
Noelene Osora
ASCM National Conference 2019
Australian Student Christian Movement (ASCM)
You are invited to attend the ASCM National Conference and a National Senior Friend’s reunion in Canberra in July 2019.
‘Conversations about Christianity, Australia and the World’.
Meet old and new friends, share ideas, share lunch together and talk about solutions to some of the world’s big problems, combining the wisdom of experience with the enthusiasm of youth.
Date: Saturday 13 July 2019
Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 PM
Venue: Holy Cross Anglican Church, Hackett, Canberra ACT
Australia's Indigenous Heritage
Online Forum
The Quakers invite you to join them in their online forum on Australia's Indigenous Heritage.
When: Thursday 15 October 2020
Where: via Zoom
June Calendar 2019
June | |
2 - 9 | Week of Prayer for Christian Unity |
3 | Mabo Day - Anniversary of High Court's decision |
4 | Ramadan ends (Islam) |
5 | World Environment Day |
8 | World Oceans Day |
9 | Pentecost (Christian) |
Faith Leaders call on newly elected Government
Let them settle here.
In a Media Statement released 21 May 2019, the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) and the Australian Churches’ Refugee Taskforce (ACRT), together with Australian Jewish, Christian and Muslim Leaders, called upon the Government to resolve the plight of the refugees still detained on Manus and Nauru.
Message from the Secretariat
Emmaus Walk
The post resurrection story of the disciples’ encounter with Jesus as ‘the stranger’ on the way to Emmaus is an important Gospel reading from Luke in our Easter season.
Modern Slavery and Pacific Islander workers
Pacific Islander church communities pledge to work together for freedom
The NCCA hosted an ecumenical meeting on Monday 6 May 2019 which brought together Pacific Islander church leaders and the General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches, Rev James Bhagwan.
Armenian Ecumenical Officer visits NCCA
Staff of the NCCA and the NSW Ecumenical Council were delighted to receive Rev Hrant Tahanian of the Armenian Church Catholicosate of Cilicia Antelias Lebanon on the afternoon of Friday 17 May 2019.
Rev Tahanian brought greetings from his church and the afternoon was spent in ecumenical sharing.
National Reconciliation Week 2019
27 May – 3 June 2019
Grounded in Truth, Walk Together with Courage
At the heart of reconciliation is the relationship between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To foster positive race relations, our relationship must be grounded in a foundation of truth.
Safer Churches Conference
"Transforming Cultures: Listening, Reflecting, Acting"
17 - 18 September 2019 - Mercure Hotel, Brisbane QLD
Registrations are open now
The 9th biennial Safer Churches Conference will be the first conference held by the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) Safe Church Program since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recommendations were released in December 2017.
The theme for the conference will provide the framework across the two-day event.