The Faith and Unity Commission Presents
100 Years of the Ecumenical Movement: Opening Horizons for the 21st Century

In conjunction with a course offered by the Centre for Ecumenical Studies that runs prior to the forum, the Faith and Unity pre-forum day event will focus on models of ecumenical engagement. The event will include The WCC Faith and Unity Commission representative, John Gibaut, as the main speaker, amongst a panel of other representatives from the ecumenical field.

Security at all Costs? 

•  Message from the National Council of Churches
•  How To Use this Kit
•  Understanding Security - Understanding Violence
•  Security at all Costs? A Christian Reflection
•  Resources for Worship
•  The Cost of Clothes
•  For Richer or Poorer
•  Secure Communities
•  An Insurance Policy?
•  Excising Our Welcome
•  Securing Space
•  Our Houses, Our Castles, Our Homes

SECURITY AT ALL COSTS?

A Christian reflection on where to draw the line

Social Justice Sunday 26 September 2004

Published 2004

© NCCA Social Justice Sunday 2004 project team

© rests with the original authors as acknowledged

All Bible quotations are from the Holy Bible New Revised Standard Version (1993) Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House

This kit is published for use by congregations and church groups and we encourage reproduction with proper acknowledgement.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Valuing Security was produced by the Social Justice Network of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA). The Social Justice Sunday 2004 project team included: Rev. Elenie Poulos (Project Manager, Social Justice Sunday 2004), Rev. Dr Ann Wansbrough (NCCA Social Justice Network), Rev. Jon Inkpin (NCCA Decade to Overcome Violence Program), Theo Mackaay (The Social Responsibilities Commission, Anglican Province of Western Australia), John Ferguson (Australian Catholic Social Justice Council), Heather den Houting and Colleen Geyer (Queensland Synod, Uniting Church in Australia), Father Augustinos Nada (Coptic Orthodox Church), Major Margaret Sanz (Salvation Army), and Tanya Richmond (Uniting Church in Australia, UnitingJustice Australia)

The team would like to thank the following people for their invaluable help with the project: Rev. John Henderson (NCCA), Sr Suzette Clarke rsc (Australian Catholic Social Justice Council), Dr Mark Zirnsak (Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania) and Dr Hannah Middleton

This project has been partly funded by the Glenburnie Programme.

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Social Justice Sunday: 26 September 2004

Copies of this kit are available from: National Council of Churches in Australia 379 Kent Street Sydney, NSW  2000

Phone: (02) 9299-2215 Fax: (02) 9262-4514 or download from the website http://www.ncca.org.au/departments/social_justice_network

9th - 13th of July 2010

Rydges Capital Hill, Canberra, ACT

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In 2009 (which is also the UN Year of Reconciliation), the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity overlaped with the Week of Prayer for Reconciliation. Over 11 days - May 24 to June 3 - including the great feast of Pentecost on May 31 - we therefore had a wonderful opportunity to renew and deepen our relationships in the one God in whom we share together through Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. This year's theme appropriately was 'That they may become one in your hand (Ezekiel 37:17) and a variety of resources and links can be found below to assist Australians in joining more effectively in that great wave of prayer begun by Jesus himself when he prayed 'that they may all be one... so that the world may believe' (John 17:21).

The 2009 resources, adapted for use in Australia, are grounded in the experience of the churches in in Korea. In their context of national division the churches have turned for inspiration to the prophet Ezekiel, who also lived in a tragically divided nation and longed for the unity of his people. The resources therefore offer fresh encouragement to churches in Australia to worship together locally, to witness to their unity in Christ, and to pray and act for the greater visible expression of that unity, not least in the context of our journey towards national Reconciliation. Link them into daily and weekly prayers, and with other special occasions (such as the World Day of Prayer on March 6 and National Day of Thanksgiving on May 30) and such prayer will be indeed strengthen God's hand for unity. For the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2009 is also an opportunity to reflect further on the vital importance of what is sometimes called 'spiritual ecumenism', the foundation of all Christian work for reconciliation and unity. Such a prayer base can further strengthen Christian commitment to seeking peace and reconciliation for all in the worldwide Decade to Overcome Violence.