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Church childcare celebrates ten years

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 04:34:56 +0000

Faced with the challenge of providing economically viable and Christian-centred childcare, Aspley Uniting Church members have used planning, persistence and prayer to make it happen. Dianne Jensen reports. On its first day in July 2008, Aspley Uniting Church opened the Aspley Early Childhood Education Centre (AECEC) in north Brisbane with four children and six staff. ...

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Everald: Larger than life

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:00:27 +0000

As one of Australia’s largest providers of aged care services, the Uniting Church has a huge investment in ageing … and rightly so, given our demographic profile. John Harrison talks to an 84-year-old Uniting Church elder out to make a difference. His febrile Twitter handle says it all: @EVERALDATLARGE. At 84 years of age, Aspley ...

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There is room at the inn

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:32 +0000

What would it take for your church to become a place of refuge? Think carefully, because God’s hospitality demands that we welcome the outsider with open hearts and minds. Dianne Jensen reports. Kieran is an ex-prisoner who went looking for a church where he would be welcome. He was a new Christian whose life had ...

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