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World Council of Churches
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2019
Theme - "Justice and only justice you shall pursue" (Deuteronomy 16:18-20)
Resources prepared by WCC member churches in Indonesia are now available.
CCA Urges Prayers for Indonesian Quake Victims
In the aftermath of the devastation of Sulawesi by earthquakes and tusnami, the CCA General Secretary, Dr Mathews George Chunakara, has offered prayers for the healing of the injured and the consolation of all who grieve.
JMCA Friendship Walk 2018
When: Sunday 21 October 2018 1:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Start - AAIS Mosque 765 Drummond St, Carlton North
An afternoon walking together in friendship and goodwill between a mosque, synagogue and a church.
Mediation and Compassionate Social Action
When: Saturday 27 October 2018 9:30 am – 4:30 pm AEDT
Where: North Fitzroy Library Community Room, 182/186 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North Melbourne, VIC
A day of presentations and dialogue. Experience contemplative practices that stimulate, inspire, nourish and sustain compassionate action.
| October | |
| 1 | International Day of Older Persons |
| 1 | World Habitat Day |
| 4 | Feast of St Francis of Assisi |
| 7 | Daylight Savings begins |
| 10 | World Mental Health Day |
| 11 | International Day of the Girl Child |
Prayer of an Ageing Jesuit
Dearest Lord, teach me to grow gracefully.
Help me to see that my community does me no wrong...
| November | |
| 1 | All Saint’s Day - Christianity |
| 8-15 | NAIDOC Week |
| 11 | Remembrance Day |
| 19 | World Toilet Day |
| 25 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women |
Roundtable on Performance Appraisal Frameworks for Clergy and Church Workers (Recommendation 16.44)
31 October 2018 - St James Parish Hall, Sydney CBD
We will look at current performance appraisal tools that incorporate recommendations of the Royal Commission relating to Child Safe Standard 5: that people working with children are suitable and supported and that supervision and people management have a child safety focus.
Wider partnerships and systemic efforts at grassroots are essential to combat trafficking in women and girls in Asia
‘This virtual conference organised and facilitated by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) was held on 1 October 2020, called for systemic change supplemented with grassroots efforts to tackle the menace of human trafficking.
“Any Hope for Palestine, now or ever?”
Areej Masoud is a Palestinian Christian with a passion to speak up on behalf of her people and introduce the world to her reality.
Invitation to join in the Season of Creation celebrations
The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) invites you to attend their Week of Living the Change celebrations, 7 – 14 October 2018. Events are being held all around Australia.
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Holland Park, Brisbane - Support Nungalinya College
Inaugural Fundraising Dinner Saturday 27 October 2018 5.30 - 9.30pm
Celebration Service Sunday 28 October 2018 9.00am
Redfern, Sydney - Women’s Reconciliation Network Spirit Event 2018
Thursday 25 October 10.00am - 1.00pm - Because of Her, we can! - Storytelling, music, song, dance and more
Philippines Appeal - Typhoon Mangkhut
Act for Peace have launched an appeal to support National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)’s response activities to the impact of Typhoon Mangkhut (locally Ompong) which hit northern Luzon on Saturday 15 September.
Your prayers are invited for Bahá’ís in Yemen
The Bahá’í community are known to be peaceful, non-political and law-abiding. Yet there has been a severe escalation in the pattern of persecution of the small population of Bahá’ís in the Houthi-controlled northern region of Yemen.
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 and 4:1-8 "Jonah and his Selective Ecological Concern", by Liz Vuadi Vibila
