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7 tips for planting a new congregation

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:11:34 +0000

Ready to take the plunge and start a new congregation at your church? Journey asked Duncan Barlow for some tips on building a healthy church community. Ask questions Seek the wisdom of those who have been serving the congregation long before you came along. Knowing what has and hasn’t worked in the past can save ...

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Letters December 2015

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 04:39:41 +0000

Love each other in Christ’s name I am very proud of all that the Uniting Church is doing in terms of social justice. Well may Jesus tell the parable of the “Good Muslim” as Lesley Bryant suggests (“The truth shall set you free”, November 2015, page 10). We should, of course, show love to and ...

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Get the dirt on church planting

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:00:59 +0000

A renewed passion for planting new communities of faith is taking root in the Uniting Church Queensland Synod. Rohan Salmond explores. There was something different about the 31st Queensland Synod in Session. While synods are usually fairly sedate—sometimes even ponderous—on 14 and 15 October 2014 members of Synod raced from room to room talking excitedly ...

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November 2015 Journey now available

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 05:32:51 +0000

The November 2015 edition of Journey is now available to read and download. Plant a little seed “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” It’s a “Greek proverb” that’s been doing the rounds on Facebook recently (so who knows where it really comes from) but I ...

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Flow to grow

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 04:00:28 +0000

They say memory may not be housed just in our brains. I remember that some of my training talked about “anchoring”, that a memory, idea, thought, theme or plan, can be physically anchored in another part of our bodies—just as a noise, song or smell takes us back to a memory of life, so also ...

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