New from the eSafety Commissioner
Resources for parents, carers, educators sector professionals and community leaders:
- What are AI companions and what are the risks?
- Helping families report online harm – help in languages other than English.
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The NCCA gathers together Churches and Christian communities which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures. We commit to deepen our relationship with each other and to work together towards the fulfilment of common witness, proclamation and service, to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Noelene Osora
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National Day of Prayer 2025
SAVE THE DATE
Churches and prayer groups are invited to register for the National Day of Prayer (NDOP2025)
2025 Theme: The Preeminence of Christ is based on Colossians 1:15-20.
When: Saturday 7 June 2025
Where: to be held all across Australia
Refugee Week 2025
15 – 21 June
Theme: Finding Freedom: Diversity in Community
During Refugee Week, celebrate the inclusive communities across Australia that open their arms to those seeking protection.
Start planning now! Information and resources are available from the Refugee Council of Australia
Eid al Fitr 2025
“EID MUBARAK”
Wishing our Islamic friends well at the conclusion of Ramadan, the Islamic period of prayer, fasting, charity-giving.
The festival of the breaking of the fast, Eid-al-Fitr was celebrated on Sunday 30 March 2025, and marks the start of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.
Assyrian & Chaldean New Year 2025
Kha b-Nisan
Assyrians and Chaldeans mark Kha b-Nisan, also known as Akitu, at the beginning of spring in the Northern hemisphere, on 1 April. The Sydney Assyrian and Chaldean community marked this celebration with a Festival held on Sunday 30 March at Fairfield Showground.
Passover 2025
Passover, also called Pesach, is a major Jewish holiday and one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. It celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
May Calendar 2025
Domestic Violence Prevention Month
7 National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day
11 Mother’s Day
15-21 National Volunteer Week
26 National Sorry Day
27 National Reconciliation Week begins – ends 3 June
Reflection from the President
Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! (Luke 12:24)
To say that we are in an environment of unpredictability is to state the obvious.
NCCA Webinar
That all may be one” – Stepping stones on the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation and Unity
Rev Dr Mikie Roberts, WCC Program Executive for Spiritual Life and Program Executive for Faith and Order was an engaging keynote speaker at the NCCA Webinar on Friday 21 March 2025 at the Catholic Institute of Sydney.
PCPAN 2025
Update following Nadi meeting.
The Pacific Church Partnership Advisory Network (PCPAN) held a design consultation meeting for a multi-year Phase 2 program in Nadi, Fiji from 11-14 March 2025.
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce
On behalf of the member churches of NCCA, General Secretary Elizabeth Stone, is a signatory to the letter to the leaders of the major parties, urging them to avoid dog-whistling and sowing division about asylum seekers and refugees throughout the federal election campaign.
First Nations
Last chance to apply
Applications are invited for the NCCA’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Development Fund
Applications close Monday 24 March 2025
Safe Church Program
Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Farewell Archbishop Haigazoun Najarian
On 23 February 2025, a farewell reception was held to honour Archbishop Haigazoun Najarian, Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Australia and New Zealand. The NCCA prays for Archbishop Najarian’s continued good health, with gratitude for his devoted service to his community.
We have been blessed with his loyal friendship and commitment to Christian unity.
World Council of Churches
Interview
Young Armenians have retuned from a recent tour to raise awareness of the need to protect Armenian land in Jerusalem.
Read the interview published by the World Council of Churches
Christian Conference of Asia
CCA General Secretary position
Nominations/Applications are invited for the position of Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) General Secretary
Applications close: 2 June 2025 inclusive of all required documents proving credentials.
Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) – 2025
Prospective students are invited to apply for the month-long training programme.
Applications close: 15 May 2025