WINTER2019 Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/winter2019/ Mon, 12 Aug 2019 04:56:18 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://journeyonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Journey-Logo-With-UCA-logo_Site-identity_Artboard-2_Artboard-2-copy-32x32.png WINTER2019 Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/winter2019/ 32 32 Winter 2019 edition now available https://journeyonline.com.au/magazine/winter-2019-edition-now-available/ https://journeyonline.com.au/magazine/winter-2019-edition-now-available/#respond Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:58:22 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27931 Welcome to the Winter 2019 edition where you’ll find extensive coverage of all the news from the 34th Synod including the outcomes from the Moderator-Elect discernment process and various reports that were put to the Synod. One of the great opportunities attending Synod in Session affords is to meet various people from around the life ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/magazine/winter-2019-edition-now-available/feed/ 0 Letters to the Editor – Winter 2019 https://journeyonline.com.au/letters/letters-to-the-editor-winter-2019/ https://journeyonline.com.au/letters/letters-to-the-editor-winter-2019/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 06:27:30 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27924 More thoughts on marriage from Pittsworth Some thoughts from a regular church attender. I read with interest Barbara Lanham’s comment on marriage in the Summer 2018 edition of Journey. This is her personal view as Pittsworth congregation have not voted on the use of church buildings for marriage. Judging from the number of church people ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/letters/letters-to-the-editor-winter-2019/feed/ 0 Calvin text finds new home at Trinity College Library https://journeyonline.com.au/queensland-synod-news/calvin-text-finds-new-home-at-trinity-college-library/ https://journeyonline.com.au/queensland-synod-news/calvin-text-finds-new-home-at-trinity-college-library/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 06:13:59 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27921 A 365-year-old copy of John Calvin’s Institutes treasured by St Stephen’s Uniting Church in Toowoomba has a new life at Trinity College Queensland Library. Dianne Jensen reports. A venerable tome from the historic St Stephen’s Uniting Church in Toowoomba is now available to another generation at Trinity College Library in Brisbane. The 1654 copy of ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/queensland-synod-news/calvin-text-finds-new-home-at-trinity-college-library/feed/ 0 New faces in ministry – Winter 2019 https://journeyonline.com.au/local-church-news/new-faces-in-ministry-winter-2019/ https://journeyonline.com.au/local-church-news/new-faces-in-ministry-winter-2019/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 06:09:40 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27916 David Paasi Not having grown up in the church, I had a conversion experience 11 years ago while reading the Gospel of John. My ministry is a little bit different to some of the other ministries within the Uniting Church as it is charismatic in nature. Uniting Church frameworks have become more open to charismatic ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/local-church-news/new-faces-in-ministry-winter-2019/feed/ 0 Book review: For the Life of the World: Theology that Makes a Difference https://journeyonline.com.au/culture/book-review-for-the-life-of-the-world-theology-that-makes-a-difference/ https://journeyonline.com.au/culture/book-review-for-the-life-of-the-world-theology-that-makes-a-difference/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:59:24 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27913 Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun’s latest book may challenge readers in the church to think deeply about what is theology in today’s Christian context and what role it plays in shaping future Christians but, as Nick Mattiske writes, their work is timely and urgent. For those outside the church, if they even know what theology ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/culture/book-review-for-the-life-of-the-world-theology-that-makes-a-difference/feed/ 0 The art of sharing faith https://journeyonline.com.au/culture/the-art-of-sharing-faith/ https://journeyonline.com.au/culture/the-art-of-sharing-faith/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:40:18 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27908 Meet Uniting Church artist Cees Sliedrecht, who was born and educated in The Netherlands. Cees moved from a career in business management and education about ten years ago to focus on the visual arts, including art tutoring Australia-wide and in Europe. In the beginning I mainly work in watercolour, using a detailed pen drawing as ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/culture/the-art-of-sharing-faith/feed/ 0 Postcards from the past https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/postcards-from-the-past-winter-2019/ https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/postcards-from-the-past-winter-2019/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:55:59 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27902 Palm Sunday celebrates Jesus’ regal entry into Jerusalem. “The whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen” (Luke 19:37). The disapproving Pharisees petitioned Jesus, “Teacher, order your disciples to stop.” Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/postcards-from-the-past-winter-2019/feed/ 0 Making a move on mission https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/making-a-move-on-mission/ https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/making-a-move-on-mission/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:39:51 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27897 I hope all our readers had a blessed Easter. Thanks to the generosity of our donors we were able to sponsor 23 candidates across Queensland—from Toowoomba to Bowen, from Bundaberg to North MacKay—from the 2019 Easter Madness Appeal. This enabled free registration and accommodation for campers outside of the south east corner during the four ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/making-a-move-on-mission/feed/ 0 Mission Control: Notice https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/mission-control-notice/ https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/mission-control-notice/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:35:57 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27892 Over the course of 2019, I want to unpack a simple mission framework in this column. The framework is represented by four words—Know, Notice, Discern, Act. Having begun with exploring the word “Know”, and connecting mission with discipleship, let’s move on this month to consider the second: Notice I know I can sometimes get caught ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/mission-control-notice/feed/ 0 Boundary riding – Church and Community https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/boundary-riding-church-and-community/ https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/boundary-riding-church-and-community/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:11:36 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=27886 In a new column for Journey, Rev Peter Armstrong—UnitingCare Queensland’s Associate Director of Mission—shares the inspirational stories from around the state of community partnerships and how congregations are living out the church’s call to make a positive difference in society. “There are times around here when the only people at a funeral are us and ...

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