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Pathways to Peace: Ecumenical Formation in a Conflict-Ridden World
When: Tuesday 20 October 2020, 7:30 pm (AEST)
Where: via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Sarah Gehlin, University of Helsinki
Christmas Bowl 2018 and Advent Bible Study
This year, your gifts through the Christmas Bowl will provide Rohingya families with urgently needed shelter, medical care and support. Act for Peace would like to share God's love this Advent and have developed a weekly bible study guide which is being mailed out to all their supporters.
SAVE THE DATE
Thursday 29 October 2020, 10 am - 12 pm (AESDT)
Reconciliation as mission for Australian churches
NCCA will be holding a Member's Assembly later this month. We will be hearing from churches and First Nation members of The Salvation Army, Lutheran, Seventh Day Adventists with a reflection from Anglican minister, Rev Glenn Loughrey.
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Receptive Ecumenism: Listening, Learning and Loving in the Way of Christ
Editors: Vicky Balabanski and Geraldine Hawkes
Foreword and Afterword: Paul D Murray
Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA)
Expressions of interest are sought from ARPA for an Executive Officer
Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC)
Applications are sought for an Editing and Research Officer. Closing date 16 December 2018.
Knapsack for the Journey of Faith: Pilgrimage Bible Studies
World Council of Churches - Theological Study Group
You are invited to reflect on the diverse stories of these pilgrimages in the Bible and connect the dialogue between biblical contexts and contemporary contexts.
Jonah 1:4-5 "Jonah and his Selective Ecological Concern", by Liz Vuadi Vibila
UN calls for an end to rights violations against Baha'is
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee adopted a resolution in November, expressing 'serious concern' in relation to ongoing human rights violations in Iran against the Bahai people.
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| December | |
| 1 | World AIDS Day |
| 2 | Advent begins - Western Christian |
| 2 | Hanukkah begins - Jewish festival of lights |
| 3 | International Day of People with Disability |
| 5 | International Volunteer Day |
| 10 | International Human Rights Day |
| 18 | International Migrants Day |
Advent
He comes, He comes.
The Season of Advent for Western Churches begins this Sunday, 2 December. This is a time of waiting and preparation. It is a time of reflection and prayer where we focus on the themes of Hope, Love, Joy and Peace, a prelude to the Feast of the Nativity on Christmas Day.
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Bishop Philip Huggins delivered a theological reflection on the first day of the Regional Consultation on Migration, Trafficking in Persons and the Asian Diaspora held in Bangkok, Thailand. The Consultation, held on 12 - 14 November 2018, was organised by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) of which the NCCA is a member.
#ThursdaysinBlack and the UN 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence
In every country, gender-based violence is a tragic reality.
We all have a responsibility to speak out against violence, to ensure that women and men, boys and girls, are safe from rape and violence in homes, schools, work, streets - in all places in our societies.
Financial Representatives of Australian National Churches (FRANC)
On the 17th and 18th of October 43 participants from around Australia participated in the third FRANC summit in Melbourne. This was launched with a dinner featuring Professor Patrick Parkinson speaking on religious freedom.
VIC - Holding the Light – a service to remember those impacted by domestic violence
When: Sunday 2 December 2:30 -3:30 pm
Where: St Peter’s Anglican Church, 315 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne
NSW - Shared lunch and forum with Sister Patricia Fox SND and religious and faith groups
When: Saturday December 1, 2018 from 12:30 – 3:30 pm
Where: St Mary's Church Erskineville, 21 Swanson St, Erskineville
