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“Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power"
(cf. Exodus 15.6)
13 – 20 May 2018
In 2018 the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Australia will be observed from 13 – 20 May 2018, the week between Ascension and Pentecost.
Resources are now available.
Community forums in Sydney and Melbourne
Meet the former United States Ambassador for Human Trafficking, Luis de Baca
- Melbourne 20 March 2018 -10:00 am and 5:30pm
- Sydney 23 March 2018 - 2:00pm
Walk for Justice Palm Sunday rallies - Sunday 25 March 2018
An invitation to join the walk
Sydney Palm Sunday Rally for Refugees -2pm Belmore Park, near Central Station
Brisbane Palm Sunday Rally for Refugees Rights -2pm King George Square, George St
Adelaide Walk for Justice for Refugees -2pm Victoria Square,
Melbourne Walk for Justice for Refugees - 2pm State Library, 328 Swanston St
Perth Walk for Justice for Refugees – 1pm St George’s Cathedral, 38 St George’s Terrace
Updates from The Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT)
So much is happening in the ACRT space. With lots of internal work going on, ACRT are now ready to get back to the business of seeking justice and dignity for refugees and asylum seekers across Australia and those who remain in offshore detention.
Two more Baha'i leaders released
It is with great pleasure we advise of the release of the fifth and sixth Baha’i leaders in Iran.
Mr Jamaloddin Khanjani and Mr Vahid Tizfahm, have now been released from prison after completing their ten-year sentence.
Safe Church Training Agreement
The NCCA Safe Church program will be running a SCTA Safe Church Awareness presenter training in Sydney 2 June 2018
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Venue: Baptist Churches NSW & ACT Level 1, 3 Carlingford Road, Epping NSW
Cost: $330 including GST
Introducing Rev Janet Woodlock
The Rev Janet Woodlock has just recently begun working with the NCCA as a Project Officer. Her role will see her based in Melbourne and engaging with our member Churches, ecumenical partners and friends. We are privileged to have Janet share her gifts of ministry and Christian leadership with us in this capacity.
Be a responsible consumer this Easter
Did you know that children are picking cocoa in West Africa to make the chocolate we eat?
Some of these children are trafficked.
World Council of Churches
UN agencies, NGOs, and WCC join at UN to end violence against children
Panel discussion on child rights, UN Human Rights Council, March 8 2018.
International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, July 2018
Applications close 22 March 2018.
Asia Sunday 2018
‘Embracing the Differently Abled and Upholding Their Dignity’
Observed every year on the Sunday before Pentecost, this year’s Asia Sunday falls on 13 May.
Dr. Mathews George Chunakara, CCA General Secretary, urges member churches and councils as well as the ecumenical partners to observe the Asia Sunday 2018 in an appropriate way.
More...
Sydney NSW
• New Power Politics: Confrontation & Competition in the Middle East -28 March 2018
• The Saudi-led war in Yemen: the proxy war no-one wants and no-one can win -5 April 2018
• “Australian Religious Diversity in the 2016 Census: Recent Changes & Freedom of Religion” - 18 April 2018
Melbourne VIC
• Women’s Interfaith Seder - 21 March 2018
A Lenten Practice:
I have learnt a lot from the insights of receptive ecumenism as they apply to our relational life.
Here are a few learnings:
1. Orient towards one another from the perspective of our unity rather than division....
South Australian Council of Churches
Lenten Pilgrimage to the Heart:
May we be always ready to give up what we cannot keep in order to gain what we cannot lose
An Ecumenical Lenten Resource prepared by a team from the South Australian Council of Churches (SACC) Community for Ecumenical Learning.
“Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power"
(cf. Exodus 15.6)
13 – 20 May 2018
In 2018 the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Australia will be observed from 13 – 20 May 2018 , the week between Ascension and Pentecost.
Resources are now available.
