Noelene Osora
Interfaith News - Victoria
JCMA Schools Program Education Officer Position
Position Title: JCMA Education Officer - Part time
Employment Location: East Melbourne
Applications Due: 3rd March 2019
November Calendar 2024
November | |
1 | All Saint’s Day - Christianity |
11 | Remembrance Day |
19 | World Toilet Day |
20 | World Children's Day |
25 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women |
Message from the Secretariat
Celebrating the Journey Together
Tribute to Geraldine Hawkes on 13 years of ecumenical inspiration.
On Thursday 31 January, South Australian church leaders, church members and pastoral workers, State politicians and local Councillors, plus we interstate friends, came together in Adelaide at St Francis Xavier Cathedral Hall to pay tribute to the generosity and thoughtful leadership of Geraldine Hawkes, Ecumenical Facilitator of the South Australian Council of Churches and Executive Secretary for Leaders of Christian Churches South Australia.
ILC Interfaith online event series
Faiths Unite: Visions for Transformative Climate Action
A 3-part interactive online series organised by the Interfaith Liaison Committee (ILC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Every Tuesday, 27 October to 10 November 2020
Asia Bibi released
Pakistan Supreme Court upholds acquittal
Asia Bibi is now free to leave Pakistan after the acquittal of Islamist blasphemy charges. Ms Bibi, a Christian, has spent eight years in prison convicted of a blasphemy crime which is punishable by death in the Islamic Republic.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
(Matthew 11:28)
Assembly update
NCCA Assembly Roundtable
Please note that the venue has changed. It will now be held in Ferguson Hall, St Stephen's Uniting Church, 197 Macquarie St, Sydney (downstairs)
When: Thursday 21 March 2019 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Topic: Selection, training and screening for ordination candidates and church workers, including best practice in psychological testing.
In Memoriam
Archbishop Ian George
Former Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide Dr Ian George has passed away, aged 84 on January 28 2019.
Bishop George was Archbishop of Adelaide between 1991 and 2004. During this time he served as Chair of NCCA's Christian World Service (CWS) Commission from 1996 to 2004.
Our Churches - Uniting Church in Australia
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.
Australian Church Women Scholarship
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.
Ecumenical News
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