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Graceville and Milpera share art from the heart

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:19:37 +0000

An art exhibition hosted by Graceville Uniting Church and Milpera State High School was a successful showcase for both the church’s commitment to the community and the school’s support for developing their students’ cultural and linguistic skills. Journey reports. Located just a short walk away from Graceville Uniting Church in Brisbane’s south west, Milpera State ...

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Turning the page on immigration

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 03:11:04 +0000

The subject of migration is never too far from the news headlines in Australia, Europe and North America but with the recent release of two books—Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour and The Refugee Crisis and Religion—issues around people smuggling and Islam are getting more attention. Nick Mattiske reviews. We are living in a new age of ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 19 May 2017 01:03:00 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. Ticket to the west if you pass Bible test RT covers news from Sweden of a Bible quiz being given to Christian asylum seekers escaping religious persecution. While many have slammed the idea as complicated, irrelevant and conflating knowledge with faith, the country’s migration agency has defended ...

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Singing the Lord’s song in a new land

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:28:17 +0000

Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria come together with local Brisbane church members to celebrate the Easter journey. Sue Hutchinson reports. My Catholic community of Bracken Ridge in north Brisbane has welcomed about 90 families from Iraq and Syria since last May. These Christians were brought to Australia as refugees, fleeing war and persecution in ...

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Think local, connect to the global

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 04:28:25 +0000

There was an old bumper sticker that said, “Think global, act local”. Our faith speaks about the great universal themes of creation, of reconciliation, of salvation. The Uniting Church, particularly, is energised by the large and broad issues that humanity and the nation are facing—anthropogenic climate change, the global refugee crisis, the world economic order. ...

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Five global issues close to young hearts

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:28:56 +0000

Right before Australia hit the polls on 2 July, Ashley Thompson asked under 30s at Newlife Uniting Church’s Heartbeat Conference what policy decisions they would champion given the chance. Let them stay The plight of refugees and asylum seekers is a contentious issue in the Australian political arena but in the eyes of Grace (13) ...

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Film review: Chasing Asylum

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 02:03:00 +0000

Chasing Asylum exposes the barbarity and secrecy surrounding the Australian Government’s asylum seeker policies, Sue Hutchinson gives her take on the controversial documentary which is destined to become one of the year’s most talked about films. The federal government has demanded absolute secrecy around the offshore detention of so-called boat people, so Australians have had very ...

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Giving the gift of clean water

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 21:00:08 +0000

Every Christmas the National Council of Churches’ international aid agency Act for Peace runs the Christmas Bowl Appeal to support people around the world living through conflict and displacement. Journey reports. “Nothing could have prepared me for the shocking reality facing refugees living in Akula camp,” says Delphine Vuagnoux, who coordinates the Christmas Bowl appeal ...

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8 Assembly topics to look out for

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 05:41:33 +0000

Deciphering the 60+ Assembly proposals and reports before the meeting is a challenge even for the Assembly’s members. Check out some of the highlights and get the jump on the meeting. Anglican–Uniting Church dialogue Assembly Standing Committee commends the adoption of the Weaving a New Cloth document, which advocates local cooperation between Anglican and Uniting ...

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There is room at the inn

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:32 +0000

What would it take for your church to become a place of refuge? Think carefully, because God’s hospitality demands that we welcome the outsider with open hearts and minds. Dianne Jensen reports. Kieran is an ex-prisoner who went looking for a church where he would be welcome. He was a new Christian whose life had ...

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