Mardi Lumsden Archives - JourneyOnline

Christ in the classroom

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 04:27:59 +0000

Each week hundreds of Christian, Baha’i, Buddhist, Jewish and Muslim volunteers provide religious instruction to students in Queensland state primary schools. Should objections to one particular program lead to unprecedented intervention from Education Queensland? Mardi Lumsden explores. In early June, religious instruction (RI) at Windsor State School in Brisbane’s north was suspended for the third ...

The post Christ in the classroom appeared first on JourneyOnline.

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 ...

The post You asked for it: new Safe Ministry resources appeared first on JourneyOnline.

Closing the great divide

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 04:00:01 +0000

Ten years after the Close the Gap campaign began, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians still die younger and are less educated than non-Indigenous Australians. Mardi Lumsden reports. The eighth annual Close the Gap report (released 9 February) shows only two out of seven health, education and employment targets are on track. While halving child ...

The post Closing the great divide appeared first on JourneyOnline.

Our 30-year journey

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 22:00:02 +0000

This edition marks 30 years of Journey magazine. Mardi Lumsden explores the past, present and future of church communications. Leafing through newsprint is a fast-disappearing luxury. The dusty 30-year-old pages of the Journey archives are filled with stories of the church at work in the world, calling out injustice and celebrating global, national and local ...

The post Our 30-year journey appeared first on JourneyOnline.

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 ...

The post Shake, rattle and roll: How theological study can change your faith appeared first on JourneyOnline.

Queensland’s leading lady passes the baton

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:00:16 +0000

Rev Kaye Ronalds will finish her three-year term as Moderator at this month’s 31st Queensland Synod meeting. Mardi Lumsden explores what others appreciated about Kaye’s time in the role. Kaye’s term as Moderator can be characterised by a comment she made at her induction service: “We need to become better at working together and remembering ...

The post Queensland’s leading lady passes the baton appeared first on JourneyOnline.

Women’s conference seeks deeper story

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:03:23 +0000

In September 500 women from across the Uniting Church in Australia gathered in Sydney for the inaugural UnitingWomen conference. Mardi Lumsden reports. The concept of a Uniting Church women’s conference is not a new one; the most recent similar event was Women Clothed with the Sun held in Brisbane in 1996. UnitingWomen’s theme, Seeking a ...

The post Women’s conference seeks deeper story appeared first on JourneyOnline.

Generosity meets mission

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 03:52:39 +0000

The call for humans to care for creation—to be good stewards—goes back to Adam and Eve. As the Queensland Synod marks Stewardship Sunday (5 October), Mardi Lumsden explores how the modern church is living generously. So often, the word stewardship is underpinned by the need to fix the church roof or upgrade technology. Queensland Synod ...

The post Generosity meets mission appeared first on JourneyOnline.

Storing up treasures for good

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 02:05:43 +0000

Investing ethically is all well and good, but the realities of it are more complex than you may think. Mardi Lumsden explores. Prior to the last Queensland Synod meeting in May 2013 the New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory Synod in Session resolved to divest from stocks and shares in corporations engaged in the extraction of ...

The post Storing up treasures for good appeared first on JourneyOnline.

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 ...

The post Bridging the Timor Gap appeared first on JourneyOnline.