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This is where God wants me to be

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 04:18:16 +0000

Rev Dr Kerry Pierce, the new Presbytery Minister for Central Queensland, shares her thoughts on returning to the area and taking up the challenge of her new role. My association with the Uniting Church and my adult faith development really began after reading the Basis of Union for a job interview with Lifeline Central Queensland ...

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A new hope for Central Queensland

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 06:04:48 +0000

On the second full day of business at the 33rd Queensland Synod, Rev Arthur Tutin, acting presbytery minister, brought a sense of optimism for the future of life in the Central Queensland Presbytery. Arthur spoke of the diversity of the Central Queensland Presbytery, which stretches from Gladstone to Airlie Beach and west to Longreach and ...

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Rethinking the church in central Queensland

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 04:37:17 +0000

Congregations in central Queensland are having their say about the ministry models they need to sustain them amid the ongoing challenges of life on the land. Dianne Jensen reports. Rev Arthur Tutin, the new Central Queensland Presbytery remote/rural ministry project officer, is the man literally behind the wheel of a two-year project to explore how ...

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You asked for it: new Safe Ministry resources

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

A new suite of resources to assist the church to be a safe place for children and young people was launched in March this year. Mardi Lumsden reports. The new Safe Ministry with Children resources are the result of feedback from congregations, collaboration between the Synod office, presbyteries and several committees, and a commitment that ...

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Opportunities open for ministry partners

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 02:00:03 +0000

Rewarding opportunities can await ministry partners willing to venture beyond the city lights, as Dianne Jensen discovered on the moderator’s recent trip to the outback. Rev Jenny Coombes and her husband Peter had plenty of time to consider the pros and cons of moving to Longreach on the long drive to meet congregation members. Newly ...

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Bush congregations battle to support drought communities

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Everyone tells us that the country is a real picture in a good season. But as the moderator Rev David Baker, Central Queensland Presbytery minister Rev Brian Gilbert and their Uniting Communications sidekick meet with church members in Longreach, Barcaldine and Blackall, the talk is all about the iron grip of the drought. Dianne Jensen ...

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Cyclone damage bill mounts

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:00:31 +0000

Uniting Church emergency aid and relief has begun to arrive in Central Queensland after Tropical Cyclone Marcia tore through the Capricorn Coast in February this year. Ashley Thompson reports. The Queensland Synod’s Risk and Insurance team has been contacted by 14 sites which sustained varying levels of insurable damage from Cyclone Marcia, totalling an estimated ...

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Let’s not divorce over marriage

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:52:26 +0000

In the midst of the Uniting Church Assembly’s consultation on marriage, Central Queensland Presbytery Minister Rev Brian Gilbert encourages the Uniting Church to pursue unity in Christ, even amongst differences. My wife Margaret and I have been married for over 36 years. In that time we have always agreed on everything—we live in perfect peace ...

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