Monthly Archives: June 2012
Perfect Loneliness
Why the perfect life is exhausting and lonely. People congratulate you and admire you. They say all kinds of lovely things about you, but you don’t believe them. In fact, the more they mention your achievements, the more it proves your point: They don’t even know the real you. You’re desperately lonely. Nobody really understands […]
Read MoreHas the Eucharist been redefined?
Does the Roman Catholic Church still hold to Transubstantiation as a doctrine? I attended Midnight Mass at the beautiful St Mary’s Church in Ipswich on Christmas Eve 2011. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and will do it again this year. A couple of things caught my attention, and in my interest as a student of the […]
Why do all the charities have to be run by Christians?
“Why are all the charities run by Christians?” Of course I’m fully aware that it is untrue to say that “all of the charities are run by Christians”! In fact, I was initially at a loss as to how to respond to the question when it was put to me. My friend lives on a […]
Read MoreIpswich Independent Youth Service Inc
Ipswich Independent Youth Service Inc Ipswich Independent Youth Service provides crisis accommodation and support to young people aged 16-21 years old. We have two crisis shelters in the Ipswich region. Location Phone Primary target group Redbank 3381 9880 Males (16-21) primarily Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Ipswich 3812 1199 Males & Females […]
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Jacaranda Clubhouse
Jacaranda Clubhouse PO Box 939 Shop 4/44 East Street Ipswich, Queensland 4305 Australia Director: Nicky Sullivan Phone: 617 328 10344 Fax: 617 381 29407 Email: jacarandaclubhouse@yahoo.com.au Website Address: www.jacarandaclubhouse.com.au Services: Mental health restoration and support Assistance with employment Community Support groups
Read MoreIpswich Housing and Support Services Inc
Ipswich Housing and Support Services Inc Previously Booval Community Service Inc Booval Community Service Inc Emergency relief (assistance with bills/scripts) No Interest Loans Scheme (No Interest Loans up to $800 for whitegoods for Low income earners, approval process) Phone Number (07) 3816 1435 Address 14 South Station Road Booval QLD 4304 Email address admin@ihssi.org.au Services […]
Read MoreDV Connect
Domestic Violence Support Services dvconnect womensline 1800 811 811 Phone line for women, children & young people. 24 hours, 7 days -> MORE INFO dvconnect mensline 1800 600 636 Phone line for men. 9am – midnight, 7 days -> MORE INFO Post: PO Box 10575, Adeaide Street, Brisbane. Q. 4000. Email: mail@dvconnect.org Web: www.dvconnect.org Services Childcare Counselling […]
Read MoreMental Health Carers Arafmi Queensland
Arafmi Mental Health Carers Arafmi Queensland is a uniquely carer-based organisation formed by families who experience the loss, loneliness, stigma and isolation of caring for loved ones with serious mental illness. PO Box 248 New Farm, QLD 4005 Ph: 07 3254 1881 http://arafmiqld.org/
Read MoreIpswich Sexual Health Service
West Moreton Health Service Shop 101 Ipswich Sexual Health Service Ipswich Health Plaza Bell Street Ipswich Ph: 07 3717 2428 http://www.health.qld.gov.au/istaysafe/ Services: Checkups Condoms Communication / Referrals STI Screening Injecting equipment HIV / Hep C Support LGBTI Support
Read MoreLifeline
UnitingCare Lifeline Services 24-hour Crisis Support Line READ MORE Calls to Lifeline’s 24-hour 13 11 14 Crisis Counselling Line come from all over Australia about every possible situation, at any time of the day or night. Ipswich: 07 3816 9600 Financial First Aid Financial Counselling Counselling and Support http://www.uccommunity.org.au/lifeline
Read MoreThe Advocacy and Support Service
TASC 60 South Street Ipswich QLD 4305 Ph: (07) 38 127 000 Fax: (07) 38 127 700 reception@tascinc.org.au http://www.tascinc.org.au/contact-tasc/
Read MoreSalvos Legal
Salvos Legal Salvos Legal Humanitarian – Goodna, QLD Shop 52, 2 Smiths Road GOODNA QLD 4300 Mob. 0408 524 463 Ph. (07) 3437 1700 Fax. (02) 9266 9593 Click to view on map Our opening times: MONDAY 9.00 am – 5.00 pm TUESDAY 9.00 am – 5.00 pm WEDNESDAY 9.00 am – 5.00 pm THURSDAY 9.00 am – 5.00 […]
Read MoreDept Housing QLD Service Centre
Ipswich Housing Service Centre Phone: (07) 3280 1420 1800 636 390 (07) 3280 1778 (maintenance enquiries) 1800 808 107 (After hours emergency maintenance) Fax: (07) 3280 1636 (07) 3280 1634 Postal address: PO Box 263 IPSWICH QLD 4305 Address: Upper Ground Floor, ICON Tower 117 Brisbane Street IPSWICH QLD 4305 Dept Housing Website
Read MoreThe Big Issue
The Big Issue Contact Details: Manager: Cassandra Roland Vendor Support: Sophie Hatch 62 Peel St Sth Brisbane QLD 4101 Phone: (07) 3036 4420 Fax: (07) 3036 4400 Email: brisbane@bigissue.org.au Web: http://www.bigissue.org.au
Read MoreHarvest Rain
Harvest Rain, part of Rivers of Life Contact Details: Christine Muys 150 Brisbane Street Ipswich, 4305 PH: 07 3812 0207 Mob: 0435200558 email: christinemuys@hotmail.com web: http://riversoflife.com/
Read MoreOne Church, Across all Time
If there is “One Church”, and there always has been only one, then surely it’s the same Church…? I stumbled across a wonderful expression of the “One Church” phenomenon in a theological textbook. I gladly receive it and add it to the wonderfully compelling image of “One Church”: we are part of the same church […]
Church Leadership: Could Jesus be right?
What is leadership in the kingdom of God? The question of leadership in church life is a hot one. The Roman Catholic view, which consists of a single hierarchy of authority governing all aspects of church life, culminating in a single figure in the Pope, is profoundly different from the cell-church/home-church model consisting of as […]
Titles: “Who do the crowds say I am?”, “Who do you say I am?”, “I do not accept human testimony”.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet! How important are titles? I am given various titles by various people, but I never ask for them, nor insist on them. I am frequently called, and introduced as, “Pastor Kev”, and I have been referred to […]
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- If it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you – Matt 12:28
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Booval
Visiting Sacred Heart I have attended Mass at the Sacred Heart church in Booval three times, now. For someone who’s church experience is predominantly in Protestant churches, I found a few things to notice with interest. High Church I might start by saying that, although “high church” traditions such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and […]
- June 18, 2012
- / Category Church Group, Commentary
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / 1 Comment.
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