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A gap year to remember!

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:31:23 +0000

Ready to leave high school behind but not ready to jump straight into further study or work? With one in four Australians choosing to take a gap year, Trinity College Queensland’s Activate program provides a challenging new option for Christians. Dianne Jensen reports. Trinity College Queensland Activate coordinator Simon Gomersall has developed an innovative three-days-a-week ...

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From the kitchen to the pulpit

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:33 +0000

Pacific Island women are challenging a culture which excludes them from leadership in church and society. Dianne Jensen talks to education advocate Lisa Meo. Fijian-Australian Lisa Meo has been knocking on the doors of the male-dominated Pacific Island churches for a long time. The retired educator and academic has been a leading voice in challenging ...

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Shake, rattle and roll: How theological study can change your faith

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 22:00:10 +0000

There were plenty of passionate discussions around how the Uniting Church forms people in their faith at the 31st Synod in October last year. Mardi Lumsden explores how theological study deepens and even shakes your faith, and why that could be essential to your faith journey. The Uniting Church’s foundational document the Basis of Union ...

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Nungalinya celebrates 40 years

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 05:17:40 +0000

Nungalinya College in Darwin, Northern Territory, is celebrating 40 years as an Indigenous Christian college providing training for Indigenous Christians throughout Australia. The college has grown over the years as a unique partnership of the Uniting, Anglican and Catholic churches empowering Indigenous people to take up leadership in their communities and churches. In 2013 there ...

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