{"id":1570,"date":"2023-08-03T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T05:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ststephensuniting.org.au\/?page_id=1570"},"modified":"2023-08-04T16:06:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T06:06:01","slug":"our-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ststephensuniting.org.au\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1570\" class=\"elementor elementor-1570\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b1e691 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"2b1e691\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b84b3c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"b84b3c2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dba9bde\" data-id=\"dba9bde\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-297653f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"297653f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Mission Statement<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166585d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"166585d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our mission is to:<\/p><ul><li>Worship God<\/li><li>Proclaim the gospel<\/li><li>Live in accordance with our Christian faith in our homes and families<\/li><li>Engage in significant outreach work<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed59f12 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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Dylan Miegel \" width=\"400\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. Dylan Miegel<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Welcome to St Stephen\u2019s Uniting Church located in the heart of Toowoomba City, in Neil Street, right opposite the Empire Theatre.<\/p><p>Our life began in 1863 as the first congregation of Presbyterians on the Darling Downs, caring for the souls of the earliest Scots settlers in this area. Our current historic church building dates from 1883.<\/p><p>In 1977 we became a member congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia. Our mission is to present the Good News of Jesus to everyone in both our words and our actions. We believe that God loves us all, no matter what.<\/p><p>St Stephen\u2019s congregation planted suburban churches last century \u2013 St David\u2019s, St John\u2019s \u2013 and was also instrumental in the foundation of Fairholme College. In the 1960s our congregation established and continues to oversee Meals on Wheels in Toowoomba, as well as having direct involvement with Gateway House and the Winter Shelter programme for the homeless of Toowoomba. We give moral, financial, and manpower support to many other ministries of care in our own region and around the world.<\/p><p>There are many activities offered in our church from Boys\u2019 Brigade to Tuesday Bible Study to Wednesday Worship right through to Senior Fellowship. For more information please visit the Activities tab.<\/p><p>Our form of worship is traditional, informed by our solid Biblical and historical understanding of the message of Jesus. 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