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These Timor-Leste kids love to see the dentist … meet the Aussie church members who made it possible

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 04:08:00 +0000

The Statement to the Nation (1977) made by the Uniting Church in Australia 40 years ago spelled out the enduring connection between the founding denominations and the churches of the Pacific and South East Asia. A partnership between Glebe Road Uniting Church, Ipswich and Ekaristi Church in Dili, Timor- Leste is proof positive of that ...

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Letters April 2016

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 01:00:44 +0000

Well done, Margaret Referring to your article in February Journey regarding 2016 Australia Day Awards recipients, I would like to advise that Mrs Margaret Buchanan was awarded the Ipswich City Council Senior Citizen Award for 2016. Margaret has been a church member since 1951. She has been involved with music programs for residents at Lauriston ...

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Who are the 7%?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 02:00:32 +0000

It’s much easier to be a young person in a church full of other young people, and it’s no secret that some Uniting Church members are gravitating to younger, cooler denominations—or leaving church altogether. Rohan Salmond talks to some young people who have made the choice to stick around. It’s a statistical oddity that one ...

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Making a habit of helping

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 05:00:06 +0000

Dianne Jensen reports on how the Glebe Road Uniting Church congregation in Ipswich is helping Queenslanders to keep a roof over their heads. Whether you are a dab hand with a paint brush or more at home with gardening gloves, Habitat for Humanity can use your skills. The Glebe Road congregation has become the hub ...

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Bridging the Timor Gap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 06:00:26 +0000

A partnership between two churches in Ipswich and East Timor is helping change lives in both places. Mardi Lumsden reports. Glebe Road Uniting Church in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, has a long partnership with East Timor. When members, including Noela and Noel Rothery, experienced Timor for themselves through a UnitingWorld InSolidarity trip in 2010 they ...

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