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Deaconess Margaret Henderson – a tribute

December 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Obituraries, Qld Synod

(from Queensland Synod minutes, October 2011) Margaret Mary Henderson was born in Inverell, New South Wales, in 1950. Although Margaret initially wanted to be a policewoman when she left school, she actually obtained work as a bookkeeper for a solicitor, a job which she thoroughly enjoyed. As a young lady she attended the local Methodist […]

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Queensland floods

April 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Qld Synod

After the waters subsided, Kenmore Uniting Church offered their premises as a distribution and sorting centre for flood relief. Congregation members shared their Sunday morning services with ever-growing piles of clothes, small furniture, toys, linen and other needed items. There was also a register of larger items that put people in direct contact with what […]

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