Lending a hand to Aussie farmers

Drought and farmers in need have been getting a lot of publicity of recent times and Australia is being asked to spare some dollars to help our struggling primary producers.

One organisation that is doing that though isn’t asking for a handout, in fact they’re asking you to offer a hand up and they’re doing so by partnering with an agency of the Uniting Church in Australia.

Charles Alder was at Easterfest in Toowoomba earlier this year and he starts by explaining exactly what Buy a Bale is.

Working with Children at the Coalface

Chaplaincy comes in many different shapes and sizes. You can find chaplains in Hospitals, Schools, On Camps, In the Military and even involved in Emergency Services.

One thing that draws all Chaplains together is that each one has their own unique gifts and skills which they bring into their role and above all, they all have different approaches to that ministry.

In Queensland, Scripture Union QLD is the employing body of public school chaplains and this is the story of just one of those. Stephanie Kennedy, the Chaplain of Wellers Hill State School on Brisbane's Southside.


http://www.suqld.org.au/weblog/2014/peek-inside-a-chappy-lunchroom/