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Ring in the changes

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 00:00:14 +0000

After a career in media Phil Smith has found himself lay pastor to a kind of faith community not often found in the Uniting Church. Rohan Salmond talks to him about faith, ecumenism and the future of church. “I have just turned 53 and really would not have expected to be in this activity in ...

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Grassroots ministry takes shape on the Sunshine Coast

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:00:26 +0000

Phil Smith is a lay pastor in an ecumenical school in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. With the support of the Caloundra Uniting Church, he is helping to grow a new faith community called BELLS. We are based on Australia’s Sunshine Coast in a new real estate development where there is no church building. I ...

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Caloundra takes action after Cyclone Ian

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:00:36 +0000

When Cyclone Ian ripped through the Pacific Island nation of Tonga on 11 January, Caloundra Uniting Church member Judy Morrison’s first thoughts were with her friends on Tongatapu, the southernmost island. Ashley Goetze reports. While the category five storm left no dramatic structural damage on Tongatapu, the north island of Ha’apai, home to the Free ...

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