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Call for expressions of interest – National Coordinator
If you have a heart for working with students of all ages and the young-at-heart, enjoy working across different faith traditions, and are passionate about Christian activism, please consider this role.
Applications due: Monday 17 May 2021
16 – 23 May 2021
“Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit”
(cf John 1: 17)
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Australia will be observed from 16 - 23 May 2021 in the week between Ascension and Pentecost.
| May | |
| 1 | World Labyrinth Day |
| 2 | Pascha/Easter (Orthodox Christian) |
| 3 | World Press Freedom Day |
| 9 | Mother’s Day |
| 15 | International Day of Families |
| 17 | National Volunteer week begins |
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. (2 Thessalonians 2:16–17 NIV)
Messages from our churches speak to our Australian and world context in this year’s Easter Sunday celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection or rising from the dead after being crucified or put to death on the day called Good Friday.
The 14 messages follow.
THINKING AHEAD IN THE ETERNAL NOW, WITH EASTER FAITH.
With prayers in the grace and peace of the Risen Jesus, the One who was before all time and “in whom all things hold together”( Colossians 1.17).
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Sunday 21 March 2021
“I solemnly assure you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat. But if it dies, it produces much fruit. The person who loves his life loses it, while the person who hates his life in this world preserves it to life eternal.” John 12:24-25
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is making available a prayer service to invite its member churches and partners across the world observe the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March 2021.
#end violence against women
This week across Australia church women and men joined the tens of thousands calling for serious attention and funding to end violence against women. #Enough is enough.
Crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia
- Send a Parcel of Hope to a girl or woman fleeing conflict in Ethiopia.
- Sign the petition - call on the Ethiopian Government to continue its long-standing commitment to protect Eritrean refugees sheltering in Ethiopia.
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The Uluru Statement
The government is running a co-design process to decide what an Indigenous Voice to all levels of government will look like.
From the Heart: All who are inspired by the Uluru Statement are called to make a submission by 31 March 2021.
World Council of Churches
- COVID-19: Week of prayer 22-27 March 2021 - Prayer book and resources
- Reshaping mission and the church
- Thursdays in Black: Commitment to a world without gender violence
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“Hosanna in the Highest"
Clergy and lay people from Australia and Palestine will offer prayers, praise and reflections. A virtual screening of this service will be held the day before Palm Sunday.
When: Saturday 27th March
