Deo Geo Cache Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By
Grahame Cookie on 30-Apr-08. Waypoint GA1094
Cache Details
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| Type: | Locationless |
| Container: | Other |
| Proximity: | 161m |
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Description
This locationless, almost everywhere cache, is to celebrate our attendance, regular or otherwise, to a place of worship, AND our willingness to share our knowledge of geocaching with someone there! This is NOT the site for logging all churches* you go past; for that, go to 'Waymarking.com' and you can do as many waymarks as you wish.
To log a note: take a photo of your GPSr in the scene, or, a photo of yourself in front of the church*. You need to give the coordinates of the building as part of the logging process. This log is for when you didn't share anything about geocaching with others there, even though it was a memorable occasion, e.g., wedding.
To log a find: Describe how you got into a conversation about geocaching or how you use your GPSr. Mention if it is the church* you regularly attend, or the reason you're attending (Wedding, Easter, Christmas, funeral, etc). It should be easy to get a photo of yourself (whether you want to include your GPSr in the photo is up to you) in front of the church*. Include the coordinates. Have you had any takers for geocaching?
Maybe you could mention in opening a discussion on caching with others, a verse like: Matthew 6:19-21 (don't store treasures on earth, but in heaven), Jeremiah 29:13, (when you seek with all your heart you will find Me) or Matthew 13:44 (when a man found a treasure hidden in a field he hid it again); or just explain how satellites 20,000km above the earth help you navigate around this world finding hidden treasures, for example. A lot of church youth groups would appreciate a good role model with experience in the outdoors showing an interest in something they have in common.
If you are just visiting the Church* you are logging, I would appreciate a mention if you were able to get to any caches on your visit. And, if it is your regular Church*, mention how many caches are close by.
* The term 'Church', includes all buildings of worship; but, not weddings just in the outdoors. I will be happy to accept your logs from around the world (especially if you have to attend weddings in a church outside of Oz.)
Logs
This geocache listing no longer follows the guidelines required for a Locationless cache. https://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Locationless_cache As such we will archive it and encourage the CO to place a locationless cache that meets the new guidelines.
Traveling the Outback and Northern Wheatbelt of WA, we came across some beautiful churches.
John Hawes was an architect before he turned his Life to a Mission in WA.
He designed and had built many churches including the Geraldton Cathedral.
They are now heritage listed as historical buildings, beautifully craftsmanship.
Here is the little lodge at Morowa, WA
Thanks for the Locationless Cache
John Hawes was an architect before he turned his Life to a Mission in WA.
He designed and had built many churches including the Geraldton Cathedral.
They are now heritage listed as historical buildings, beautifully craftsmanship.
Here is the little lodge at Morowa, WA
Thanks for the Locationless Cache
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S35 21.139 E149 13.860
St Stephens Church in Queanbeyan. I was chatting to a lady across the road about their English program for migrants when I remembered about this locationless and mentioned that I needed to take a photo. Had to explain about geocaching and she thought it might be a good way for new migrant families to learn English and learn about their local area. Totally agree. I'm not a church goer myself but do appreciate churches that offer something more to the community than religious instruction.
St Stephens Church in Queanbeyan. I was chatting to a lady across the road about their English program for migrants when I remembered about this locationless and mentioned that I needed to take a photo. Had to explain about geocaching and she thought it might be a good way for new migrant families to learn English and learn about their local area. Totally agree. I'm not a church goer myself but do appreciate churches that offer something more to the community than religious instruction.
I attend pentecostal GlobalHeart Church almost every weekend: great worship, inspiring teaching, friendly fellowship.
Rather than attach photo of building, thought it more appropriate to show photo of myself out geocaching with three young lads from church.
Rather than attach photo of building, thought it more appropriate to show photo of myself out geocaching with three young lads from church.
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Living Faith Church, Greensborough, VIC
I have attended this church for the past 40 years. It is a joint Uniting Church and Churches of Christ. Previously it was Greenborough Uniting Church, and Greensborough Methodist Church prior to June 1977.
Last week I attended a funeral here and while sitting beside one of my friends she noticed the numerous scratches on my lower legs. I explained to her that I had been geocaching the previous day and the scratches were a result of walking through the bush looking for 'Tupperware' containers. She was very interested but I could not imagine her walking around in the bush getting her arms and legs scratched.
The closest GC cache to this church is a 150m walk.
Thank you for this locationless cache.
I have attended this church for the past 40 years. It is a joint Uniting Church and Churches of Christ. Previously it was Greenborough Uniting Church, and Greensborough Methodist Church prior to June 1977.
Last week I attended a funeral here and while sitting beside one of my friends she noticed the numerous scratches on my lower legs. I explained to her that I had been geocaching the previous day and the scratches were a result of walking through the bush looking for 'Tupperware' containers. She was very interested but I could not imagine her walking around in the bush getting her arms and legs scratched.
The closest GC cache to this church is a 150m walk.
Thank you for this locationless cache.
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This is me outside the church where I was married (30 years ago!)
Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian, in Belfast.
Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian, in Belfast.
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I went back to Cootamundra to attend the funeral of my high school English teacher, my favourite teacher for my whole schooling life. After the funeral i caught up with some old school friends and during that conversation I talked about my geocaching adventures. I took the attached photo later in that day for respect of the family. tftc Graham Cookie 
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Although I'm not a believer I very strongly support the right of others to believe provided they do not, ever, try to enforce their religious beliefs on others.
I have been into my fair share of churches and other places of worship, sometimes for happy occasions, sometimes not. Other times simply as an observer of tradition or magnificent architecture. Hence the reason I have placed a couple of caches based around two local churches.
My business is based directly across the road from one of the churches that is GZ for one of my history caches. The church is locally known as St Andrews but, more formally, as Uniting Church Echuca. I was "across the road" gathering info to write up the history cache when Leon (one of the Elders) walked out to see what I was doing wandering around. He was keen on inviting me inside but I managed to worm my way out of a guide tour by explaining geocaching to him. He wasn't too keen about strangers wandering around the building but did think there was a chance of capturing some more for the congregation.
This caches was logged for States of the Nation game. Go Victoria.
Thanks Grahame Cookie
I have been into my fair share of churches and other places of worship, sometimes for happy occasions, sometimes not. Other times simply as an observer of tradition or magnificent architecture. Hence the reason I have placed a couple of caches based around two local churches.
My business is based directly across the road from one of the churches that is GZ for one of my history caches. The church is locally known as St Andrews but, more formally, as Uniting Church Echuca. I was "across the road" gathering info to write up the history cache when Leon (one of the Elders) walked out to see what I was doing wandering around. He was keen on inviting me inside but I managed to worm my way out of a guide tour by explaining geocaching to him. He wasn't too keen about strangers wandering around the building but did think there was a chance of capturing some more for the congregation.
This caches was logged for States of the Nation game. Go Victoria.
Thanks Grahame Cookie
We go to Connect Christian Church and are always speaking to people about Geocaching, how much fun we have and the at times awesome places we go, and as I'm also with the Historical Society that gets a mention too. People are so surprised when you show them how many caches are around Australia and intrigued when I tell them about earth caches. Before I started going to church regularly I thought church people were not supposed to do things like geocaching etc etc I thought it was all rules and regulations, but it really isn't. I am amazed at how relaxed, friendly, loving and outright normal it is and things like geocaching are an acceptable part of life. In fact, I know of three other Christians geocache, one is a Reverand in the Uniting Church.
Decrypter and I had gone there to find a cache. The shady grounds are also a lovely place to picnic and we were having lunch when a man turned up to prepare for the next day's service there. It's a country church with no other buildings, and only has an occasional service. We explained why we were there (about geocaching) and the man invited us inside the historic church (normally locked) to have a look.
Carwoola Church, on the Captains Flat Road, NSW. The GC log site for the cache gives the following information, "St Thomas Anglican Church, Carwoola, was built between 1872 and 1874. The cemetery dates from 1840 when Owen Bowen a pioneer of the area died."
Carwoola Church, on the Captains Flat Road, NSW. The GC log site for the cache gives the following information, "St Thomas Anglican Church, Carwoola, was built between 1872 and 1874. The cemetery dates from 1840 when Owen Bowen a pioneer of the area died."
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This is Saint Cuthbert's Anglican church, not far from the Tweed River (NSW not England/Scotland) although the marginally associated grammar school is Lindisfarne. You'll find us here, four rows from the front on the right hand side at the 9am service. It gets the warming morning sun in winter and breezes off the river in summer through the side doors on that side.
Our conversation goes like this.... while this is a new building, its in fact an old parish. It had honour boards and lists from the beginning of the 20th century including a magnificent WW1 Honour Roll. I should add that we are also both members of the local historical society. Last year Peter gave a talk about using geocaching to promote local history. After the Ash Wednesday service this year, Peter headed over to the board where the list of past clergy are displayed. He pulled out his phone to take a photo - we are always taking photos of historical things for reference - you never know when you might need it. He hears this voice "are you thinking of using that for a geocache?". It was Ross, the organist for the service - there is a roster of about three musicians. Ross is also a member of the historical society and had been there for Peter's talk. We quite often have a few moments after the service where a great variety of things are mentioned, including geocaching.
Now I probably should introduce Geocaching to our rector. She has a family of three including two pre-teens and they regularly go camping when they go on holidays. Trouble is she is always a popular person to speak too after the service and there is always a 'traffic jam' so I tend to prefer to just say hello or good morning and get out of the way of the oldies who wish to spend more time discussing their religious needs - yes she probably does need an outlet like geocaching.
Thanks for this locationless.
Our conversation goes like this.... while this is a new building, its in fact an old parish. It had honour boards and lists from the beginning of the 20th century including a magnificent WW1 Honour Roll. I should add that we are also both members of the local historical society. Last year Peter gave a talk about using geocaching to promote local history. After the Ash Wednesday service this year, Peter headed over to the board where the list of past clergy are displayed. He pulled out his phone to take a photo - we are always taking photos of historical things for reference - you never know when you might need it. He hears this voice "are you thinking of using that for a geocache?". It was Ross, the organist for the service - there is a roster of about three musicians. Ross is also a member of the historical society and had been there for Peter's talk. We quite often have a few moments after the service where a great variety of things are mentioned, including geocaching.
Now I probably should introduce Geocaching to our rector. She has a family of three including two pre-teens and they regularly go camping when they go on holidays. Trouble is she is always a popular person to speak too after the service and there is always a 'traffic jam' so I tend to prefer to just say hello or good morning and get out of the way of the oldies who wish to spend more time discussing their religious needs - yes she probably does need an outlet like geocaching.
Thanks for this locationless.
Hi Grahame Cookie
On a recent caching trip to Longford I went in pursuit of GA9348 at an Historical Building known as Brickendon
While finding the cache information, I was observed doing so by a couple I had not noticed
We, like they, decided to tour the property and they caught up with us in the property's church
They asked about my GPS and hence the perfect opportunity to talk to Don and Barb from Mildura, Victoria about our sport, Geocaching.
Funny, 'cos we've kept in touch but to my knowledge, they haven't ventured into the game but always ask how many caches I've found recently
Sainted at 1245 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
On a recent caching trip to Longford I went in pursuit of GA9348 at an Historical Building known as Brickendon
While finding the cache information, I was observed doing so by a couple I had not noticed
We, like they, decided to tour the property and they caught up with us in the property's church
They asked about my GPS and hence the perfect opportunity to talk to Don and Barb from Mildura, Victoria about our sport, Geocaching.
Funny, 'cos we've kept in touch but to my knowledge, they haven't ventured into the game but always ask how many caches I've found recently
Sainted at 1245 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
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Uniting Church Nanango is located in Gipps Street. This is our church that the family belong to and attend. I have been asked a few times about co ordinates by one of the Church Elders who is a member of a local Rural fire Brigade and a land management committee as well. Due to changing legislation he has been given maps and GPS Co ordinates that I saw were UTM, but he does not understnad co ordinates. After Church one day another member mentioned that there was someone across the road looking at trees and then I told them that there was a Geocache hide over there and that was what they were looking for. The conversation started about geocacing then a teenage member of the Church asked me if she could do it on her smart phone and I told her what to do and how to cache using her phone. I then used my phone to take them across the road and she found the hide using my phone. I own this particular cache. There are eight hides in close proximity to the Church and I own the majority of them 7 in fact. I then showed them how to convert UTM to a beterr set of co ordinates. The youg girl is now a non premium member of GC.Com and has found 11 hides and I assist when she gets stuck as most of the hides she has found are mine. i also explained about GCA and what i thought the benefits would be to h er and her friends. i hope this is wht you were looking for. TFTL GRAHAME COOKIE 
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After attending a funeral for the mother of a close friend of mine I caught up with another old friend whom I had not seen for many years. After some time geocaching came up and I discovered that she had found a handful of caches. We discussed a few local caches and how the activity can be somewhat addictive. Since then she has found many more caches, including three FTFs on one day and is considering placing her first hide. I would like to think that the encouragement and positive comments that I made about geocaching on that day contributed to her increasing enthusiasm.
Hi Grahame Cookie
A couple of Saturday nights ago I had occasion to visit the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Church in Glen Huon. Had to walk in by myself as every-one else thought the roof would fall in by my attending - that didn't happen, so every body else entered after!
Mum, being a devout member of the Church invited us to attend a social evening with the theme "Country & Western" which turned out to be an excellent nights entertainment. We sat at a table of older ladies and never stopped laughing! As usual, my friend Anne raised the subject of caching and the conversation was on.
Then another member of the Church and geo-caching friend, ReHikeMike came over to our table and the conversation comenced again.
Later that night, ReHike and I were discussing the topic between the two of us when a mutual friend joined the conversation and we have since taken him on a caching experience - he had a good time but to date I don't think he's started caching, much is the pity.
I'll give this cache all the thumbs up because we had a terrific meal and great nights entertainment at this "Country & Western Night."
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
A couple of Saturday nights ago I had occasion to visit the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Church in Glen Huon. Had to walk in by myself as every-one else thought the roof would fall in by my attending - that didn't happen, so every body else entered after!
Mum, being a devout member of the Church invited us to attend a social evening with the theme "Country & Western" which turned out to be an excellent nights entertainment. We sat at a table of older ladies and never stopped laughing! As usual, my friend Anne raised the subject of caching and the conversation was on.
Then another member of the Church and geo-caching friend, ReHikeMike came over to our table and the conversation comenced again.
Later that night, ReHike and I were discussing the topic between the two of us when a mutual friend joined the conversation and we have since taken him on a caching experience - he had a good time but to date I don't think he's started caching, much is the pity.
I'll give this cache all the thumbs up because we had a terrific meal and great nights entertainment at this "Country & Western Night."
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Rated: for Overall Experience
The Travelling Sister is well known to geocachers for making people aware of the work of Saint Mary MacKillop (also known as Saint Mary of the Cross), Australia’s first Saint, through the publishing of at least 50 “Mary MacKillop - location caches" in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. The Travelling Sister set up each of the caches and willing volunteers, geocachers and muggles, volunteered to maintain them. One such cache was hidden at the site of the old Catholic Church at Forth (between Devonport and Ulverstone) – the church is now used as the MacKillop Hill Spirituality Centre. Two Sisters of St Joseph, who manage the centre, live very close by and offered to maintain the cache and another in Ulverstone. One of us volunteers time at MacKillop Hill mowing lawns, maintaining the cemetery and attending to building maintenance. It was not surprising that the two Sisters of St Joseph at Forth were not aware that we were involved in geocaching, that is until the individual two-way communications between the Travelling Sister, the Sisters of St Joseph at Forth and ourselves became linked. Now that the Sisters of St Joseph at Forth are aware of our “clandestine activities”, there are now irregular conversations between ourselves and them about geocaching, often outside the old Catholic Church at Forth (no longer a Mass Centre) and on the odd occasion at the Catholic Church in Ulverstone (regular Mass Centre). The main topics of conversation are letting one another know that maintenance has been completed and relating our latest caching excursions. The photo added to the Gallery is a composite of two images: one of us outside the MacKillop Hill Spirituality Centre (formerly the Catholic Church) at Forth; and one of us outside the Catholic Church in Ulverstone.
Attended a funeral at a Baptist church near these coords recently and while people stood around awkwardly after the service, a person I didn't know struck up polite conversation with me and opened the converstion by asking something like 'What have you been doing lately" and obviously because I needed to ease the stress I was feeling, I started off by telling him everything about geocaching. I think he may have regretted asking me because as all cachers do once they are asked about it they go on and on with stars in their eyes. He did say he would look it up. Haven't been able to tell if he has been to any caches around here as there doesn't seem to have been any new people logging but maybe he will try. He will always remember the conversation he had with this person at the funeral.photo of church to follow-it didn't seem appropriate at the time.
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Attended my grandsons baptism at the Our Lady Help of Christians - Catholic Church in Palmerston and had a conversation with a family member about caching as we intended to find a few while in the area. We used to attend this church regularly when our children attended the nearby school.
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Echuca Church of Christ is where I attend church. Over coffee after the service on 8 May 2010, my friend mentioned she & her 2 adult children had been geocaching. My response .... geo what? Alison explained what it was - sort of, and my curiosity was awakened.
I went home and looked up gc website. I looked at local caches & became very excited because I reckoned I new where to find GCNGTD Almost New South Wales without a GPS. Greg reluctantly tagged along with me, not having any idea what I was babbling about. Sure enough, a little local knowledge and the cache was in hand by the end of the day. We were both hooked from that moment.
We borrowed a GPS initially, having to manually enter each cache co-ordinate. It's been onward & upward from there. Weekends & holidays are planned around geocaching, we even chose to purchase a new vehicle as my commodore S was unsuitable for many localities.
I have shared geocaching with others at my church, and have introduced another person to geocaching as a result, & he has in excess of 100 finds to date.
I thank God for geocaching as it is what WE needed in our life.
I went home and looked up gc website. I looked at local caches & became very excited because I reckoned I new where to find GCNGTD Almost New South Wales without a GPS. Greg reluctantly tagged along with me, not having any idea what I was babbling about. Sure enough, a little local knowledge and the cache was in hand by the end of the day. We were both hooked from that moment.
We borrowed a GPS initially, having to manually enter each cache co-ordinate. It's been onward & upward from there. Weekends & holidays are planned around geocaching, we even chose to purchase a new vehicle as my commodore S was unsuitable for many localities.
I have shared geocaching with others at my church, and have introduced another person to geocaching as a result, & he has in excess of 100 finds to date.
I thank God for geocaching as it is what WE needed in our life.
This chapel is located on a Defence Establisment. We try to go every year around Christmas time if we are in the country. It is funny now seeing how many military people are getting into caching. It was actually geokid who got the conversation going by telling some of the other kids that we were going out caching later in the day. This soon had others interested and a quick run out to one of the local caches was in order to show them what it was all about.
Had been meaning to get this one for ages. Here it is. This is the Isle of Capri meetinghouse or chapel of the LDS church. I have no trouble talking to someone there about geocaching because my good friends Aussie Liahona, who introduced me to this addiction, sorry pastime, are often here too and we have no trouble talking geotalk. Indeed, we are usually making plans for our next onslaught.
The following will only be interesting to DeoGeoFreaks, but the Book of Mormon actually describes "cache creep". Yes, it turns out that if people are not righteous, the treasures they have hidden in the earth will become "slippery" and move around in the earth and the hiders will not be able to find them. That particular piece of revelation pre-dates the Satellites by a couple of milennia, give or take a few hundred years. So the lesson is, be good and your caches will stay in place.
The following will only be interesting to DeoGeoFreaks, but the Book of Mormon actually describes "cache creep". Yes, it turns out that if people are not righteous, the treasures they have hidden in the earth will become "slippery" and move around in the earth and the hiders will not be able to find them. That particular piece of revelation pre-dates the Satellites by a couple of milennia, give or take a few hundred years. So the lesson is, be good and your caches will stay in place.
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Ta Da! Yes, SG-3 is a regular attendee and member of the Rosny Congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! I teach a Sunday School class of 10 to 15 wonderful, bright, struggling eighteen to thirty-year-olds, who have had to endure many a Geocaching analogy in their class. For example, how our reception from the Heavens is effected by where we situate ourselves- we cannot expect great reception if we spend our lives under "dense foliage"!
I've also shared some of my "ventures into the wilderness" from the pulpit, to illustrate the fact that although we have the logs/experiences of others to help us avoid pitfalls (read "cliffs separating you from the cache") we can still find ourselves thinking that we know best!
There are quite a few caches near by - most of them mine!
Hope this is what you are after, and thanks for the cache!
I've also shared some of my "ventures into the wilderness" from the pulpit, to illustrate the fact that although we have the logs/experiences of others to help us avoid pitfalls (read "cliffs separating you from the cache") we can still find ourselves thinking that we know best!
There are quite a few caches near by - most of them mine!
Hope this is what you are after, and thanks for the cache!
Not many church-going geocachers, huh? I finally managed to remember to take a photo at church today so I could log this cache.
This is my church, Clarkson Seventh-day Adventist church. There is at least 1 other geocacher who attends here, however I didn't find this out until I turned up for a nearby cache which was at his house, and he answered the door!
I have chatted to other church members about geocaching. It's easy to get into the conversation with them, when they wonder why you are getting changed after church and what you are up to. No-one has taken it up yet, though they are interested, especially families with kids who like to go 4WDing.
There's not too many caches right nearby, but there are a few which involve a couple km walk through sanddunes. We have lots of that around here - sand.
This is my church, Clarkson Seventh-day Adventist church. There is at least 1 other geocacher who attends here, however I didn't find this out until I turned up for a nearby cache which was at his house, and he answered the door!
I have chatted to other church members about geocaching. It's easy to get into the conversation with them, when they wonder why you are getting changed after church and what you are up to. No-one has taken it up yet, though they are interested, especially families with kids who like to go 4WDing.
There's not too many caches right nearby, but there are a few which involve a couple km walk through sanddunes. We have lots of that around here - sand.
I hope this qualifies as a 'find'. This is my regular church - St Johns Lutheran Church in Northbridge, Perth. This photo is a family gathering for the baptism of our Grandson. All of those in this photo have had discussion with me at various times regarding geocaching, but sadly none have taken the step to register yet. However, at least half of the people here have been on at least one cache outing with me at different times.
There are only about 6 caches in the inner city area of Perth. One I would recommend is The Impossible Triangle, GC1BQE8.
Thanks for the opportunity to log this, Grahame Cookie.
There are only about 6 caches in the inner city area of Perth. One I would recommend is The Impossible Triangle, GC1BQE8.
Thanks for the opportunity to log this, Grahame Cookie.
