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Grassroots ministry takes shape on the Sunshine Coast

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:00:26 +0000

Phil Smith is a lay pastor in an ecumenical school in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. With the support of the Caloundra Uniting Church, he is helping to grow a new faith community called BELLS. We are based on Australia’s Sunshine Coast in a new real estate development where there is no church building. I ...

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Giving out for Lent

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:00:33 +0000

The Christian tradition of giving something up for Lent could provide a new perspective on life and faith. Dianne Jensen talks to families about Lent Event. Uniting Church congregations don’t have much corporate memory when it comes to the Lenten practice of undertaking 40 days of repentance and self-denial, culminating in the joy of Easter ...

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Caloundra takes action after Cyclone Ian

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:00:36 +0000

When Cyclone Ian ripped through the Pacific Island nation of Tonga on 11 January, Caloundra Uniting Church member Judy Morrison’s first thoughts were with her friends on Tongatapu, the southernmost island. Ashley Goetze reports. While the category five storm left no dramatic structural damage on Tongatapu, the north island of Ha’apai, home to the Free ...

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Faith grows through hospitality

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:30:45 +0000

By opening her home to asylum seekers, Margaret Landbeck has stretched and grown her faith. Hospitality has always been a largely subconscious expression of my faith—it is my instinct to offer hospitality when and where I can. As the writer of Hebrews says, “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing ...

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