YA Camp 2017 was an amazing weekend. I must admit to being somewhat emotional this year as this was to be my last YA Camp as director after five fantastic years. It started as a desire to see young adults…
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Help, I have to launch a Youth Group!
When I arrived in Childers, I found myself asked to take on the Youth ministry. Like many small country towns, the fellowship suffered from an ageing congregation and Young Adults moving away to the big cities. The previous youth team…
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Surrender – Prayer
As I think of prayer & surrender two pictures come to mind, the Stone Mason and the Potter. Have you ever watched a stone mason turn a stone block into a work of art? It is a process of careful…
Posted in A Word from Rev Rex, Sth Qld District
Ministry to Men
Or did I mean Men’s Ministry? Simple semantics, but with a big impact. Men’s Ministry being a ministry for men, or Ministry to Men being a ministry focused on Men. It’s a little thing, but it certainly impacted the way I have thought about…
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Congratulations Robin Gallen
Congratulations to Logan Wesleyan Methodist Church member Robin Gallen who received the Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day honours list. Robin Louise Gallen OAM (née Bates/Mitchell). For service to community health. “Thank you to my family and friends…
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GO Maryborough: South Queensland District Conference 2016
From Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th September around 180 people from all over South Queensland District of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia met together at LifeChurch Maryborough for the 2016 Conference. The conference focused on the theme ‘GO’ introduced…
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Connecting in Community
Have you ever considered some of the statements that people have made about the future? In 1899 Charles H. Duell the U.S. Commissioner of Patents was quoted as saying, “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” What about Thomas…
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Introducing – Pastor Ken & Janette Rutherford
Greetings to you all. My name is Ken Rutherford, I am the Pastor of Kilcoy Wesleyan Methodist Church. Kilcoy is about an hour and half drive North West of Brisbane, (not in peak hour) Kilcoy is at the north end…
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Sth Qld District Conference Report 2015
Conference 2014’s initiative from our National Superintendent to merge a number of conferences together in Sydney, become reality in 2015. For many this gathering of Wesleyans for some District Conferences, a National Conference, National Wesleyan Women’s Conference along with the South…
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Created in His Image
On May 30th around 70 women gathered at Hills Church for Women Alive! 2015. Theme for the day was “Created in His Image”. Our devotional speaker, Kerri-Anne Dooley touched and inspired us as she shared her story. She told of…
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