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

RELEASED 23 May 2024

The National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) looks forward to welcoming Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay to Australia 

Rev. Pillay is the 9th General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), and is an Eminent Ecumenical guest at the NCCA Forum in 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)