Queensland Churches Together

06/10/2026

QCT is pleased to bring you our latest e-newsletter, featuring Archbishop Shane Mackinlay from the Archdiocese of Brisbane, leading us in prayer, together with:

📰 news from Joint Churches Domestic Violence Prevention Project. Queensland Churches Environmental Network - QCEN and QCT's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Reference Group

🫂 updates on Christian unity from around the world, including the National Council of Churches in Australia and World Council of Churches.

🧺 stories from regional Queensland, including QCT's recent Cairns Assembly at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Parish Cairns, in collaboration with Cairns Churches (with particular thanks to Major Ben Johnson from The Salvation Army Queensland).

🥳 congratulations for some of our member churches on recent events, including the launch of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Social Justice Statement, a major global award to Bishop Daniel Abot from Anglican Church Southern Queensland, 5th Anniversary of St Teklehaimanot Eritrean Orthodox Church on the Gold Coast, Nayrouz (Coptic New Year) at St Mina and St Anthony Coptic Church, Gold Coast

📅 details of lots of upcoming events and much, much more!

We hope you enjoy it! Please feel free to share this link widely throughout your church community and send us stories about what your church/congregation/parish has been up to, for inclusion in our December newsletter!

QCT acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters on which Queensland churches work and worship, whose connections to Country reach back millennia, and we pay respect to Elders past and present, as well as to the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christians whose contribut...

30/09/2026

Day 30 Season of Creation
Prayer by Rev Prebendary Marl Geldard from the Season of Creation Devotional App:
God of love,
we praise you for the magnificence of creation. We marvel at both its grandeur and the intricacies of its smallest microscopic life forms. As we reflect on the creation, help us to take in its true significance. This is your work in which you have invested deeply of yourself. It is the costly outpouring of your creativity. So, we ask you to instill in us a proper reverence for all that you have made - a genuine respect for all environments and all creatures. Lord, we are in awe of the formidable power of nature, but, in these times, may we also come to comprehend its complex fragility. Amen.
The devotional has a reflection and prayer for each day during Season of Creation. You can download the Season of Creation devotional free of charge through the Apple and Google app stores. Just search for Season of Creation.
Photos by Steve Dorman. To see more submissions of creative works celebrating Season of Creation, go to https://seasonofcreation.qct.org.au/wp

27/09/2026

It's not too late to register for this year's Bishop Michael Putney Memorial Event: "Why Christian Unity matters more than ever."

Come for dinner and a thought-provoking panel discussion:
🎙️ moderated by Rev David Busch (former host of ABC Radio Sunday night Religion program and current minister at Merthyr Road Uniting Church) with panelists:
🙏 Archbishop Shane Mackinlay- Archdiocese of Brisbane
🙏 Peter Anastasiadis (Bishop Bartholomew of Brisbane) - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
🙏 Kym Korbe - UAICC - Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress
🙏 Major Mark Everitt - The Salvation Army Queensland

The late Bishop Michael Putney was a highly respected Australian Roman Catholic Bishop (Townsville) and former President of the National Council of Churches in Australia, who led dialogue between Christian denominations and other faiths.

Please join us in marking this special event - to honour his legacy while looking to the future - by following the registration links below

25/09/2026

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25/09/2026

24/09/2026

It's not too late to register for this year's Bishop Michael Putney Memorial Event: "Why Christian Unity matters more than ever."

Come for dinner and a thought-provoking panel discussion:
🎙️ moderated by Rev David Busch (former host of ABC Radio Sunday night Religion program and current minister at Merthyr Road Uniting Church) with panellists:
🙏Archbishop Shane Mackinlay - Archdiocese of Brisbane
🙏Peter Anastasiadis (Bishop Bartholomew of Brisbane) - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
🙏 Kym Korbe - Uniting Church Queensland and UAICC - Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress
🙏 Major Mark Everitt - The Salvation Army Queensland

The late Bishop Michael Putney was a highly respected Australian Roman Catholic Bishop (Townsville) and former President of the National Council of Churches in Australia, who led dialogue between Christian denominations and other faiths.

Please join us in marking this special event - to honour his legacy while looking to the future - by following the registration links below.

22/09/2026

Day 22 Season of Creation
Poem by Bryce Davies from the Season of Creation Devotional App:
In a garden,
God orchestrates a symphony of life
-a kaleidoscope of colours,
a chorus of diverse creatures.
Each leaf, each creature, harmonises
in a dance of interconnected beauty.
The refreshing rain fuels vitality,
creating a sanctuary where
life's intricate threads weave together,
all playing their part
in God's amazing creative plan,
to form a vibrant tapestry
of beauty and biodiversity.
The devotional has a reflection and prayer for each day during Season of Creation. You can download the Season of Creation devotional free of charge through the Apple and Google app stores. Just search for Season of Creation.
Photo Dragonfly by Jovita Gilmore, Flower and Lorikeet by Jessica Shaw. To see more submissions of creative works celebrating Season of Creation, go to https://seasonofcreation.qct.org.au/wp

20/09/2026

QCT is pleased to share news of this year's Bishop Michael Putney Memorial Event: "Why Christian Unity matters more than ever."

We're very excited that Rev David Busch (Merthyr Road Uniting Church) will be moderating a panel discussion on this topic, involving:
🙏Archbishop Shane Mackinlay - Archdiocese of Brisbane
🙏Peter Anastasiadis (Bishop Bartholomew of Brisbane) - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
🙏 Kym Korbe - Uniting Church Queensland and UAICC - Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress
🙏 Major Mark Everitt - The Salvation Army Queensland

An Australian Roman Catholic Bishop (Townsville), the late Bishop Michael Putney was also a highly respected leader in reaching out to other Christian denominations, including in the role of President with the National Council of Churches in Australia, and promoter of interfaith dialogue.

Please join us in marking this special event - to honour his legacy while looking to the future - by following the registration links below.

18/09/2026

Day 18 Season of Creation
Extract of a poem by Alison Ayre Collins from the Season of Creation Devotional App:
Nothing satisfies by itself
But only when Jesus is at the centre of all
When his love lights up the darkest, grotty place
The ugly becomes beautiful
The pain finds joy
The selfish heart begins to love and becomes connected
the loneliness becomes Spirit filled
and all his gifts are a river
flowing from the place where He dwells
and where His throne is my centre
then life becomes worship.
The devotional has a reflection and prayer for each day during Season of Creation. You can download the Season of Creation devotional free of charge through the Apple and Google app stores. Just search for Season of Creation.
Photos by Naomi Barber. To see more submissions of creative works celebrating Season of Creation, go to https://seasonofcreation.qct.org.au/wp

17/09/2026

Missed the Cairns Assembly?
You can now watch both the prayer service and the guest speaker, Simon Smart, online via YouTube.
Simon Smart is Executive Director of the Centre for Public Christianity. At the QCT Assembly in Cairns he shared his insights on “Communicating Christian Faith in a Post Christian World”.
Guest speaker, Simon Smart: https://youtu.be/qHKQCTSxYsk
Prayer Service: https://youtu.be/uLssWgspLu8

Live streaming of an ecumenical prayer service in Cairns, organised...