NCCA Newsletters (2320)
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2019 Children’s Workers’ Training Day and Expo
Date: Saturday 23rd February, 2019
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Venue: Mt Pleasant Baptist Church, 497 Marmion St, Booragoon, WA
Passing the Baton is an ecumenical event organised by the Children's Ministry Network (CMN) WA to help equip & encourage children’s workers as they pass the baton of the faith on to the next generation.
Applications invited
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SAFE CHURCH UNIT
The Uniting Church Assembly is looking for candidates to provide strategic direction, leadership and operational planning of the National Safe Church Unit.
Applications close: 5:00 pm Thursday 28 February 2019.
Applications addressing the position requirements should be emailed to Ms Colleen Geyer, General Secretary, National Assembly.
Presented by the Centre for Ecumencial Studies at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACC&C)
Date: 10:30 am-4:00 pm 25 June 2019
Location: Chambers Pavilion, ACC&C, 15 Blackall Street, Barton ACT
Special guest speaker: Rt. Rev’d Dr Geevarghese Coorilos
Winifred Kiek Scholarship Trust
Applications for the 2020 year are now available.
The Winifred Kiek Scholarship is offered in rotation to women from countries of the Pacific Island Nations, member countries of the Asian Church Women’s Conference, and multicultural Australia.
World Council of Churches
Position Vacant - Professor of Ecumenical Social Ethics and Programme Executive of the Ecumenical Theological Education (ETE)
Promote ecumenical theological education and ministerial formation and to teach Ecumenical Social Ethics at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey as regular member of the faculty.
Stationed: Geneva, Switzerland
Application deadline: 1 March 2019
CCA Condems bombing of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Jolo, Sulu Province, Philippines
Two improvised explosive devises (IEDs) exploded in the Cathedral on Sunday 27 January just after 8:00am. More that twenty people were killed and over eighty were wounded.
The CCA General Secretary, Dr Mathews George Chunakara, has offered prayers for the healing of the injured and the consolation of all who grieve.
"Listening to The Statement from the Heart"
An invitation to listen to the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
When: Sunday 17 February 2019 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Where: St Oswald's Anglican Church, 100 High Street, Glen Iris VIC
Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia Women's Conference.
You are invited to explore the rituals of “Beginnings and Endings in the Abrahamic faiths”.
When: Friday 1 March - Sunday 3 March 2019
Where: Don Bosco Centre, 465 Lysterfield Road, Lysterfield VIC
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| February | |
| 1 | World Interfaith Harmony week begins |
| 4 | World Cancer Day |
| 4 | 80th Anniversary - Cumeragunja Mission walk-off |
| 5 | Lunar New Year |
| 6 | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
| 8 | Feast of Josephine Bakhita |
| 13 | Anniversary of the Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples |
January 26
As the coming January public holiday approaches, the NCCA have gathered together a small collection of prayers, hymns and other resources and links that may assist you with reflections for this day.
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#ChangeTheHeart this January 26
This January, Aunty Jean Phillips, in partnership with Common Grace, invites Australian Churches to hold services of acknowledgement, lament and prayer as we approach January 26th.
Amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act
Parliament will resume in February. With this sitting we will see the hotly contested issue of Religious Freedom and in particular, Religious freedom in relation to the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) amendments being put forward and challenged by the major parties.
Faith Insurance & Risk Management (FIRM)
FIRM is a gathering of key risk and insurance people in the Christian Church in Australia. It is designed to facilitate connection, collaboration and best practice thinking.
Date: 15 Feb 2019 from 9am-4pm
Location: Scots’ Conference Centre, 156 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC
8 February 2019
Day of Prayer for Victims of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
St Bakhita’s Day Ethical Sourcing and Seminar expo - Sydney NSW
Prayers and reflections to End Human Trafficking
