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The Glenburnie Program sponsorship
Last year the NCCA's Glenburnie Program funded the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network (PIEN) to arrange a speaking tour of Australia with author, Mercy Aiken in April 2024.
Ms Aiken is co-author of the biography of Bishara Awad, a Palestinian Christian and founder of Bethlehem Bible College.
Tour dates announced: 7 – 21 April 2024
Lutheran and Uniting colleges present Festival of Learning
Adelaide-based colleges, Australian Lutheran College (ALC) and the Uniting College for Leadership and Theology (University of Divinity) worked ecumenically to deliver programs on the 2024 theme ‘Challenging Boundaries: Life at the edges’.
Uniting Church in Australia and Pacific churches
Resources: 'Theology of Disaster Resilience in a changing climate'
UnitingWorld, Uniting Church in Australia's humanitarian agency, and Pacific churches have worked ecumenically in the Pacific to produce these resources which aim to aid communities and churches in examining resilience, preparedness, and suffering during disasters from a biblical perspective.
On the 2nd anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, World Council of Churches' General Secretary, Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, has made a statement calling for prayer "...for the restoration of our humanity and morality."
International Women's Day 2024
On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024, the podcast Australian Women Preach will celebrate three years of production and three years of raising women’s voices in preaching the Gospel!
At their National Conference on 15 November 2023, members of Australian Church Women Inc. (ACW) from across Australia voted to make donations to two NCCA projects: the Ronald Wilson Ecumenical Leadership Fund and Martung Upah Appeal.
The organisation formally began in February 1965 when a constitution was ratified at the annual meeting of the then Australian Council of Churches.
Project Worker - Anglicare Mental Health Services
Anglicare has recently commenced a project to work closely with the Tamil community in Sydney to identify, co-design and implement solutions addressing the mental health issues affecting the community.
The position is part-time and located in Parramatta, NSW
Applications close: Thursday 28 March 2024
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing."
Matthew 23:37
Last week we entered into the season of Lent. This time of discipline and reflection is practiced across our differing church traditions in a variety of ways.
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As the three Abrahamic faiths prepare to observe Ramadan, Easter and Pesach, the World Council of Churches General Secretary, Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, has visited Palestine and Israel to advocate for a ceasefire and promote a just peace.
2024 Dinner Series
An Evening with Asuntha Charles - Australian Tour
You are invited to a special evening hosted by the Micah Women Leaders Network with Global Women’s Rights Advocate Asuntha Charles.
When: Tuesday 12, March to Thursday 21 March 2024
Where: Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, Adelaide, Sydney
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Thank you
Thank you for being a part of the Christmas Bowl. Together, you are helping to create a world where everyone has a safe place to belong.
Closing the Gap
The Australian Productivity Commission recently released its Closing the Gap Report and Implementation Plan.
Bishop Charles Gauci, chair of the Australian Catholic Bishops Commission for Relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders responded to the report, referring to it as 'the starting point for renewed action'.
In Conversation with Pacific voices on climate
Registration is now open for the Edmund Rice Centre's upcoming webinars in March-April 2024.
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H.E Anote Tong- Pacific climate advocacy - emerging priorities: Friday 15 March, 1:30 pm (AEST)
- Reverend James Bhagwan- climate and faith in the Pacific: Tuesday 2 April, 6:30 pm (AEST)
Sunday 24 March 2024
Justice marches for peace and refugees are being held in most capital cities on Palm Sunday.
Details are outlined over.
