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Well we are in Advent and in this season we focus in the immediate and the far off future.
In Advent we are invited to look forward with hope and expectation to the coming reign of God and to prepare for Christmas. This is a season of the ‘already and not yet’.
Give Hope this Christmas
- ‘Gifts for Peace’: order by 6 December 2022 to receive a physical card
- Advent Resources: to use with your congregation, either in person or online.
Refugee Support Grants approved
The NCCA Board at their November 2022 meeting approved five Refugee Support Grants that were recommended for funding by the Review Committee.
Statement from the Heart | Voice-Treaty-Truth
A time for learning, and more, with two key Aboriginal Elders, Professor Aunty Anne Pattel-Gray and Rev'd Dr Garry Deverell.
When: Wednesday 15 February 2023
Where: Adelaide West Uniting Church, ADELAIDE SA
Staying safe online over the holiday period
Updates from the eSafetyCommissioner include: New resources for younger children and their families, eSafety’s Youth Advisory Council, Talking to culturally and linguistically diverse families about sensitive topics. Learn more about gifting technology and mark coming events in 2023.
Resources and Report released
- Explainer: A Constitutionally Guaranteed First Nations Voice
- Closing the Gap report: four targets going backwards
Grey Spaces: Searching out the Church in the shadows of abuse
The Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACC&C) invite you to the launch of the book Grey Spaces by Jeffrey W. Driver, to be launched by Francis Sullivan AO.
When: Wednesday 15 February 2023 6:00 pm (AEDT)
Where: Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 15 Blackall Avenue BARTON, ACT
Salvation Army Australia - changes
Territorial Leaders, Commissioners Janine and Robert Donaldson have been appointed to head an international pilot project based in Australia.
Working for Peace in the Holy Land
- Pray for the people of the Holy Land
- Historic meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog
- WCC meets with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas
- EAPPI 20 year anniversary - press release and video greetings
UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls
The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) calls on Asian churches to unite in ending violence against women and girls.
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Pacific Church Leaders Development Conference
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), partnering with NCCA and DFAT, held a Conference of Pacific Church Leaders in Sydney from 20 to 25 November, 2022.
We share the outcomes from their rich and energising conversations.
Upcoming workshops with Naomi Paget
AVECA, in partnership with the NSW DRCN are pleased to advise that the following online training events are now available:
- 4 April 2023 – Moral Injury
- 5 April 2023 – Crisis care during traumatic grief
The other liturgy….care and compassion...in a space where God is and can be known.
The coming into being of the NCCA’s international humanitarian agency decades ago (now called Act for Peace), was a reflection of the founding energy of the Ecumenical movement.
At the NCCA Annual General Meeting on 2 November 2022, Lieutenant Colonel Miriam Gluyas of The Salvation Army was elected a new Director of the company.
