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Sharing the hope

in Queensland Synod News 20/03/2006 729 Views

Papuan Island Region enterprises in Salamo making coconut oil. Photo courtesy of Ray Scarlett
Uniting Church people are invited to make a Lenten gift to six worthy projects in Asia, the Pacific and Australia.
Ask for a set of Lenten Appeal offering envelopes from your local Uniting Church.

Make Lent 2006 a time where you share the hope. Read the Lenten studies on pages 9-12 in this edition of Journey.

1st Week of Lent: 5th March. Education for Leadership. East Timor, one of the world’s newest nations is also one of the poorest. This project will support the Protestant Church in East Timor in preparing young people for future leadership.

2nd Week of Lent: 12th March. Pacific peace building initiative. This project will enable a three week peace-building course for 300 leaders from the Protestant Christian Church of Bali.

3rd Week of Lent: 19th March. Region enterprises. This project will fund training opportunities for young Papuan Islanders in carpentry, engineering, boat building and repair, general shop and financial management.

4th Week of Lent: 26th March. Training elders, women and youth. This project will assist and facilitate participation of Indigenous Australian elders, youth and women in the “Tomorrow’s Leaders Today” conference.

5th Week of Lent: 2nd April. Urgent manse renovations. This project will fund the urgent need to replace the asbestos roof of the Uniting Church manse on Thursday Island.

6th Week of Lent: 9th April. Young Ambassadors for Peace. This project will provide week-long YAP workshops to assist local communities in strife torn Sri Lanka.

For more information visit the Synod Website at www.ucaqld.com.au

Photo : Papuan Island Region enterprises in Salamo making coconut oil. Photo courtesy of Ray Scarlett

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