness for the closure of the Brisbane College of Theology,” he said.Mr Johnson remembered the ...

Frontier Services held the biennial conference, in Brisbane in March  for their Children’s Services Staff. Children’s Services Staff comprise of Remote Area Families Service (RAFS), Remote Family Care Service (RFCS) and In Home Care Service (IHC). Staff travelled from coordination units in  Mt Isa, Mareeba, Charleville, Emerald, Longreach, as well as Hughenden and Cairns and Perth.  RFCS carers came from ...

THIS EASTER, Toowoomba will once again open its doors to huge crowds of Christians when Easterfest swings into action. Big-name bands and speakers plus children’s rides, bargain bazaars, and food stalls are set to invade Queen’s Park from Good Friday to Easter Sunday. In 2009, popular 2008 bands such as ‘s NewWorldSon are returning, while new headline acts such as ...

LET’S SHARE OUR RICHES WITH CARE AND GENEROSITY How refreshing to hear politicians saying our capitalist economy needs to be ‘humanised’. To the “values of security, liberty and prosperity must also be grafted the values of equity, sustainability and community,” said Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, last week. England’s Prime Minister and the US President have both made similar statements. ...

Blue Care will raise wages for direct care, administrative and support staff in Queensland  and northern News South Wales over the next three years. Blue Care administrative staff will receive a wage increase of 18 per cent over the next three years with direct care and support staff receiving an increase of 17.5 per cent. Personal Carers will also receive ...

      The St Mary’s Community Council in South Brisbane with the support of Fr Peter Kennedy has agreed to a peaceful and dignified handover of church property following mediation with the Archdiocese of Brisbane. This decision was made to avoid harm to the community which would result from imminent and abrupt legal action by the Archdiocese.   The ...

March 24, 2009 South Africa said Monday the Dalai Lama has been denied a visa to meet here with other Nobel laureates, arguing his visit would overshadow the country’s preparations to host the 2010 World Cup. The Tibetan spiritual leader had planned to come to Johannesburg for a Peace Conference backed by the Nobel Peace Committee and hosted by South ...

The Uniting General Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches has put up a new website that focuses on the activities that will occur before, during and after the creation of new Reformed Church body that will represent some 75 million Christians around the world. The website – www.reformedchurches.org – will permit churches and interested individuals to access information ...