Receiver’s Circular to PCQ Members

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      13 May 2021 Circular to Members of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland Community (Members) As you may be aware or have seen today’s news that the Presbyterian Church of Queensland (PCQ) has been placed in receivership by the Supreme Court of Queensland (Court). Late in the evening of 12 May 2021, Michael […]

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Moderator’s Call to Prayer

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                                                                                                                                               14 May 2021 Dear PCQ Church Family, The news that it became necessary to ask the Supreme Court of Qld to place our denomination’s legal entity, the PCQ Letters Patent, into Receivership was issued earlier this week. Psalm 46 reminds us that God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times […]

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PCQ Media Statement on Receivership

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MEDIA STATEMENT 12 May 2021 Presbyterian Church of Queensland applies to appoint Receivers The Presbyterian Church of Queensland (PCQ) today announced that it had applied to the Queensland Supreme Court to place its legal entity – PCQ Letters Patent Entity (PCQ LPE) – into receivership. The move was made necessary by the imminent expiry of […]

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PCQ Applies for Receivership

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Dear PCQ Congregation Member, It is with heavy hearts we write to inform you, that the Commission of Assembly has instructed the Letter Patent Officers (Moderator, Clerk and Treasurer) of the PCQ to apply to the Queensland Supreme Court to have the Letters Patent Entity of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland placed in receivership and […]

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Moderator re PresCare

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Dear Brothers & Sisters at BPPC, As you are aware, last year the Assembly announced the intention of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland (PCQ) to withdraw from residential aged care and offer the facilities for sale to suitable alternative providers. The formal sale process for the facilities is now nearing completion and the Commission of […]

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An Anxious World – What Next?

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THE GINGER FACTORY (GINGER: a hot spicy root used in cooking and medicine; mettle, spirit, stimulation)   A regular column to promote BIBLICAL  thinking on  current issues of concern to Christians MAY 2021   The sensationalist reporting of the Covid 19 Pandemic has bred a degree of anxiety, especially in older people, which has left […]

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PCQ – Reflection, Repentance and Meditation

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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,At the recent PCQ Special Assemblies held in December 2020 and March 2021, it was the desire of the Assembly that the Church be led in a time of reflection and meditation. We encourage you, as a congregation and as individuals, to spend time confessing sin before God and being […]

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E.Timor – Disaster Relief Appeal

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Timor Leste – Cyclone Seroja Hits… Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On Saturday 5th April, Cyclone Seroja struck Timor Leste, one of Australia’s closest neighbours. This resulted in major flooding and landslides which caused damage to property and in some cases the loss of homes. We have a very close relationship with our brothers […]

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  Dear Friends Flooding in Dili Over the Easter weekend, there has been torrential rain in Timor and particularly in Timor’s capital city, Dili, and surrounding areas. On Easter Sunday morning, people living in Dili woke to disastrous flooding conditions. The country has already been under the strain of rapidly rising covid cases and now […]

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Commission of Assembly Communique re PCQ Review-1.2.21

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At the PCQ Assembly in 2020, a review of the current ministry of the PCQ was approved. The review is to take place in the first half of 2021 with a report being presented to the Assembly in June 2021. The scope of the review was shaped by a Think Tank of ministers that met […]

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