Statement from the Heart | Voice-Treaty-Truth

A time for learning, and more, with two key Aboriginal Elders, Professor Aunty Anne Pattel-Gray and Rev'd Dr Garry Deverell.

When: Wednesday 15 February 2023

Where: Adelaide West Uniting Church, ADELAIDE SA

Staying safe online over the holiday period 

Updates from the eSafetyCommissioner include: New resources for younger children and their families, eSafety’s Youth Advisory Council, Talking to culturally and linguistically diverse families about sensitive topics. Learn more about gifting technology and mark coming events in 2023.

Grey Spaces: Searching out the Church in the shadows of abuse

The Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACC&C) invite you to the launch of the book Grey Spaces by Jeffrey W. Driver, to be launched by Francis Sullivan AO.

When: Wednesday 15 February 2023 6:00 pm (AEDT)

Where: Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 15 Blackall Avenue BARTON, ACT

Salvation Army Australia - changes 

Territorial Leaders, Commissioners Janine and Robert Donaldson have been appointed to head an international pilot project based in Australia. 

Working for Peace in the Holy Land

• Pray for the people of the Holy Land
• Historic meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog
• WCC meets with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas 
• EAPPI 20 year anniversary - press release and video greetings 

UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls

The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) calls on Asian churches to unite in ending violence against women and girls. 

Pacific Church Leaders Development Conference

The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), partnering with NCCA and DFAT, held a Conference of Pacific Church Leaders in Sydney from 20 to 25 November, 2022.

We share the outcomes from their rich and energising conversations.

Upcoming workshops with Naomi Paget 

AVECA, in partnership with the NSW DRCN are pleased to advise that the following online training events are now available:

• 4 April 2023 – Moral Injury
• 5 April 2023 – Crisis care during traumatic grief

We join in prayer for those affected by the earthquake which struck the town of Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia on Monday 21 November 2022.

The other liturgy….care and compassion...in a space where God is and can be known. 

The coming into being of the NCCA’s international humanitarian agency decades ago (now called Act for Peace), was a reflection of the founding energy of the Ecumenical movement.