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Rethinking the church in central Queensland

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 04:37:17 +0000

Congregations in central Queensland are having their say about the ministry models they need to sustain them amid the ongoing challenges of life on the land. Dianne Jensen reports. Rev Arthur Tutin, the new Central Queensland Presbytery remote/rural ministry project officer, is the man literally behind the wheel of a two-year project to explore how ...

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Stepping out in faith

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 03:14:29 +0000

Zimbabwean-born Johnson Makoti often gets phone calls out of the blue from people who have heard about the new prayer and deliverance ministry at the Atherton Uniting Church. Dianne Jensen reports. After only a year in the job, Rev Johnson Makoti’s hands-on approach to spreading the word of God has created a stir in the North ...

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Karana Downs supporting rural ministry

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:11 +0000

A church partnership between the Cunnamulla and Karana Downs Uniting Churches has resulted in a much-needed building upgrade. Journey reports. Last month members of Karana Downs Uniting Church, west of Brisbane, celebrated with Frontier Services Cunnamulla Patrol minister Rev Sunil Kadaparambil on the completion of a restumping project for the Cunnamulla Uniting Church. This restumping ...

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Lay education takes root in Taiwanese youth

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

Brisbane Taiwanese Uniting Church youth mentor and Trinity College Queensland alumni, Jack Shao is encouraging the next generation of youth to undertake lay education. Ashley Thompson writes. Immigrating with his family to Australia at 14, Jack Shao has been attending the Brisbane Taiwanese congregation for 25 years. A Brisbane Boys’ College old boy, he was ...

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Five ways to care for your minister

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:00:06 +0000

Ministry is a hard gig, and it’s becoming more and more complex. Human resource consultants Meryem and Greg Brown suggest five ways that congregations can ease the daily burden. Behave Many ministers spend a lot more time than they should sorting out personality issues and resolving petty conflicts. We call our ministers to train and ...

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Four signs God may be calling you to ministry (or not)

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 08:00:47 +0000

Here’s a handy list for those considering a call to a specified ministry in the Uniting Church. You’re hooked on Christian education and you’ve run out of lay courses Many ministry candidates report that the hunger for knowledge and understanding that led them to explore theology was their first step. Talk to Trinity College Queensland ...

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Committed to following God’s call

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:33:57 +0000

This is the story of young missionaries Don and Olive Boorman, who left Brisbane in the 1930s to serve in Fiji with the Methodist Missions and their momentous decision to leave in 1940, as researched by their daughter Noela Boorman. In times past, in missionary biographies, faith conquered all, and missionaries were venerated as superhuman. ...

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I needed help and I knew it

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 02:12:23 +0000

I knew I was in trouble when I was sleeping poorly and my usually sunny nature gave way to a cloudy, stormy self. In 2009 a series of things converged in my life and I was diagnosed with depression. The triggers included being very tired because we lived next to a major road, I was ...

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