Re: Hunter Harvest was - What is christiansonline.com.au

[Roger Davison]

Hi Judy - in this age of spin doctoring and slashed ABC budgets, it's difficult not to be just a bit cynical about the claims in the Compass program of unprecedented cooperation. I wonder - is it just possible that the ABC regurgitated "information" lifted from Harvest Ministries (or HH) media releases or interviews without spending time doing some research?? . . . :-)   Sue reminds those who watched (or recorded) the program that the HH organisation claim that 282 out of 300 Hunter churches across all denominations were involved!!!!   Although I don't have any knowledge of a Presbytery "position" to the call for support for this event (if any), there was no obvious promotion or appeal for assistance or support of any kind within my UCA congregation during the leadup to Hunter Harvest. In fact, without the enormously successful bumper sticker campaign I'm sure HH could have escaped the attention of some members of our church community altogether.   (On the other hand, my perceptions don't take into account the possible participation by one or more individuals from within our congregation.)   Coincidently (and somewhat ironically), we are holding a Men's Breakfast this Saturday and have invited John Church (the HH compere and local TV newsreader) to speak about the event.   Roger.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Niall McKay To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Insights List Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 11:00 AM Subject: Re: Hunter Harvest was - What is christiansonline.com.au Excellent Judy!!! thanks so much you netizen you! Judy Redman wrote: Just had a look at the transcript and found the following:    Unprecedented cooperation from over 200 churches in the Hunter region - from Catholics to Pentecostals, Uniting to Assemblies of God - resulted in four evenings of music and prayer, culminating in sermons by US preacher Greg Laurie from California�s Harvest Ministries. (From Geraldine Doogue's intro)    and   ALISON SKINNER AND LUKE YOUMANS: I�m Alison Skinner and this is Luke Youmans. We�re the youth group leaders at St Paul�s Church Stockton Uniting Church. It�s called �Elevate�, our youth group and basically we�ve grabbed a whole lot of kids on a bus. We�ve got a list of fifteen regulars, we sent them letter, said �bring some friends, bring whoever you want� and we�ve got 40 people tonight. so maybe Niall's member just missed it?   Judy   -- "Politics is the work we do to keep the world safe for our spirituality" - Judith Plaskow Rev Judy Redman Uniting Church Chaplain University of New England Armidale 2351 ph:  +61 2 6773 3739 fax: +61 2 6773 3749 web:  http://www.une.edu.au/campus/chaplaincy/uniting/ action for peace:  http://www.une.edu.au/campus/chaplaincy/uniting/links/peace.html email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Judy Redman Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 2004 10:15 AM To: Insights List Subject: RE: Hunter Harvest was - What is christiansonline.com.au     Hey everyone - I missed Compass on Sunday - but had a member from my congregation ask whether the uniting church was involved in the hunter harvest... they said they scanned the list of churches but couldn't find any uniting churches there...    Were there any other non-pentecostal churches involved?  eg Anglican, Catholic, Baptist, Churches of Christ.     1) Is this correct or were Uniting Churches supportive of the Hunter Harvest? (I know uniting church individuals who have been involved but not sure about congregations...) 2) If Uniting Churches did not support HH was there a reason for it (ie it was high pressure, prosperity gospel or ...?    Maybe just not invited? I know events like HH are probably not my cup of tea.) -- "Politics is the work we do to keep the world safe for our spirituality" - Judith Plaskow Rev Judy Redman Uniting Church Chaplain University of New England Armidale 2351 ph:  +61 2 6773 3739 fax: +61 2 6773 3749 web:  http://www.une.edu.au/campus/chaplaincy/uniting/ action for peace:  http://www.une.edu.au/campus/chaplaincy/uniting/links/peace.html email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________ NOD32 1.779 (20040602) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.nod32.com