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Act for Peace Board seeks non-executive Directors
The international aid and development agency of the NCCA is looking to build a skills based Board. People are sought with specific skills and experience in business development, fundraising strategy, and finance and risk.
Share our passion for our cause and become part of our future.
World Council of Churches
Catholic-Lutheran dialogue yields fruits for reflection
A nine-year long process by a Lutheran-Roman Catholic Study Commission on Unity has closed its work...
WCC offers condolences in wake of Indonesia earthquakes
The World Council of Churches (WCC) reached out with condolences to people who have lost loved ones after the earthquakes that rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok.
Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA) - 2018 “Towards Peace with Justice and Human Security,”
The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) offers this training to prospective ambassadors of peace.
When: 14 to 20 October, 2018
Where: Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Applications are open until 20 August 2018.
The Christian Conference of Asia offers prayers for the victims of earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia
August Affinity Lunchtime lectures
Interpersonal Relationships and Human Rights - Thursday 16 August 2018
The Anthropocene: Challenges of the Human Age - Wednesday 29 August 2018
Trump’s America and how it has impacted us, the people Rabbi Bob Kaplan in conversation with Jon Owen, Pastor of Wayside Chapel
When: Wednesday 22 August 2018, 7.00pm
Where: Community Hall, Wayside Chapel, 29 Hughes St Potts Point
Willed remembering or willed forgetting? “People have forgotten God.”
What happens when an awareness of the divine dissipates in a culture? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s arresting quote below is worthy of reflection.
NCCA Assembly Roundtable on Professional Supervision
NCCA’s roundtable meeting on 18 July gathered 33 participants from Australia’s churches to discuss the opportunities and challenges of implementing Recommendation 16.45 of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, that:
The Modern Slavery Bill 2018
Bishop Philip Huggins, on behalf of the NCCA, recently submitted a paper to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on the Modern Slavery Bill 2018.
Addressing the refugee issue from the perspective of faith communities
The Statement highlights refugees and asylum seekers remaining on Manus and Nauru as at 23 July 2018, many now entering their sixth year in these processing centres. With very real concerns for the mental and physical damage sustained by people who have little hope, our policy makers are urged to bring closure to this situation.
Early Bird tickets are now available for the Voices for Justice 2018 Conference
When: 1-4 December 2018
Where: Canberra (TBC), ACT
Who: All ages are welcome, the only pre-requisite is you have a heart for justice.
The early bird price is only available until the 31 August.
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Catch up on some good free-to-air-TV on a cold night
ABC - Compass program - Jesus’ Female Disciples – The New Evidence - Part 1 and Part 2
SBS - The Song Keepers
Coming soon
SBS - Marry Me Marry My Family - casting call
ABC - new episodes of Songs of Praise announced
Replacing parliamentary prayer
On 27 June 2018, the Senate referred this matter related to the Committee on procedure for inquiry and report by 22 August 2018.
Public Forum on Human Trafficking - Canberra
Sunday 29 July 2018 7:00 pm
Haydon Hall, behind St Christopher's Cathedral, Manuka ACT
National Church Life Survey (NCLS)
During NAIDOC Week, NCLS Research released research results on Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations in churches.
Hear from church attenders on attitudes to treaty and constitution and the gap between their aspirations and actions in reconciliation efforts. Hear leaders views about the way forward, and what's actually happening in local churches.
