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Happy Birthday Church June 2007 Page 5 Page 6 Page 15 Happy Birthday Church 1977 - 2007 People of the Congregational,ongregational, Methodist and PPresbyterian Churches have united.ted. A new church has been bornborn. We pledge ourselves to seek the correction of injusticinjustices wherever they occur. We will work for the eradication of poverty and racism within our society anda beyond. We affi rm the rights of all people to equal educationaleducat opportunities, adequate health care, freedomm of speech, employment or dignity in unemployment if work is not available.availab We will oppose all forms of discrimination whichhich infringe basicbasi rights and freedoms. More about the 30th anniversary We will challenge values which emphasise acquisiquisitiveness and greed in disregard of the needs of others and whicwhich encourage a higher standard of living for the privileged in the Page 2 Moderator / Editorial face of the daily widening gap between the rich and poor. Page 7 Union celebration and sadness Page 8 Paraphernalia produces legacy We are concerned with the basic human rights of future Launched with a rising infl ection generations and will urge the wise use of energy, the protection Page 9 - 12 Historic Life and Times lift out of the environment and the replenishment of the earth’s Page 13 Basis points to the future resources for their use and enjoyment. Three + seventy-six = one From the Statement to the Nation - Inaugural Assembly, June, Page 14 Have we lost the way? 1977. Read the full statement on page 14. Statement to the nation Page 20 Journey asks Older, wiser, and still a pilgrim From the Editor people! As a young adult participant in the Presbyterian Church, I found myself captivated by the discussions in the early ‘70s canvassing the pros and IN JUNE 1977, I was one of about cons for Church Union. 250 people who gathered in the Message from the Because each congregation was virtually making on its own decision on assembly area of the local school whether to become part of the Uniting Church in Australia (at least in terms for an ecumenical celebration of who would “own” the property) I felt I needed to become a member in to mark the inauguration of the Moderator order to exercise my democratic right to vote. Uniting Church. Rev Dr David Pitman We had already been a joint It was not a particularly good reason to engage in the confi rmation process but at least I felt a part of the decision and could make my choice for what Methodist-Presbyterian Parish for seemed to me at the time to be a quixotic venture. ten years. I had spent a year there as a Lay My little congregation voted to remain Presbyterian and despite my vote for Pastor before entering Th eological We have struggled with those We have seen a diminishing of Church Union I also remained – for a time. College, and had returned to be aspects of being an institution that direct congregational oversight of Eventually, I came to the Uniting Church to fi nd it offered me encouragement the minister of the Parish just six inhibit and stifl e the Spirit. community care programs, yet the and opportunity to exercise a ministry, serve God in mission, work for justice months prior to this special day. Yet there is life, energy and relationships are alive and well in and engage with a dynamic new way of being the church. Notwithstanding our existing growth in many places as ministers many places, and the comprehensive ecumenical partnership we and people together discern what it mantle of care provided by Uniting I have never considered going back. For all its fl aws and frailties, this is a experienced strong feelings of means to live and share the Gospel, Care and Frontier Services across remarkable thing that God has done and the Uniting Church in Australia excitement and expectation. and as new expressions of being the nation is truly amazing! holds such wonderful potential to be a catalyst for the transformation of both the individual and corporate lives of our nation. Th is was a new beginning in church begin to develop. We have maintained, in the many ways, not least because we We have experienced the pain face of political expediency and Thirty years on, this potential is even greater and more promising than knew that many thousands of and division of confl ict, yet I see policies of economic rationalism, before. people were gathering for the same a growing willingness to build a strong prophetic stand on behalf Bruce Mullan purpose across the nation. relationships of acceptance and of the poor and the voiceless in We also believed that this very our society. In this we have sought public act of commitment to to be faithful to the Statement to journey together was a sign of that In many ways the Nation made at the inaugural “ we are a very greater unity into which Christ different church Assembly in 1977. continues to call us. now and the We have been at the forefront Historic feature It was very signifi cant to us inevitable process of ecumenical endeavour, dialogue that, represented amongst our own of change is and partnership, both nationally members that day, were people continuing. and locally, throughout our thirty from thirteen diff erent nationalities years. and nine diff erent denominational ” Th is is an ongoing expression of backgrounds. trust in the midst of diff erence, and who we are as a Uniting Church So began a new phase in our life to embrace our calling in Christ as and our desire to worship and work together. our fi rst priority. together with other Christians During my fi rst term as In contrast with some past wherever and whenever we can. Moderator we celebrated the 20th experiences, I take delight today We have entered into a signifi cant anniversary of the UCA. Now we in the greatly increased measure covenant, still not fully understood are thirty! of respectfulness for one another or practised, with our Indigenous I have had the (probably unique) now apparent across most of the and Islander people through the opportunity to travel widely across church. UAICC, and welcomed amongst the Synod on both occasions and We have sought to honour our us many people from many other observe and interact with the denominational heritage, yet are national and cultural origins. church in all the rich and diverse increasingly conscious that there Th ese relationships enrich dimensions of its life and work. are growing numbers of people in our life together as a church and Without doubt, we are older, the Uniting Church for whom this we rejoice in the way they are JOURNEY’S PREDECESSOR presented Journey editor Bruce wiser, and still a pilgrim people! has no personal signifi cance. exercising increasing infl uence and Queensland Uniting Church Mullan with a prized copy of the In many ways we are a very Proposals now to be considered leadership in our midst. newspaper Life and Times paper earlier this year. diff erent church now and the regarding membership by baptism We give thanks to God for the produced a special edition dated We are pleased to reprint four inevitable process of change is and local congregational covenants past 30 years and look forward in for the inauguration of the Uniting fascinating pages as a lift-out in continuing. refl ect a positive response to this faith, hope and love to what the Church in Australia on 22 June this month’s Journey, off ering a contemporary reality. future holds. 1977. glimpse of the excitement in the Killarney Uniting Church Uniting Church 30 years ago. member Mr Ivan Hancock Sign of the Times Journey is published 11 times a year for the Queensland Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. Opinions expressed in Journey do not necessarily refl ect those of the editor or the policies of the Uniting Church. Acceptance of advertising does not imply endorsement; inclusion of advertising material is at the discretion of the publisher. Journey cannot guarantee the publication and/or return of submissions but makes every eff ort to do so if requested. Editor Bruce Mullan Associate editor / advertising Mardi Lumsden Designer Osker Lau Production: Communications Services Unit Printing: Rural Press (QLD) Printing, Ormiston, Circulation 15,500 ISSN: 0817-4466 Closing date for editorial and advertising for July Journey is 8 June Next issue of Journey will be available in churches on Sunday, 1 July Communications Services Unit Uniting Church in Australia Queensland Synod THIS MESSAGE from Th e Gap Uniting Church congregation reminds 60 Bayliss Street Auchenfl ower QLD GPO Box 674 Brisbane QLD 4001 us that church noticeboards don’t always have to “tell” but sometimes can Ph: 07 3377 9910 Email: [email protected] Fax: 07 3377 9796 Web: www.journeyonline.com.au simply say “thanks” to the community. Email your Signs of the Times church signs to [email protected]. 2 Journey, June 2007 www.journeyonline.com.au UnitingCare gears up for a Federal election IN THE lead up to this year’s Federal poll UnitingCare Australia has been busy meeting with politicians said UnitingCare National Director Lyn Hatfi eld- Dodds. “Th e Shadow Minister for Ageing, Disability and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas, met with leaders from our aged care network and had two hours of discussion about all facets of aged care policy and service provision,” she said. Ms Hatfi eld-Dodds has also met UnitingCare National Director Lyn Hatfi eld-Dodds during a press conference. Photo courtesy of UnitingCare with the Minister for Communities Senator Nigel Scullion who “Because the Minister has Workforce Relations, Joe Hockey’s Issues surrounding aff ordable policy on people on low incomes has portfolio responsibility for responsibility for three of the Chief of Staff .
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