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.

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.

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.

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.