In October 2016 the leaders of Churches met for conversation and to support each other.  At this meeting they decided that the first Sunday of Lent, 5 March 2017, will be a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Refugees and Asylum Seekers.

The NCCA has put together resources to assist with reflection, prayer, reading and study.  These documents represent a collection of some of the wonderful resources that have been gathered from our Churches.

Monthly Torah Studies have begun in Sydney. 

The next session is Wednesday 8 March, 7:30pm
Title:    Who was Abraham?
Where: St Ives Baptist Church (Sydney).
Cost:    $5.00 per session
BYO:    a Bible

To prepare: study Genesis Chapters 11:27-12:9 

Leaning into the Spirit

Where:        University House, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

When:         Monday 6 – Thursday 9 November 2017.

Keynote Speakers: Professor Paul Murray (Durham, UK), Professor Michael Welker (Heidelberg, Germany)

To register visit the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture website.

In October 2016 the leaders of Churches met for conversation and to support each other.  At this meeting they decided that the first Sunday of Lent, 5 March 2017, will be a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Refugees and Asylum Seekers.

The NCCA has put together resources to assist with reflection, prayer, reading and study.  These documents represent a collection of some of the wonderful resources that have been sourced from our Churches.

Saturday 13 February is the Anniversary of the National Apology to Australia's First Peoples for the removal of children from their families based on race.

In 2008 on Wednesday 13 February, the then Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd MP in his address to Parliament made an Apology to Australia’s Stolen Generation. This marked an important step in mending the relationship between Australia’s first people, the Government and the Australian population.

Winifred Kiek Scholarship Trust

Applications for the 2018 year are now available.

Awarded annually and now in its 52 year, the Winifred Kiek Scholarship is named in honour of the first woman ordained in Australia in the (then) Congregational Church. It is offered in rotation to women from countries of the Pacific Island Nations, member countries of the Asian Church Women’s Conference and in 2018, Australia.

Serbian Orthodox Church

Bishop Siluan, newly consecrated Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church

The New Year has us thinking of one of our newest NCCA members, the Serbian Orthodox Church. The Church was accepted as a member at the NCCA National Forum in 2010 and now begins 2017 with a newly consecrated church leader, Bishop Siluan, Bishop of the Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand.

NSW - DISASTER RECOVERY CHAPLAINCY TRAINING

New courses opening in early 2017

The Disaster Recovery Chaplaincy Network (DRCN) is an ecumenical and multi-faith network of disaster-recovery trained clergy and ministry agents that has been responding to disasters and emergencies across NSW since 2011. The DRCN is coordinated by the Uniting Church in Australia (Synod of NSW and ACT).