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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 23:41:05 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. Check back in every Friday to see the latest wrap up of religious news that made us think and reflect. Saints striker flashes Christian tattoo Daily Mail looks at Southampton football club striker Shane Long’s prominent tattoo on his chest, which was on full display after ...

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Weipa welcomes cultural return

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:19:16 +0000

The return of irreplaceable artefacts to the Weipa community has been welcomed by the descendants of Old Weipa Mission. Brooke Prentis reports. Four woomeras, a dilly bag and some pieces of lacework taken from Old Weipa Mission have been returned to the Weipa community by grandchildren of the missionaries who worked there almost 100 years ...

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Confronting Indigenous injustice in the Northern Territory

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:31:57 +0000

The Intervention has caused controversy since its introduction, and Indigenous Australians are calling for genuine respect and partnership. Rohan Salmond explores. At the Uniting Church in Australia’s 13th Assembly, members of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) told their stories about what it is like living under the Stronger Futures legislation in the ...

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Indigenous leaders mobilise for mission

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 06:27:25 +0000

Emerging Indigenous leaders and elders from across Australia are forging new partnerships through the Grasstree Gathering. Dianne Jensen reports. “Preaching in your own skin” is a catchphrase that sums up the cultural and spiritual empowerment of a people, and it resounded at the National Grasstree Gathering Emerging Indigenous Christian Leaders Conference in Brisbane. The Grasstree event in ...

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