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What if every church … practised hospitality as mission?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:13:00 +0000

In November’s exclusive column for The Scoop, Scott Guyatt contemplates the benefits to churches if they rethink their approach to hospitality in the spirit of Jesus’ practices. We talk a lot, in the church, about hospitality. We talk about the critical importance of welcoming the stranger; about generosity, grace and what it means to share ...

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Fostering family fun at Stanthorpe

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 06:11:54 +0000

Sometimes little acts of hospitality go a long way to strengthening the community. Ashley Thompson talks to Granite Belt Uniting Church minister Rev Kaye Ronalds and Stanthorpe Uniting Church member Jean Pyle about their efforts to reach out to young families. Since Easter last year, the Stanthorpe congregation has been providing weekly hospitality to the ...

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Sharing the gift of faith

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 02:00:22 +0000

University chaplain and evangelism trainer Rev Dr Ian Robinson reminds us that evangelism is about demonstrating a real faith in a real God in the real world. Jesus was loved by the people for the way he evangelised. In faith-sharing, we offer seven beautiful gifts to another person. Time The single most precious gift we ...

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Where are you being invited?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 02:00:21 +0000

As the conversation about mission, membership and the future of the Uniting Church continues, Rev Peter Lockhart encourages us to discover the possibility that we are being invited by Jesus to share in his work in the world. In his analysis of possible future scenarios for the Uniting Church Dr Keith Suter suggests that the ...

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Five things my father taught me about the church

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:30:25 +0000

Fathers teach us a lot of interesting stuff about life, faith, and taking one for the team. Here are a few thoughts from the writers at Journey about what fathers teach us about the church. There’s always room for one more Fathers invoke the theological principle of hospitality each time they turn up at dinnertime ...

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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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