St Patrick's Catholic Church in Pomona will host an ecumenical service in protest against the Traveston Dam, bringing together spiritual leaders, activists and others who are opposed to the project.
Father Mark Franklin, of the Noosa Catholic Parish, said participants would pray that federal government politicians were guided by wisdom in making a decision about the dam, the Sunshine Coast Daily reported. The 3pm service on Sunday will be followed by a sausage sizzle.
Father Franklin said the dam proposal had been devastating for many parishioners in the area and the neighbouring Gympie parish.
"Some people have been greatly affected by it. Their whole life has been turned upside down," he said.
The Reverend Iain Watt, of the Uniting Church at Imbil, who will speak in the liturgy, said the emotional, social and economic fall out of the dam was continuing more than three years after then premier Peter Beattie announced the dam.
He likened the state government's push for the dam to a cyclone from which the community was unable to recover.
Adele Coombs, from the Save the Mary River Coordinating Group, said the prayer service was being held because a decision was imminent. Environment minister Peter Garrett is expected to announce within the month whether or not he will approve the dam.
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