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What’s in a name change?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 03:20:08 +0000

On 24 August, community-service provider Wesley Mission Queensland hosted a launch event on the Wesley House rooftop in Brisbane City to celebrate its name change from Wesley Mission Brisbane. But what’s in a name change and why does it matter? Journey reports. For over 100 years Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ) has reached out to Queenslanders, ...

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Stronger ties with the middle kingdom

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 08:54:00 +0000

Dianne Jensen reports on how a partnership between the Christian church in China and the Uniting Church in Australia is flourishing at the grassroots level. An aged-care facility in a regional town in Shandong province in China seems a world away from the Wesley Mission Brisbane (WMB) Jacobs Court Aged Care Community in Sinnamon Park, ...

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Wesley Mission Brisbane positions for growth

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:19:19 +0000

Earlier today Wesley Mission Brisbane executive director Geoff Batkin and superintendent minister Lyn Burden reported to 32nd Synod members on the organisation’s current state-of-health. Geoff and Lyn opened their presentation with the origins of Wesley Mission Brisbane which began in Albert Street Uniting Church in the mid-19th century, rooted in the mandate of Matthew 25:35. ...

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Volunteers giving and living happy

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:51 +0000

The 2016 National Volunteer Week theme is “Give Happy, Live Happy”, a message that resonates with Uniting Church members who volunteer in the Queensland community. Journey reports. Every year National Volunteer Week is a prominent opportunity to draw attention to the vital work volunteers do across the nation. This year’s theme for the week, from ...

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Inequality and the power of imagining a different world

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 05:42:07 +0000

Ahead of Anti-Poverty week, director of UnitingJustice Rev Elenie Poulos has written a piece for Wesley Mission Brisbane highlighting the growing inequality in Australian society. In her article she writes about the factors driving inequality both in Australia and overseas: ” … somewhere along the way, the world was hijacked by neoliberal economic theory and ...

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Photos reveal face of Aussie poverty

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:03:44 +0000

Queensland’s Anti-Poverty Week launch will unveil the surprising face of poverty in Australia. Rohan Salmond reports. For more than ten years, Anti-Poverty Week has been a reminder for Australians that poverty is a real part of their community and their world. From an Australian point of view, poverty can feel like a distant, abstract problem, ...

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Packing provides purpose

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:00:25 +0000

Having a job provides people with a sense of purpose, hope and dignity, writes Jessica Mewburn. For over 40 years the wmbMailpaQ printing, packaging and mailing warehouse has offered thousands of people living with disability this opportunity. “To get here I leave home at 6.30 am and catch two buses and push my wheelchair to ...

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What’s cooking in the Valley?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 05:30:08 +0000

Dianne Jensen goes behind the kitchen doors at a community meal in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. There’s nothing like a pleasant night out, with fresh flowers on the table and a three-course meal over friendly conversation. The hospitality is especially warm when the food is prepared as part of a training program for women prisoners and ...

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Supporting young parents

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 06 May 2015 04:00:09 +0000

Parenthood is full of challenges and rewards, but sometimes young parents can feel isolated and in need of support. Wesley Mission Brisbane’s Young Parents Support Program nurtures young families who need it most. Rohan Salmond reports. For people 25 years and under, becoming a parent can come as a huge upheaval to their way of ...

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Hummingbird House takes flight

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 20:30:31 +0000

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has officially turned the sod at the site of Hummingbird House, a purpose-built children’s hospice which will provide 24-hour paediatric palliative care in Queensland. Jessica Mewburn writes. Baby Kate was born on 9 December 2008 with a congenital cardiac defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot. Fiona and Mark Engwirda knew from ...

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