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Valerie's story

Meet Valerie, one of Anglicare Southern Queensland’s respite clients at Nalingu Respite Centre, as she discusses her passion for flowers and shares her words of wisdom for the next generation

"The truth is, nobody knows the month and day of Jesus’ birth. The first recorded speculation about its being the 25th of December comes from the early third century," says The Rev'd Charlie Lacey
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Tough Questions: Is Christmas a pagan holiday?

“There will never be a day when we cannot say, ‘This the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it’…A day that focusses exclusively on the birth of Jesus is one that should stir us to new heights of joy and gladness as we contemplate God’s love, humility and willingness to give up everything for our sakes,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey

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St Bart's Kids eBook — Luke 2.22-40

Check out the latest scripture eBooks from Resource Church St Bart’s, Toowoomba, which adapt Old and New Testament scriptures for young children, including this one titled, “Simeon (Nunc Dimittis)”, from Luke 2.22-40

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Archbishop Jeremy's 2024 Christmas message

“This Christmas when I celebrate the birth of the one we call ‘Emmanuel’, or ‘God with us’, I will say a prayer of thanks for how we have sought to be and to meet ‘God with us’ over this last year, as I look with hope for the year to come,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves