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Welcome to the new year and our first edition of a new decade! This time last year we transformed the dimensions of the magazine as well as the page-count and by all accounts you, the reader, have been happy with those changes. As ever, we rely on your feedback to let us know what we’re doing right and what you’d ...

What’s coming up May is Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month The Queensland Synod has identified this month as important for congregations and individuals to learn more about domestic and family violence and to create safe communities where all can flourish. Take up the Queensland Government’s Not Now, Not Ever challenge in your community or as an individual. Free resources ...

Here we are in the week of weeks. Did anyone think it would come to this? Certainly not his followers, nor the Roman authorities, nor, maybe, even the religious authorities. Some on the margins could see it; notably Martha and Simon’s sister, Mary. Also, arguably, Thomas, who said, “Let us also go up to Jerusalem that we may die with ...

Coming up Palm Sunday Rally – date claimer! This year’s Palm Sunday rally for peace and refugees will be held on Sunday 14 April between 2-4pm at Speakers’ Corner, outside Parliament House (corner of George and Alice Streets). Speakers will include Aran Mylvaganam, co-founder of the Tamil Council of Australia and Professor Susan Harris-Rimmer of Griffith University. This event will ...

What prompted you to nominate for Synod? How did you find the nomination process? I first found out about the Synod after I had my first experience of being in ‘a room full of Christians’ – I was amazed, there were at least sixty people! And we were all praying and chatting and learning together! A lady at my church ...

What’s coming up #KidsOffNauru Prayer Vigil – 2 November Join Queensland Synod Moderator Rev David Baker and people of faith calling on our government to end the cruelty to the children on Nauru. Hosted by Love Makes a Way, with Common Grace, Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, World Vision and Micah Australia. The vigil will be held Friday 2 November at ...

Attendees at UnitingWomen 2018 were spellbound by an impromptu performance of a song in the Meriam language from the Eastern Torres Strait following one of the Friday workshops. Led by Ruth Ghee, a dozen or so Uniting Church women from across Australia sang the haunting harmonies and performed the actions they had learnt at the “Singing our past and our ...

What’s coming up United for Palestine fundraiser An auction of art to raise funds for the Occupied West Bank Trauma and Rehabilitation Centre will be held on 4 August between 6.30 pm and 9.30 pm. Items include handmade Palestinian cross-stitch, crochet and embroidery, and photography and paintings. Entry is $40 for adults, $30 for children and includes a meal and ...

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.  What the cake court decision means for Australia The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled in favour of the baker in the world’s most high-profile “gay wedding cake” case. But what does the case mean for Australia, particularly with the upcoming release of the Ruddock religious freedom report? Religious people ...

This will have momentous consequences The Government has decided to terminate the income support of many people seeking asylum waiting for their applications for refugee status to be determined. This will be rolled out in coming months. The result of this decision will be an unprecedented crisis in south-east Queensland, particularly regarding safe housing. There will be hundreds of families ...