COVID-19 and church

Like many churches around the world, our local Uniting Church in Brisbane, Southside Uniting, quickly sought ways to maintain contact and support for our congregation while having to temporarily cease normal worship gatherings. Our website (ssuc.org.au) has links to our Facebook page and both have good information to help people connect with our ministry team. We commenced doing church online on Sunday 22 March 2020, and this will develop over the next few weeks. We  encouraged folk to contact those who may not be internet-savvy and invite them to share in worship in their homes.

Initially we pre-recorded services and scheduled their webcasts at our usual service times using the Church Online platform. This provided for on-line interaction with our team while the webcast is screening. A weekly document with prayer suggestions and supporting activities was emailed a few days ahead as well as being published on our website.

In 2021, as lockdowns ceased, we switched to live-streaming from one of our four centres each Sunday. Current and recent services can be seen at http://livestream.com/ggservices/SSUCliveonSunday

Annual Interfaith activities

20180309_133050.jpgThe Multi-Faith Multicultural Centre in Toowoomba organises or supports many local community events which bring together people from a wide variety of cultural and faith backgrounds. The Centre also stages two significant conferences each year. The last International Interfaith Peace Conference was held in November 2017 and the National Interfaith Peace Conference in March 2018.

To assist the Centre’s  video production team, G G Services video-recorded at both events and the preceding delegate workshops. We will do so again at the 2018 International Conference in early December.

Uniting Church Synod

The Queensland Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia meets every 18 months at a large conference centre on the Sunshine Coast. Representatives from across the State share in worship, fellowship and teaching. Business meetings  receive reports from regions and the many agencies. Matters of policy are debated and officials are elected.

G G Services provided av and video support over 5 full days, including the live streaming of the opening celebration.