South Moreton Presbytery Archives - JourneyOnline

Keeping up with Levon Kardashian

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 28 May 2018 06:08:35 +0000

Dianne Jensen talks to Levon Kardashian, the new Multicultural Project Officer for the Presbytery of South Moreton. Levon Kardashian understands the power of cultural roots and family ties. The new Multicultural Project Officer for the Presbytery of South Moreton is an Armenian Christian born in Lebanon to an Armenian father from Lebanon and an Armenian ...

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Synod agrees to improved reporting changes

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 23 May 2016 08:59:52 +0000

This afternoon Rev Dr David Ferguson and the Mary Burnett Presbytery put forward a proposal (general proposal six) to the 32nd Synod related to better communication of Synod Standing Committee decisions. After some discussion, Dr Marilyn Healy of Bremer Brisbane Presbytery suggested the proposal be broken into two parts—the first half of which she had ...

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Presbytery Q&A stimulates discussion

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sat, 21 May 2016 07:48:09 +0000

In a new style of engaging with Queensland Synod presbytery reports, South Moreton Presbytery multicultural officer David Busch facilitated a Q&A panel discussion between 32nd Synod members and presbytery representatives. Available on the Queensland Synod YouTube channel, members were encouraged to watch presbytery reports and submit their questions for discussion. Identified by the moderator as ...

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Now for something completely different

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 03:00:42 +0000

Looking for innovative ways to connect to the broader community? Dianne Jensen finds out why mission shaped ministry may be able to help. Mission shaped ministry (MSM), the innovative course from the UK challenging the way we think about church, will be rolled out to more Queensland Uniting Church members in 2016. “A mission shaped ...

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Multiculturalism: Are we there yet?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 22:00:46 +0000

The upcoming Assembly in Perth marks 30 years since the Uniting Church committed to being a multicultural church. Rohan Salmond explores how far we’ve come and where we are going. Thirty years ago Calvin and Hobbes first appeared in newspapers, the Nintendo Entertainment System was launched in the United States, the wreck of the RMS ...

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Thinking outside the square

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:00:58 +0000

What might communities of faith shaped by contemporary culture look like? Dianne Jensen reports on the Queensland launch of Mission Shaped Ministry. Fresh Expressions is the trademark concept of Mission Shaped Ministry (MSM) and it means exactly that—creating new faith communities in non-traditional settings and re-imagining the shape of the contemporary church. The ecumenical program ...

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Generation whatever: Bridging the worship divide

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 05:58:17 +0000

Whenever two or three gather together in God’s name there will be at least that many views on how to worship. Add different generations into the mix, and being one in the Lord is a challenging task for any worship team. Dianne Jensen reports. We know that there are big differences between age cohorts, but ...

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