Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Queensland Records 1889; 1902-1987 (R 298)

The volume contains the minutes of the monthly meetings of the Social Service League and the Industrial Committee of the Methodist Church of Australasia for the period from April 30th, 1925, to September 1943 (signed off on 27th January 1943).

Includes the Industrial Committee's report to the Synod of 1942.  Newsclippings are stuck into the back pages concerning the 1942 Conference, comments by Rev. E.G. Walker as well as articles on British social reform circa 1941.

The volume contains the minutes of the monthly meetings of the  Committee of Management, St. Stephen's, Maryborough for the period from 18th June 1925 through to and including 7th December 1966.

Typed financial statements are stuck throughout the volume; the minutes are both handwritten and later typed and stuck into the volume.

The volume contains the minutes of the monthly, special and annual meetings of the St Stephen's Presbyterian Church (Maryborough) Committee of Management from 9th February 1905 and last recorded for October 1919.

The volume also has an excerpt from the Annual report year ending 31-3-1889, which is from the Committee and concerns the information given at that meeting by Mr William Walker with reference to the Church Property in section 88 as well as a copy of the State Accident Insurance Office Workers' Compensation Policy, copies of letters notifying of donations to the Church from various benefactors and deceased estates are stuck into the front of the volume and newspaper clippings featuring the activities of the Committee, dating mostly from 1889-1905, are found throughout.

Copies of the Annual reports of the St Stephen's Presbyterian Church (Maryborough) are affixed throughout the volume with the earliest being for the 38th for year ending January 1st 1905, and the latest found from 46th for year ending December 1912.  Each Annual report contains an official report of this, and other, Committees.

The volume contains the minutes of the regular meeting of the Trustees from the 6th December 1887 to the 15th May 1896 and includes lists of Trustees per year. 

The volume contains minutes of the monthly meetings of the Valley Methodist W. C. [Women's Church] Help Society, known later as the Ladies Church Help Society of the Valley Methodist Mission, and the Ladies Society from April 1934-May 1944.

The volume also contains a typed letter in the form of a poem by Laura Chesters entitled The Valley Church Aid and a statement of net income from the September 1939 Butterfly Fete tipped in; copies of handwritten and typed Annual reports of the Ladies Church Help Society of the Valley Methodist Mission (1938-39, 1940, 1942, 1943 and 1944/45) ; includes lists of names and addresses.  The date of the last Annual meeting is 1945, which are the last minutes in the volume.

The volume contains handwritten minutes of monthly and annual meetings of the Forest Hill Methodist Women's Guild [F.H.L.C.H.S.] of the Forest Hill Methodist Church, from 22nd March 1950, through to and including the 10th October 1951. 

The volume contains handwritten minutes of the annual and monthly meetings of the Women's Guild [sometimes known as the Ladies Guild] from April 3rd 1952 to 9th April 1952.  The last page of the volume has a typed extract taken from Appendix F of the Minutes of the 45th Qld. Annual Conference of the Methodist Church held February 1946: 'Parsonages and Furniture'.

The final minutes of October are of the Laidley Methodist Ladies Guild.

The volume contains handwritten minutes of annual, special, executive and monthly meetings of the variously named F.H.M.L.C.H.S. [ie Flower Hill] or Laidley Circuit Methodist Women's Federation from 28th August 1958 to 11th April 1963.

The contents concern welcoming committee membership, catering, cooking for fetes and garden parties.

The volume contains handwritten minutes of monthly and annual meetings of the Ladies Church Help Meetings, Fortitude Valley, from 24th August 1955 to 27th September 1961.

There is also a typed Director's report dated February 7th 1962, and signed by J. Tainton, Director, tipped in which reports on:

• the Methodist Children's Homes (Cottage homes and Margaret Marr home),
• 'our children' reporting on successful education examination results,
• our properties (buildings and grounds at Bardon, Aspley and Margaret Marr home),
• Gifts (gifts of food, clothing, Christmas gifts, blankets sheets etc carried for free by Queensland Railways),
• Toombul homes (2 homes "Moore" and "Stewart" almost complete),
• Officials (change of address of the Director and the new business manager).

Several annual reports are tipped in the volume as well as reports and financial statements of the "Friends of the Children" dated 1961.

The volume contains the minutes of the meetings of the Laidley Court of the Southern Cross (Methodist Order of Knights, Laidley No.75), held at Court of the Southern Cross, from 6th November 1936 to 3rd July 1956.

The minutes include reports on Sports Jousts, the Laidley Show, working at fetes.  Most meetings close with the mizpah benediction. From the minutes of the 26th February 1937 the Court was identified as No. 75.

The volume contains the minutes of meetings of the Laidley Methodist Order of Knights, held at Court of the Southern Cross, from the 9th June 1930 to the 21st August 1936.

The volume begins with the minutes of a 'special' meeting held on 6th June [1930] and called by Rev. H.J. Potter to decide upon the formation of the Methodists Girls Comradeship and the Methodist Order of Knights. Regalia of both Comrades and the Order of Knights was shown and explained by Rev. Bath.  It was decided to form a Court.

The following months meetings were concerned with the installation and Initiation ceremonies for the Court No. 75.  This ceremony took place and installation of members is reported in the Minutes of the meeting held July 5th 1930.  From this date onwards in this volume the Minutes are those of the Court, and from the regular meeting held on 14th July 1933 the Court is called the Court of the Southern Cross, No. 75. Methodist Order of Knights.

The volume contains the minutes of the quarterly meetings of the Laidley Methodist Circuit from the 12th October 1936 to the 11th October 1957.

The volume also contains:

• a copy of  'Circuit Notes' cut out and stuck in the back cover and pages.  These date from 1942 and are accompanied by newspaper cuttings from 1942 and 1944, with the November 14th 1942 cutting titled 60 Anniversary Celebrations Laidley Methodist Church,
• Tipped into the back of the volume are copies of Laidley Circuit - Plan of Services covering November 1956-January 1957 and another covering August to October 1957.  These also give information on the Leaders and Quarterly Meetings and include financial information, names of preachers, visitors from other Circuits and helpers.  Also included is a typed letter/Memorandum to Circuit Stewards from the Methodist Connexional Offices, Epworth House Brisbane on Methodist Church of Australasia - Queensland Conference' letterhead and dated 26th March 1952
• Two hand written letters of condolence are also tipped in, one to the memory of Mr W.S. Brimblecombe who was "instrumental in the establishment of the Forest Hill Methodist Church and gave it 41 years of service" and one to Mr Charles Squire, 'in connection with Thornton as Trustee and Officer and with Laidley.'
• An undated copy of a pamphlet from the Department of Evangelism and Christian Social Order is also included.

The volume contains the minutes of the meetings of the South Brisbane Synod from 1944 through to the Synod report of late 1956, signed off in 1957.

They are handwritten, are in the form of Questions and Answers and contain Property and other Reports stuck into the volume throughout.  During this time, there are also reports by the Young People’s Department and other reports presented from other groups of the Methodist Church of Australasia, Queensland Conference, to the Conference.

The volume contains the minutes of the meetings of the Home Mission Advisory Committee (later called Home Mission Committee) of the Methodist Church of Australasia, Queensland Conference, from September 1931 to February 1944.

The volume contains the minutes of the meetings of the Advisory Committee of the Connexional Expenses Committee and the Advisory Committee of the Connexional Expenses and Children’s Fund Committees of the Methodist Church of Australasia, Queensland Conference, from July 1923 and up to and including June 1938.

The Advisory Committee is also referred to as just the Connexional Expenses Committee.  In the front of the volume is a copy of a typed ‘Circular’ dated September 1929 to Members of the Executive Committee of the Queensland Methodist Conference concerning the need to appoint a Committee to ‘consider matters connected with the Office of the Connexional Secretaries as to whether some economies can be affected in the Overhead expenses of Departmental Offices’.

There is also a report concerning the North Rockhampton Circuit’s property.

The volume contains typed minutes of the meetings of the Loan Fund & Property Advisory Committee of the Albert Street Church, for the period August 1927-December 1937.  Spine title of bound volume has the name slightly different: Minutes of the Property & Loan Fund Committee.

Some minutes in 1928 state that the Minutes are of the meeting of the Property Committee held in the Albert Street Church.  Loan Fund applications (ie lists of monies spent) are stuck in throughout the volume.

The volume contains typed minutes of the  meetings of the Loan Fund & Property Advisory Committee, Albert Street Church, for the period from January 1938 to December 1948.  Spine title of bound volume has the name slightly different: Minutes of the Property & Loan Fund Committee. 

In January and February 1938, the minutes are of the Property Department of Executive Committee ; from March 1938 they are of the Property Advisory Committee.

Minutes of the Property and Loan Fund Committee for the period January 1949 through to, and including, March 1955

The volume contains typed minutes of the meetings of the Property & Loan Fund Committee for the period from the 15th January 1949 to the 30th March 1955.  From December 1949 up to and including the meetings of 27th August, 1951, the name of the Committee alters slightly to Property Committee, with meetings taking place at Epworth House. (Epworth House was the headquarters of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, on the cnr of Albert Street and Burnett Lane, Brisbane City).

Included are the minutes of a special meeting on the 16th June 1953: ...meeting of the Committee appointed to give consideration to the use of the site at Nundah Walkers Way usually known as Zion's Hill.

The volume contains typed minutes of the meetings of the Property Committee, for the period from 4th May 1955 to 5th December 1957.  Spine title of bound volume has the name slightly different: Minutes of the Property & Loan Fund Committee.

The Committee name changes through this period: in July 1955 it is known as the Property and Loan Fund Committee; from February 1957 it is known as the Property and Loan Fund Committee; from May 1957 it is known as the Property and Finance Committee; from October 1957 it is known as the Finance, Property and Loan Fund Committee.

Throughout the volume there are minutes of meetings of combined Committees (from August to November 1956 the meeting is of the combined Property and Finance Committees and on 19th November 1956 the combined meeting is of the Property and Loan Fund and Finance Committees). 

Included in the volume are:

• a letter to the Rev. Cyril A Read c/ Methodist Church Offices from Morris Fletcher & Cross (solicitors) dated 9th September 1955 concerning erosion issues at the Wynnum property;
• a letter from Morris, Fletcher and Cross re Parsonage Trusts dated 20th December 1955;
• a summary of a meeting with the Minister of the Southport Circuit which took place on the 13th December [1955] concerning a gift of land and correspondence concerning it;
• a letter to the Secretary, Queensland Council of Churches from Morris, Fletcher and Cross, dated 6th January 1956 concerning matters concerning copyright.

Most meetings are held in Epworth House but several take place in Wesley House.

The volume contains typed minutes of meetings of the Property, Loan Fund and Finance Committee, for the period January 1958-December 1960. The name of the Committee changes throughout this period and the volume includes minutes of meetings of combined Committees.

The committee's name changes throughout the volume: in January 1958 it is Property, Loan Fund and Finance Committee and then from February 1958 it is known as the Finance and Property Committee or Property and Finance Committee ; then at the combined meeting in October 1960 the name is Finance, Property and Loan Fund Committees.

The volume contains the minutes of the Queensland Conference Committee regarding Methodist Times:  Cover title: “Minutes of meetings of Committee appointed by the Conference to consider the affairs of “The Methodist Times” and Minutes of meetings of sub-committee appointed by the above Committee”. 

Includes typed ‘Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1943’ of the “Queensland Methodist Times”.  Title page title: “The volume contains the minutes of the proceedings of the Joint Committee of the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches on Co-operation in Home Mission Work, Brisbane Queensland 1917” : from 26th October 1917 to the 23rd August 1920, and includes copies of letters, on Presbyterian Church of Australia, State of Queensland letterhead, from George Ewan convener per Home Mission Committee to the Acting Secretary Joint Committee Methodist Book Depot, Brisbane from 1920 (and their reply) tipped in. 

From circa 1934 the Committee’s name changed to the Methodist Times Committee, with typed minutes stuck in from 8th May 1934 to the 21st of March 1945, Methodist Times and Sub-Committee.

Also includes minutes of the Joint Presbyterian & Methodist Committee regarding co-operation in Home Mission work.

The volume contains the minutes of the monthly meetings of the Church Help Society, Manly, from the 5th June 1913 to the 6th March 1930.  Minutes are handwritten throughout.

The name of the Society varies over time from Church Help Society to Ladies Church Help Society and occasionally Manly Methodist Ladies Church Aid Society (in September 1918) to finally Church Help Society (in September 1926) with the last monthly meeting minutes for 6th March 1930.

There is also some Annual meeting minutes recorded (eg. 1929).

The volume contains the minutes of the monthly meetings of the Manly Ladies Church Help Society, also known as the Ladies Church Help (Manly), for the period from the 3rd April 1930 to the 7th February 1946.  There are also some Annual meeting minutes recorded (eg. 1930).

The volume contains the minutes of the meetings of the Manly Methodist Ladies Guild (annual meeting) 4th June 1959 followed by the regular meetings of the Guild from the 4th June 1959 to the 3rd November 1966.

A second volume covers from the 2nd February 1967 to the 3rd June 1975, with the minutes of the annual meeting held 1st July 1975 completing the volume.

The volume contains the minutes of one meeting of the Parsonage Property Board, Wynnum Circuit, held in the Manly Church dated 1972.  Rest of the volume is empty.

The volume contains the minutes of the meetings of the Manly Methodist Girls' Guild (annual meeting) 22nd February 1932 followed by the regular, weekly meetings of the Guild from the 25th February [1932] to the final meeting held on the 6th September 1933.  The rest of the volume is empty.

The volume contains the minutes of the meetings of the Manly Methodist Comrades from the 4th June 1964 to 7th April [1967], notes are recorded til 11th August but were not the formal minutes of a meeting.  Most of the volume is empty.

The volume contains minutes of the Leaders' Meetings.

The Meeting’s name varied over time:  simply known as Leaders' Meetings held at Wynnum (from April [1938] to February 1940) then known as Manly Leaders’ Meetings (from 14/09/1944-2/08/1950) then Manly, Lota and Springs Churches’ Leaders’ Meetings (from 14/01/1952-08/04/1954).

These minutes are written on 28 loose pages, rather than in a bound volume, and they record the minutes of the meetings of the Manly and Lota Guilds beginning with the 5th August 1975 to the final meeting of the Manly Lota Methodist Ladies Guild on the 7th June 1977. 

There is a last note in the minutes: “as the Methodist[s] are uniting [on the] 23rd June with the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches this will be our last meeting as a Methodist Guild we will now be known as the Bayside Uniting Church Parish Ladies Fellowship Manly”.

The volume contains the minutes of meetings of the Methodist Church of Australasia's Parsonage Trustees, from February 1914 to February 1962. 

The volume begins with a report and the annual report of Lindum Methodist Sunday School (Feb 14th,1914-March 14th, 1915).  The volume has a title page stating: Charles Salway, Secretary Lindum Sunday School 7.2.1914.

Tipped into the front of the volume is a newspaper article from Waterloo Bay Leader dated Friday August 8, 1941, calling for tenders for the painting and repair of the Methodist Parsonage in Kingsley Terrace (Manly).  Other letters and instructions are bundled with this clipping and are relevant to this event. The minutes are all concerning the Wynnum Circuit and date from 1922-1962. Most of the volume is empty.

Five volumes contain the minutes of the Ladies Guild, Lota Church (Methodist Church of Australasia), for the period from 1944-1948; 1951-1963.

The first volume of minutes has the statement: 'after a lapse of many years' the Ladies Guild at Lota has restarted.  The 'Foundation' monthly meeting was held on the 15th of June 1944.

• Vol.1 = from the 15th of June 1944 up to and including the 20th of May 1948
• Vol. 2 = from the 16th of May 1951 up to and including the 17th June 1953
• Vol. 3 = from the 15th of July 1953 up to and including the 18th May 1955
• Vol. 4 = from the 15th of June 1955 up to and including September 1958
• Vol. 5 = from the 1st of October 1958 up to and including the 6th August 1963

Lists of members, names and addresses are written in the last pages of each volume, volume 4 has letters and receipts in an envelope tipped into it, some volumes have newspaper clippings featuring the Guild stuck in.

The volume contains the minutes of the Methodist Church of Australasia's Sunday School, Lota Church, for the period from 1953 to 1968.

The volume contains the minutes of the Church Help Society, Manly West, for the period from 1957 up to and including 1967.

The papers consist of documents relevant to the preparation for the Seventh Synod in 1983:

• Six (6) letters from the Secretary of the Synod (1984), Duncan Harrison, on behalf of the Synod Arrangements Committee, to retiring Reverends, acknowledging their intentions, respecting their service and inviting them to a dinner in their honor on the 10th October 1984: Rev. N.R. (Nevin) Stoddart, Rev. C.S. (Cedric) Duffie, Rev M.L. (Myron) Cheney, Rev. L.J (Les) Tilse, Rev. A.K. (Tony) Telgenhof, all dated 20th September 1984. There is a thank you letter (accompanied by the original to which it is the reply), from Rev. Cedric and Mrs Florence Duffie to Duncan Harrison.  There is also a letter on Uniting Church in Australia, South Moreton Presbytery letterhead from C.W.K. Stewart, Secretary UCA Queensland Synod to Duncan [Harrison] concerning the attendees to be honoured at the dinner.
• A collection of biographical and historical information supplied to Duncan [Harrison] on various Church leaders, specifically:
  • Oliver James Brandon (2 different documents) (these documents are accompanied by Duncan Harrison’s original letter requesting the supply of information on the ministry of Rev. Oliver Brandon),
  • Leslie John Ballinger (signed Rev. W.E. Gregory);
  • Rev. Anthony Klazes Telgenhof (unsigned);
  • Reverend Nevin Ronald Stoddart (these 2 documents are accompanied by Duncan Harrison’s thank you letter to Rev. Keith (C.W.K.) Stewart for the information supplied);
  • Rev. Rex Smith (this document is accompanied by Duncan Harrison’s original letter to Rev. T.T. Scarlett (Mansfield));
  • Reverend Myron Leonard Cheney (unsigned);
  • Rev. S.E. (Samuel Eric) McKay (this document is accompanied by Duncan Harrison’s original letter to Rev. D.G. (Doug) McKenzie asking him to supply a ‘Memorial Minute’ on the ministry of Rev. Samuel E McKay for presentation at the 1984 Synod).
  • There is a 1 page document as well as 3 page document), Reverend Ronald Wesley Wallace (this document is accompanied by a letter to Duncan [Harrison], on letterhead of the Uniting Church in Australia, Presbytery of West Moreton, enclosing the material prepared in regard to Ron Wallace’s retirement and offering Duncan the opportunity to edit or amend it),
  • a letter and reply to Rev. R. W. Elvery concerning the preparation of a Minute of Appreciation of the Ministry of the Rev. Cedric Duffie on the occasion of his retirement);
  • Rev. Ron Wallace, a letter to Mrs Faye Wright from Duncan Harrison requesting information for a Minute of Appreciation for the Ministry of Rev. Ron Wallace and a copy of the information supplied as well as a letter, on Uniting Church in Australia, Presbytery of West Moreton, acknowledging the receipt of the information;
  • Rev. L.J. Tilse, a letter to the Secretary, Queensland Synod ([Duncan Harrison]), on the Uniting Church in Australia Presbytery of North Brisbane letterhead,  informing them that the enclosed information was presented,  at their meeting on 6th August 1984, a Minute of Appreciation for the ministry of the Rev. L.J  (Leslie John) Tilse upon his retirement due to ill health.  This document was written by Rev. B. Dangerfield for inclusion in the records of the Synod. 
  • There is also a letter by Duncan Harrison for which no corresponding biographical information is included: Rev. Joe Evans-the letter was sent to Mrs Shirley Bowen, Secretary, Presbytery of Brisbane at Corinda).

The papers consist of documents relevant to the preparation for the Eighth (8th) Synod in 1984, including correspondence, hand written notes, minutes and many records of discussions all tied to the 8th Synod held on the 5th-12th October 1984 in Brisbane.

Rev. Duncan Harrison was Secretary of the Synod and convener of the Synod Arrangements Committee, and therefore the main correspondent/recipient of correspondence.

While much of the correspondence and meetings were held to do with the practicalities of organizing such a large event, there were other more specific discussions on topics such as Aboriginal people, the Liturgy (from the Assembly Commission on Liturgy), ie the wording of the Lord’s Prayer, restructuring Synods after that of 1983 (from Rev. Doug McKenzie), mental health (a letter from the group GROW) and a newspaper article accompanied by letters concerning homosexuals serving in the Church.

The papers consist of documents relevant to the preparation for the Eighth (8th) Synod in 1984, including: nomination forms, profiles of nominees, and correspondence concerning the 1984 Synod.  Nominations were requested for Committee, Board, or Commission members ahead of the 1984 and 1985 Synods. 

There is also a document giving the profiles of nominees for the 7th Synod in October 1983 (listed are the Presbytery nominations (8) and separately the nominations from Synod in Session-Ministers (16)). A list of 12 names being the Ballot for Board of Parish Services (7th Synod) and accompanying profiles page.  A list of names being the Ballot for Moderator-Elect (7th Synod) to take office at the 1st session of the 8th Synod, accompanied by a profiles page. 34 Nomination forms from the 8th Synod for Representatives to Fourth Assembly in May 1985.  Thirty-two (32) Nomination forms from the 8th Synod for the Council of Synod (Standing Committee).  Nomination forms from the 8th Synod for Mission and Parish Services (1) and (2) Nomination forms from the 8th Synod for Education and Communication.

A letter from Secretary Department of Mission and Parish Services to the 8th Synod Secretary (Duncan Harrison) nominating 2 nominees to the Committee on Doctrine and Liturgy.  Two (2) Nomination forms for the 8th Synod 1984 nominating for position of Moderator-Elect for the 9th Synod 1985. Two (2) Nomination forms, accompanied by two (2) letters from the Presbytery of North Brisbane for the position of Moderator-Elect for the 9th Synod 1985. Two (2) letters, one from the Presbytery of North Queensland and one from the South Moreton Presbytery nominating their representatives for the Committee on Doctrine and Liturgy for the 8th Synod. One (1) letter from the South Moreton Presbytery nominating for position of Moderator-Elect for the 8th Synod. Two (2) Nomination forms from Parish of Moorooka, nominating for position of Moderator-Elect for the 8th Synod.  A profile accompanies the forms for 1 of the nominees.  Three (3) letters nominating representatives:

1. from the Brisbane Presbytery for the Council of Synod and for a position on the Synod Arrangements Committee,
2. from the Presbytery of North Brisbane nominating representatives to the Stipends Commission, Council of Synod and Synod Committee on Doctrine and Liturgy, and
3. from Presbytery of West Moreton Brisbane nominating representatives to the Council of Synod and the J.P.S.A.C. Unrelated to the Synod is a profile (ie a CV) for the position of Senior Lecturer, Alcorn College.

The papers consist of documents relevant to the preparation of the Nineth (9th) Synod held in Brisbane in 1984 including:

• correspondence,
• hand written notes
• agendas and minutes of meetings of the Synod of 1984 Arrangements Committee, Secretary of Synod Rev. Duncan Harrison, and outlining the many aspects and preparations for the 1984 Synod, held in Brisbane, specifically:

1. the agendas and some corresponding Minutes of the Meetings, of the Synod Arrangements Committee from 23rd March 1981 to 6th September 1982.  Agendas only for May-July 1982 which includes a list on inward and outward correspondence and matters for report or decision;
2. a 4 page document entitled ‘The Order of the Synod Business and Meetings’ covering 8th October 1982-15th October 1982.

The papers consist of correspondence, handwritten notes and minutes of meetings of the Synod Arrangements Committee, Secretary of Synod Rev. Doug F Kirkup, and outlining the many aspects and preparations for the [Sixth] 1982 Synod, held in Brisbane.  There is also a memorandum from the Secretary of Synod regarding the arrangements for the 1980 Synod', dated 19th August 1980, to Mr Murray Guy.

The papers consist of correspondence, handwritten notes and minutes of meetings of the Synod of 1983 Arrangements Committee, Secretary of Synod Rev. Duncan Harrison, and outlining the many aspects and preparations for the [Seventh] 1983 Synod, held in Brisbane.

The papers consist of correspondence, handwritten notes and minutes of meetings of the Synod of 1983 Arrangements Committee, Secretary of Synod Rev. Duncan Harrison, and outlining the many aspects and preparations for the [Seventh] 1983 Synod, held in Brisbane.

The papers consist of documents relevant to the preparation for the Sixth Synod in 1982, including:

• Minutes of the Synod Arrangements Committee for the Sixth Synod in 1982.  Two sets of minutes only of the Committee dated the 17th May and 19th July 1982;
• correspondence reported on includes Festival '82 and Synod Celebration, the visit of Rev. Julio R. Sabanes from Argentina (and the prospect of him addressing the Synod), the Queensland Book Depot, discussion concerning the Sacrament of Holy Communion being held/taken 3 times at the Synod and discussion on what electives were wanted for the Synod etc.

The papers consist of documents relevant to the preparation for the Seventh Synod in 1983, including Agendas and Minutes of the meetings of the Synod Arrangements Committee, dating from 18th April to 5th September 1983 concerning preparations for the Seventh Synod in 1983. 

The April agenda lists an extensive list of correspondence received from, and to, the Committee and Secretary concerning the activities for the 1983 Synod, including:

• time for the Queensland Secretary of the Bible Society of Australia to report to the Synod,
• a display from the Wesley Hospital, the Presbytery of North Queensland,
• letters from Rev. R.G. Evans on issues of business and reporting decisions of/at the Synod,
• letters from Rev. Peter Horsfield on a variety of procedural matters,
• letters from Rev. D.B. Gulley on a variety of similar matters. 

The last set of minutes here report on a variety of business arising matters including Synod electives, moderator’s rooms, hospitality and transportation, the progress of and status of the Synod Celebration, Synod dinners, programmes on evenings during the Synod Bible studies and the opening and closing services.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, between the years 1981 through, and including 1987. Included are:

• miscellaneous papers,
• correspondence,
• minutes etc.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, between the years 1981 through, and including 1982. Included are:

• miscellaneous papers,
• correspondence,
• minutes etc.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, between the years 1979 through, and including 1982. Included are:

• miscellaneous papers,
• correspondence,
• minutes etc.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, between the years 1980 through, and including 1981. Included are:

• miscellaneous papers,
• correspondence,
• minutes etc.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, between the years 1980 through, and including 1981. Included are:

• miscellaneous papers,
• correspondence,
• minutes etc.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, in the year of 1981. Included are:

• miscellaneous papers,
• correspondence,
• minutes etc.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, in the year of 1982. Included are:

• miscellaneous papers,
• correspondence,
• minutes etc.

Correspondence, from 1981, of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team Task Group on priorities.

The title of the report, as printed on the cover of the 24-page spiral bound document is: "Management Profile for a Church with a Mission"

It was the Report of the Management Working Group, appointed by the Fourth Synod to the Secretary of Synod for the Presbyteries-Synod Co-Ordinating Team.  Members of the Working Group:  H.G. Dawson, R.H. Gough and A. Scurrah.  Dated 25th March. 1981. At the head of the cover title is: The Uniting Church in Australia Queensland Synod.

Tipped into the volume are 2 sets of documents 1) Possible ideas for Uniting Church Questionnaire (V. Webb) and 2) a copy of the Management Consultancy - Questions.

The packet also includes 1 folder containing hand-written notes and other documents used to develop the report.  One document, on Uniting Church in Australia Queensland Synod official letterhead, is a letter template signed and sent by Rev. Alan R. Kidd (Chairman, Presbyteries/Synod Co-Ordinating Team) giving a summary " The 1981 Synod resolved to engage a Management Consultancy to advise on the organisation of Synod Boards...."

Correspondence of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, between 1981 through, and including, 1982.

Miscellaneous papers regarding the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, from 1982.

Miscellaneous papers regarding the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, between 1982 and up to and including, 1983.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, between the years of 1979 through, and including, 1980. Included are:

• minutes and
• reports.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team Task Group, between the years of 1982, through to and including 1985. Included are:

• papers concerning the ministry at Springwood,
• the hospital chaplaincy budget,
• minutes.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, for the year of 1983.  Included are:

• minutes and
• correspondence.

Correspondence of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team, in 1980.

Records of the Synod Presbyterian Coordinating Team regarding office organisation, from 1982.

The lists are for the Churches in the Laidley Circuit:

• Laidley,
• Lake Clarendon,
• Forest Hill,
• Thornton, and 
• Gatton,

and cover the period 1941-1968.

The Roll of Junior Members (Baptised Children’s roll) Junior Membership Lists of Laidley, Lake Clarendon, Forest Hill, Thornton, Gatton. They record lists of names, dates of birth and date of enrolment and an indication of whether a child is baptised.

A small 'warrant card' is tipped in the back that authorises Miss E. Squires, who has been duly appointed to the office to act in the capacity of Assistant Director of the Laidley branch of the Methodist Girls' Comradeship' from The Methodist Church of Australasia Methodist Girls Comradeship Queensland Conference dated 21.2.1958.

One Admission book for registering the attendance of students at the Forest Hill Methodist Sunday School from June 15th 1902-1920.  Recorded are their names, addresses, etc., and the progress of scholars while in the school, with brief Remarks of their subsequent residences, such as if they Left the district etc." 

In front of the volume is 'The Australasian Sunday School Secretary's Register for the year commencing September 1921' with only a half page of entries.

The volume, which has the title: "Sunday School Journal or Minute book of attendance &c" of the Forest Hill Sunday School, covers the years from 1902 through to and including 1910.

Recorded are the numbers of children and teachers only, without names, and commences on the 15th June 1902. 

The Remarks section includes information about who gave an Address and when and who was absent per week, any singing practice, monthly prayer.

A record of Baptisms solemnized in connection with the Methodist Church of Australasia in the Laidley Circuit from September 6th, 1936 to the 13th April 1969.  The cover page wrongly gives the first date as 1937 but the 1st recorded baptism is dated September 6th, 1936. 

Each page has the running title as "A record of Baptisms solemnized in connection with the Methodist Church of Australasia in the Laidley Circuit" whereas the cover page is slightly different: 'Record of Baptisms in the Methodist Church, at Queensland Conference in the Laidley Circuit from 1937 to 19--".

Churches in the Circuit include: Laidley, Lake Clarendon, Forest Hill, Thornton, Helidon.

Membership lists of the Manly Ladies Church Help Society, covering the period from 1913 through, and including 1942.

The volume contains a list of names of members of the Manly Girls' Comrades and their contributions per quarter.

There are numerous pages removed from the volume that date from earlier years (the only legible one is 1913 and the volume has 'Manly Girls Comrades Club' handwritten on verso of front cover (all members are Miss or Mrs.).  Recordings from July-September 1924 to August-September 1933.

The volume, which has the title 'Sunday School Journal for Manly Methodist Sunday School', gives a section outlining the reason for a new title for these Books, from 'Minute Book’ or 'School Record' to Sunday School Journal.  It records numbers present both scholars and teachers, devotional exercises and Remarks, and covers the period from April 1912 to April 1934.

The Schedule book records:

• Annual return of Church Members,
• Annual Returns of Sunday Schools,
• Annual Return of Young People's Societies,
• Names of Stewards,
• Trusts and Trustees,
• Statement of Trust Accounts,
• Contributions to Home Mission Society,
• Contributions to Overseas Missionary Society,
• Contributions to Young People's Department,
• Contributions to Loan Fund and Ministers' Training Fund.

 There is a note on the main page stating: The Conference requires that each Circuit and Home Missions Station shall supply itself with a copy of this book, and that the Superintendent shall duly make the entries as provided from time to time. 

There is a hand-written note on the top page: April 1949-1953 = Herbert James Garrett, April 1953-1954 ; George Phillips[?], April 1954-1958 ; (? Gunders?, April 1958-Dec. 1963 ; Neville R Ross (some signatures difficult to read).

Churches include:

• Laidley,
• Forest Hill,
• Lake Clarendon,
• Thornton, and later Gatton.

The spiral bound document containing Financial Statements, for the year ended 31st December 1982, of the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association for 1982. The cover has Coopers & Lybrand logo. 

Tipped into this collection of financial statements is a document titled: “Educational aims of the Uniting Church in Queensland in regard to the establishment and conduct of church schools and colleges.”

A bound Ledger recording cash received and promises, for a variety of Church costs across Queensland, for the period from 1946, through to and including 1948.

There is a basic index on the last page.

It includes:

• the Loan Fund,
• War memorial expenses,
• Kings College,
• Connexional Loan extinction,
• Overseas Missions,
• Inland Missions,
• Improvements to individual churches across Queensland and Brisbane (eg Albert Street Memorial Windows),
• Y.P.D and
• Working expenses.

Interspersed and loose in the front of the volume are handwritten pages of accounting.

A bound Ledger recording cash received and promises, for the period from 1945, through to and including 1949. 

The first few pages of the volume record the name of the Queensland city/circuit and the Brisbane church or Mission with only a summary number. 

The rest of the volume records alphabetically, firstly the separate Churches/Circuits of Brisbane (ie suburbs/missions such as Paddington, Valley Mission, Central Mission, and New Farm), followed by the Queensland-country Circuits’ Churches from Ayr to Yeppoon.

This section records more information: including the number of parishioners, the date, amounts of Cash received and from whom, and promises are also recorded.

A 12 paged typed history of the Laidley Circuit by Rev. Neville Ross entitled:  The Changeful years : a history of the Laidley Methodist Circuit 1876-1963.

According to this document the first service held by Methodist Preachers in the Laidley District was conducted by two Wesleyan Ministers, Revs. Wm. Fidley and S. Wilkinson on 26th August 1858.

The folder contains a copy of the Management Consultancy recommendations and hand-written notes.

Recommendations concern how the Synods should be managed, after a review, that the Synod should adopt the proposed organisational structure as set out in the report.  There are pages of review identifying the Parishes Development Fund (hand-written in top right of 4 pages).

This folder contains correspondence and reports concerning the definition etc of ‘Management Profile of the Uniting Church' (aka ‘Management profile of a Church with a Mission’), from and for, Management Profile Working Group from 1980-end of 1981.  One letter from Ron Gough & Co., Financial Services for the Working Group to Reverand D. (Doug) F. Kirkup, Secretary of Synod, Uniting Church (Qld.). 

This Working Group was convened by a letter of the 23rd October 1980, pursuant to resolution 80.24 of the Fourth Synod, handed over their report.  They were to ‘prepare a “Management Profile”’.  The letter outlines the rigor with which the Working Group went about their task.

The other documents in the folder comprise the various responses to the major paper 'Management Profile' which sort Queensland-wide discussion and reports back on a range of issues raised such as the function and names of various Boards, the role of the Synod Secretary, and the office of Moderator. 

The Secretary of the Synod at the time was Rev. D. Kirkup, he is also the Secretary, Presbyteries Synod Co-Ordinating Team.  All reports and response documents are a handwritten number in the top right after the numeral ‘5’: 5 A -5U. 

Of special note is the memorandum from the Chaiman (John Richardson) to Reverand D. (Doug) F. Kirkup, The Secretary, Presbyteries Synod Co-ordinating Team which also contains a copy of the ‘Report and Recommendations of the Church Management Profile Working Group’ (5K).

 Other parts of the Church discussed the Profile and have sent copies of their minutes of such meetings (eg. A meeting of the Ministerial Education Board in July 1981)). 

** See also: Nos.  107 and 199

Records of the Presbyterian Church in Australia, Queensland’s Department of Aboriginal and Overseas Missions, includes correspondence and reports regarding Weipa.

Correspondence of the Property Board concerning Hemmant (Brisbane suburb), between 1965 and 1976.

Records of the Missionary Council of Queensland, for the period between 1961, through to and including 1973.  Records include:

• minutes and
• constitution.