You can’t help but notice the change in the view out of the window of my study here at the church. A green hillside has become a concrete one as Mount Gambier Marketplace opens today. There’s lots of mixed feelings about this around town of course. This is the first time a concentrated retail center …
We hosted a citywide gathering tonight at mgpc. Some of our musicians and friends provided the music. We tried a pretty jazzy version of Arise, My Soul Arise; (that I don’t think we completely mastered, but which I enjoyed a lot) along with Before The Throne Of God Above; Be Thou My Vision; Speak, O …
As I mentioned the other day, the data from the 2011 Australian Census has begun to be released. Again, below are the figures for religious affiliation for our local area: postcodes 5290 and 5291. At first glance we might be tempted to respond ‘Yay Presbyterians! We’re still number four!’ Even though we know those figures …
The short summary data for religious affiliation from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011 census page for postcode 5290, which represents the city of Mount Gambier. The higher proportion of Presbyterian identifying people reflects the historic settlement of the region from Western Victoria, rather than Adelaide. The higher proportion of people indicating ‘no religion’ seems …
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