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Behind the Basis: where it all began

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 03:06:09 +0000

The Basis of Union is the foundational document that provides the Uniting Church its renewal and encouragement but how much do we really know about its origins and its evolution from the fifties to the seventies? Rev Dr D’Arcy Wood delves deep into the Basis of Union’s past. The early decades of the 20th century ...

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When three became one in Christ

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 04:58:30 +0000

As the Uniting Church celebrates its fortieth anniversary Ben Rogers revisits the excitement, challenges and hope behind the historic union of Congregationalists, Methodists and Presbyterians in Australia in 1977. For younger members of the Uniting Church in Australia who have only ever known its current incarnation, the period surrounding church union in 1977 is past ...

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Temperance: How we almost tamed the demon drink

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 03:33:09 +0000

Dianne Jensen explores the historical connections between the Uniting Church and the temperance cause. Why did our church mothers and fathers care so much about a few drinks, and what does their legacy mean for the contemporary church? You don’t have to be too long in the tooth to remember when the most potent substance ...

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Letters February 2017

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 01:44:32 +0000

Searching for Jehova My name is George Harper and I am a reader of every issue of the Journey. I read it because I am interested in what individuals write about their interest in spiritual matters. I have never seen in any portion of Journey the name Jehovah, yet when I was a young boy ...

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Bridging the Gap with Sri Lanka

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:34:39 +0000

Members of The Gap Uniting Church recently completed a challenging trek through Sri Lanka to raise money to support children with disability. Joanne Allen-Keeling shares her account of the adventure and how UnitingWorld are shaping lives and communities abroad for the better. On 21 September 2016, the Bridge The Gap team set off for Sri ...

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Blessed are the peacemakers

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:00:33 +0000

On the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, take time to honour the Christian witness of those who took a stand against war. Dianne Jensen reports. Thomas Roberts was only 16 years old when he was sentenced in 1914 to solitary confinement on half rations in the Queenscliff Fort for refusing to attend military drill. The ...

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