Christmas Bowl Concert 2008
A great time was had by all, and what a wonderful concert it was. Here are a few images from the concert. Continue reading ‘Christmas Bowl Concert 2008′
2008 Christmas Bowl Concert – 31st August
In 2008, Christmas Bowl Concert will raise funds for aid work in the Sudan – a country home to one of the worst humanitarian disasters of our time. In Sudan, over 200 000 people have been killed, and 2.5 million people displaced. The concert will raise money to provide antibiotics, malaria treatments, food, shelter, water, and education to internally displaced people.
Local talent will be showcased at the Concert. The Cottage Children’s choir, St Hilda’s Chapel Choir and the Eneksis Vocal Ensemble will perform a varied and entertaining selection of music.
A highlight will be the World Premier performance of a new composition by local talent Laurissa Wylie, commissioned by Music at St Thomas’s. Click here for more information.
WHEN: 31st August, 2008 2.30pm
WHERE: St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 2 College Rd, Claremont
TICKETS: $10/adults and $5/children
Tickets available from the Council of Churches of WA on 9274 3888 or administrator@churcheswa.com.au
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Press Release: Concert for the Sudanese
The 2008 Christmas Bowl Concert will raise funds for aid work in the Sudan, says Revd Eira Clapton, General Secretary of the Council of Churches of Western Australia. Sudan is described as one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters of our time. Over 200 000 people have been killed, and 2.5 million people displaced. For years, tensions have grown in this semi arid part of Africa between the mostly black African farmers and the mostly Arab herders, in competition for land. Conflicts began in 2003, when rebel groups began attacking government targets. In retaliation the government launched a military and police campaign in Darfur. Tensions and violence have escalated ever since. The result is a large number of innocent men, women and children bearing the brunt of political and social unrest. Continue reading ‘Press Release: Concert for the Sudanese’
Refugee and Migrant Sunday – 31 August 2008
The focus of this year’s commemoration will be the refugees from Iraq.
Resources will be available at the National Council of Churches website after 8 August. This will include prayers for Iraq, information about the situation for people both inside and outside Iraq, the Christian Church in Iraq, and the need for resettlement for refugees.
The Council of Churches of WA will be making up a hard copy of some resources for churches and schools which need information about Refugee and Migrant Sunday, prior to 8 August. To order a copy: email please to Eira
CHRISTMAS BOWL CONCERT
WHEN: Sunday, 31 August
WHERE: St Thomas’s Catholic Church, 2 College Rd Claremont
TIME: 2.30pm
This concert will be an opportunity to promote the ongoing crisis in Sudan and to have an opportunity to share some stories of the hardships suffered by our own local Sudanese refugees. The Council of Churches supports five aid programs within the Darfur region.
Four million people in the Darfur region or two-thirds of the population are now totally dependent on international relief aid, and over 1 million are now beyond the reach of aid agencies as attacks on aid workers and their convoys accelerate. In North Darfur alone, 355,000 people were stranded without food aid for three consecutive months late last year.
In January this year, 14 Sudan-based UN agencies issued a joint statement warning that attacks were crippling the relief effort, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk of starvation and disease.
In the past six months, some 250,000 people had been forced to flee violence, many for the second or third time.
The Darfur humanitarian operation is the largest in the world, employing over 14,000 aid workers at a cost of A$1.2 billion, but has saved hundreds of thousands of lives since the conflict began in mid-2004.
Australia has around 8,000 Sudanese refugees.
Featuring at this year’s concert: Eneksis Vocal Ensemble (WAAPA), The Cottage Children’s Choir both directed by Micheál McCarthy and a St Hilda’s Choir.
Music at St Thomas’s has commissioned local talent Laurissa Wylie to write a composition on peace for the concert.
All tickets will be pre-sold and are now on sale. Adults $10 and children $5. For these tickets please contact the office at Council of Churches of WA on 9274 3888 or email: the Council.
Christmas Bowl Concert 2008
The Council of Churches of WA is presenting the Annual Christmas Bowl Concert. The Council of Churches is 12 member churches working to create understanding within the Christian Communities and promoting global peace and justice.
31st August, 2008
St Thomas Catholic Church, 2 College Road, Claremont, WA
Featuring the Eneksis Vocal Ensemble (WAAPA@ECU), the Cottage Children’s Choir, and the St. Hilda’s Choir, directed by Micheal McCarthy.
