NCCA Newsletters (2320)
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ACRT news and activity
- CRSA's 100 Groups - 100 Days Campaign: 36 groups needed to get to 100 by Refugee Week!
- SAVE THE DATE: Online Ecumenical Service in Refugee Week. All welcome! When: Thursday 20 June 7:30pm AEST, 7pm ACST and 5:30pm AWST.
Budget fails to respond to global humanitarian crises
Act for Peace appreciates the Australian Government's plan to boost foreign aid in the 2024-25 Federal Budget but believes more action is needed to address global humanitarian crises.
Safe Church News
The Commission for Children and Young People, Victoria: Expressions of Interest - Community of Practice
Child Safe Standard 1: creating culturally safe environments for Aboriginal children and young people.
When: Wednesday 19 June 2024. 9:30am - 5:00pm. Melbourne VIC.
PENTECOST
WCC Pentecost Message
Share the WCC Pentecost message—globally and locally
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Pentecost message—developed by WCC regional presidents—is now available in many languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Greek, Ukrainian, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese, Korean, and Indonesian.
Prof Dr Anne Pattel-Gray
When: Tuesday 18 June 2024 7.00pm AEST
Where: Chambers Pavilion, ACC&C, 15 Blackall St, Barton ACT
Applications Open
Asian Regional Ecumenical Theological Institute
When: 21 July 2024 - 17 August 2024, in Chiangmai, Thailand.
Application deadline: 10 June 2024
Free Webinar
In conversation with Pastor Ray Minniecon- After the Referendum: Where to from now?
The Edmund Rice Centre warmly invites you to join a conversation with Rev. Dr (Hon) Ray Minniecon, an Aboriginal pastor with roots in the Kabi-Kabi and Gurang-Gurang tribes of Queensland.
When: Thursday 30 May at 5:00 pm AEST
Where: Online or in person at the Edmund Rice Centre Balmain, NSW
Ten Ways to Care
2nd Workshop: Hybrid event
Listen to Wisdom from the Elders - Grow in your sense of space
When: Sunday 2 June 2, 2024 1.45pm for a 2pm start - 4pm AEST
Where: Online and in person at Blacktown Sydney NSW.
“Diverse liveries: Quakers responding to disability and difference”
Quakers in Australia invite you to join their Annual Backhouse Lecture delivered virtually.
When: Monday 8 July 2024 8:00 PM Canberra (AEST) (7:30pm Adelaide)
KAICIID Global Dialogue Forum
From 14-16 May, Religious leaders, policymakers, and experts gathered in Portugal to address challenges like climate change and biodiversity .
Theme: “Transformative Dialogue: Building Alliances for Peace in a Rapidly Changing World”
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" I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word, that they may all be one....so that the world may believe that you have sent me." John 17:20-21
There is a spirit that enlivens the ecumenical journey....Unity is a spiritual practice of learning and discovery, undergirded by prayer.
WCC General Secretary asks:
- “What is God calling Christians and the Christian Church to do today?"
- "Whose and what voices are we listening to?”
“Christians need to stand up for justice and we need to stand together. In unity is our strength". Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.
Lunchtime Online Prayer and Reflection
You are warmly invited to join the NCCA online to mark the 2024 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
When: Thursday 16 May 2024 at 12:30pm (AEST)
Duration: 45-50 minutes
ACRT activities
- SAVE THE DATE: Online Ecumenical Service in Refugee Week. All welcome! When: Thursday 20 June 7:30pm AEST, 7pm ACST and 5:30pm AWST.
- UPDATE: recent ACRT submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Migration Bill
