Events

PILTON HALL CENTENARY 26 January 2020

On Australia Day, 26 January 2020, Pilton Hall will be 100!

A centenary church service will begin activities at 9am.

All past and present worshippers, including ministers, lay preachers, elders, congregation and ladies fellowship members, Sunday school teachers and pupils, and visitors of the Pilton Uniting Church and the former Pilton Presbyterian Church are cordially invited to attend, as well as anyone who has or had any interest in our Historic Pilton Soldiers Memorial Hall.

At 10am following the service there will be a dedication of a gazebo seat and commemoration plaque in the hall grounds to celebrate 100 years of Christians faithfully serving the Pilton Community. Morning tea will follow.

Other activities of the day will  include a book launch of Shirley Murray’s book of 100 years of the history of Pilton Hall, fashions through the century, children’s games of the oldtime variety, maypole dance, vintage vehicle display and an official program to honour our soldiers commencing at 1.15pm.

Museum viewing, souvenirs, displays and refreshments will be available all day. For more information, see the website or Facebook or contact Eileen on 4697 2136 or Kirstie on 0402 694 225.

The Moreton Rivers Presbytery is holding audit training for Safe Ministry with Children on Wednesday 29 January from 6.30pm at the Moreton Rivers Presbytery Office, 22 Ashgrove Ave, Ashgrove.

The annual congregational audit will be required for the 2020 Synod in Session. We invite you to a ‘fun’ audit training night with Lynde Davy our Safe Church Assurance and Support Officer in the synod.

RSVP to adminsupport@moretonriverspresbytery.org.au

https://www.moretonriverspresbytery.org.au/portfolio/smct-audit-training/

Synod’s annual audit of how Congregations are fulfilling their Safe Ministry With Children obligations will be held early next year. These audits assist in reviewing the child and youth risk management strategy every year to ensure that the Synod is meeting its legislated requirements for working with children.

The purpose of the audit is not catch Congregations out, but to encourage and help them achieve what is required. A strong outcome indicating that Congregations are going well is the aim. To this end, the Synod’s Safe Church Assurance and Support Officer, Lynde Davy, is holding information sessions in the 3 Brisbane Presbyteries, open to all Safe Ministry coordinators, to explain what the audit will ask and how Congregations can review their current practices so they meet the audit standards.