“Our new beautiful custom decal wrap of St Francis of Assisi was installed on a sunny morning recently with the aid of a cherry picker, one window pane at a time, in just a few hours and at a fraction of the cost of traditional stained-glass,” says Liz Elliott from St Francis of Assisi, Nundah
“My friend knitted 100 colourful stripes representing temperatures from the past 100 years – the blue hues represent the years when the Earth was relatively cool; the cream and yellow indicate the years things got a bit warmer; and, the reds represent the years that became very hot,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn
Resource Church St Bart’s, Toowoomba provides helpful tips and complete resources for running a hybrid Christmas carols service
“The script we developed for our nativity film has fun songs, a novel and engaging plot and some cracking one-liners…The songs are upbeat, fun and catchy. They are intentionally simple enough for children as young as three years old, with adults up to 70 also participating, so it’s very intergenerational,” say Shona, Toby and Eleanor Bailey about their Straw & Order nativity short film, while inviting churches, schools and ministries to use their four-part movie as a resource in the lead up to Christmas
Anglican Youth, Children and Families interns and Community of The Way members, Aaron Vidya Sagar and Emma Williams, share about the work they are doing to support parishes with youth, young adult, children and families ministries
Three of our clergy share insights and learnings from their participation in the HeartEdge movement, including on a series of seminars currently being held online that are centred around the four C’s of commerce, culture, congregation and compassion
As a 25th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood surprise for Bishop Jeremy Greaves, seven people from across our Diocese share their favourite memories serving alongside him and identify what makes him such a great priest and leader
Four Anglican and Catholic clergy reflect on this year’s Anglican-Roman Catholic Clergy Day, including Bishop Jeremy Greaves, The Rev’d Anthony Odionyenfe, The Ven. Bronwyn Pagram and The Rev’d Peter Dorfield
“I believe that the Voice will help enable more culturally safe and person-centred healthcare because we would be able to better shape the policies that impact us. We need to keep our kids healthy and in school if we are to later see them in university rather than in prison,” says Torres Strait Islander man and nursing student Aiden Wu from St John’s College within the University of Queensland
“It has been absolutely clear in the COVID-19 environment that self-care is vital for all those in ministry, as for all in the caring professions. This learning is an important one for clergy and lay ministers to take into the Advent season,” says The Rev’d Dr Daniel Rouhead from Resource Church St Bart’s, Toowoomba