Uniting Church Minister Appointed General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Australia
The Reverend Tara Curlewis, an ordained Minister of Word & Sacrament, was yesterday appointed General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA). Tara is the 3rd General Secretary of the Council since its inception in 1994. Continue reading ‘Uniting Church Minister Appointed General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Australia’
CCWA AGM
Do you know what the Council of Churches does? Do you want to find more stimulating company and conversation? Ring now and tell us that you are going to attend the Council of Churches of WA’s Annual General Meeting. Continue reading ‘CCWA AGM’
Civil Society Dialogue 2009
Tuesday 14 April
12:00-2:00pm
City West Lotteries House
It is our pleasure to invite you our latest Civil Society Dialogue, a forum in which members of civil society meet to discuss a range of issues of concern to our communities.
This invitation is extended to you by the Western Australian Council of Social Service (WACOSS), Unions WA, The Council of Churches of WA, the Ethnic Communities Council of WA and the Conservation Council of WA. We are gathering to discuss:
Why Resolving Native Title in South West WA Matters: Past, Current and Future Directions Continue reading ‘Civil Society Dialogue 2009′
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and Prayer for Reconciliation
24 May – 3 June 2009
‘That they may become one in your hand’ (Ezekiel 37.17)
God of compassion,
you have loved and forgiven us in Christ, and sought to reconcile the entire human race in that redeeming love.
Look with favour upon us, who work and pray for the unity of divided communities.
Grant us the experience of being brothers and sisters in your love.
May we be one, one in your hand.
Amen. Continue reading ‘Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and Prayer for Reconciliation’
Events for the Heart and Mind – 25 March
In this issue: Wellspring Community WA Creating Community; SPARKS in the Classroom; AVP Peaceful Pathways; Future Proofing Climate Change Forum; Earth Hour 2009
Continue reading ‘Events for the Heart and Mind – 25 March’
Events for the Heart and Soul – 10 March
In this issue: Earth Hour 2009; Black Politics; Workshop – The Art and Heart of Creative Conflict; Pace e Bene – Non-violence in the Mainstream; Centre for Christian Belief, Spirituality and Australian Culture – Exploring Men’s Spirituality; St George’s Cathedral invites you to waste time with God; Easter Music – Voices in Praise. Continue reading ‘Events for the Heart and Soul – 10 March’
The Imperative of Peace: A Window on a Troubled World
For a conference organised by Saint Egidio Society in Rome on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 under the title “The Value of Christian Churches in the Middle East: A Christian Muslim Discussion”, I was asked to make a 10-minute presentation on the topic ‘A Window on the World.’ I got to my pc and printed out the last four or five articles that I have written over a number of years on Christians in Palestine and in the Arab World. I was debating myself on whether to base my presentation on personal experiences and recollections or to be more academic, and usually boring, by citing statistics, institutions, schools, printing presses, community societies, clinics and other varied contributions of the Churches in Palestine and elsewhere in the region since the Middle of the 19th Century and even earlier. Local Christians, indigenous to the Palestinian and Arab settings, usually root themselves, their families, communities and churches in the early Church and like to insist that Jerusalem was and remains, as they wish it to be, the “Mother Church.” In a recent talk I have given to a group of priests from the Philippines visiting the Holy Land, I referred to the physical limitations of the city of Jerusalem and thanked the divine wisdom for Rome’s hospitality to the Church otherwise, I asked my group of priests, how would we have dealt with the traffic if Jerusalem would have become the seat of St. Peter’s successors and Jewish, Christian and Muslim holidays and feasts would have coincided with each other with millions of visitors to the Holy City? The Almighty has thankfully taken care of the anticipated traffic and population congestion in Jerusalem but much more work needs to be done on the human dimension in the city as elsewhere in the Middle East. Continue reading ‘The Imperative of Peace: A Window on a Troubled World’
Action over water justice urged on Christians for Lent
As the season of Lent draws near, the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) is inviting Christians to mark the occasion with reflection and action on some urgent water justice concerns. Continue reading ‘Action over water justice urged on Christians for Lent’
Council of Churches of WA AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Council of Churches of WA will be held on March 28th from 9 am to 12 noon, at the Anglican Parish of Whitfords, which meets in the grounds of St Mark’s Anglican Community School, St Mark’s Drive, Whitfords. Continue reading ‘Council of Churches of WA AGM’
PM Under Pressure from Religious Leaders on Climate Change
Over 60 religious leaders nad prominent religious individuals have written to the Prime Minister, ahead of the release of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme exposure draft legislation, to express their deep concerns with the Government’s inadequate response to climate change. Continue reading ‘PM Under Pressure from Religious Leaders on Climate Change’
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