Noelene Osora
Assembly update
NCCA Assembly Roundtable
Please note that the venue has changed. It will now be held in Ferguson Hall, St Stephen's Uniting Church, 197 Macquarie St, Sydney (downstairs)
When: Thursday 21 March 2019 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Topic: Selection, training and screening for ordination candidates and church workers, including best practice in psychological testing.
In Memoriam
Archbishop Ian George
Former Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide Dr Ian George has passed away, aged 84 on January 28 2019.
Bishop George was Archbishop of Adelaide between 1991 and 2004. During this time he served as Chair of NCCA's Christian World Service (CWS) Commission from 1996 to 2004.
Our Churches - Uniting Church in Australia
Applications invited
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SAFE CHURCH UNIT
The Uniting Church Assembly is looking for candidates to provide strategic direction, leadership and operational planning of the National Safe Church Unit.
Applications close: 5:00 pm Thursday 28 February 2019.
Applications addressing the position requirements should be emailed to Ms Colleen Geyer, General Secretary, National Assembly.
Australian Church Women Scholarship
Winifred Kiek Scholarship Trust
Applications for the 2020 year are now available.
The Winifred Kiek Scholarship is offered in rotation to women from countries of the Pacific Island Nations, member countries of the Asian Church Women’s Conference, and multicultural Australia.
Ecumenical News
World Council of Churches
Position Vacant - Professor of Ecumenical Social Ethics and Programme Executive of the Ecumenical Theological Education (ETE)
Promote ecumenical theological education and ministerial formation and to teach Ecumenical Social Ethics at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey as regular member of the faculty.
Stationed: Geneva, Switzerland
Application deadline: 1 March 2019
Christian Conference of Asia
CCA Condems bombing of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Jolo, Sulu Province, Philippines
Two improvised explosive devises (IEDs) exploded in the Cathedral on Sunday 27 January just after 8:00am. More that twenty people were killed and over eighty were wounded.
The CCA General Secretary, Dr Mathews George Chunakara, has offered prayers for the healing of the injured and the consolation of all who grieve.
Interfaith Events - Victoria
"Listening to The Statement from the Heart"
An invitation to listen to the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
When: Sunday 17 February 2019 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Where: St Oswald's Anglican Church, 100 High Street, Glen Iris VIC
Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia Women's Conference.
You are invited to explore the rituals of “Beginnings and Endings in the Abrahamic faiths”.
When: Friday 1 March - Sunday 3 March 2019
Where: Don Bosco Centre, 465 Lysterfield Road, Lysterfield VIC
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February Calendar 2019
| February | |
| 1 | World Interfaith Harmony week begins |
| 4 | World Cancer Day |
| 4 | 80th Anniversary - Cumeragunja Mission walk-off |
| 5 | Lunar New Year |
| 6 | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
| 8 | Feast of Josephine Bakhita |
| 13 | Anniversary of the Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples |
The Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims & Jews
Australia Day Vision 2019
Media Statement released 18 January
As the 231st anniversary of the colonial establishment of NSW approaches, represetatives from three Australian faith groups bring their contribtion to the discussion on the 26 January.
