āA church emergency food relief initiative supplies people with essential groceries, while enabling parishioners to connect with those who have little or no knowledge of Jesus and provides an opportunity to offer a sensitive and appropriate introduction to the Gospel,ā says Care Cupboard Coordinator Glenda Ebert on The Parish of North Pineās wonderful pantry ministry
āIt will take courage from practitioners like myself, and the communities we preach in, to be open to ways that lead into encounters with God through Christ Jesus,” says The Revād Michael Stalley, while introducing readers to a new podcast
More than 150 religious leaders from across Australia, including local Anglicans, have issued an open letter calling on the Prime Minister to recognise Australiaās moral responsibility to avoid climate ācatastropheā and halt all new coal and gas projects
Clergy and lay people from across our Diocesan community gathered at St Francis Collegeās Chapel of the Holy Spirit on Sunday for a valedictory service to celebrate the 2021 graduation of formation students
āMy doctor recently advised me to reduce or even stop my running as I have dodgy and painful arthritic kneesā¦So these last few months have been tough for me, as I work out what strategies I will embrace to manage stress and the unique demands of a clergypersonās roleā¦Too often we shoulder our burdens alone. Finding the right people to talk to is vital and being open about our very human struggles is also greatly important,ā says Bishop John Roundhill, as part of a special anglican focus series on clergy mental health
āSometimes going to the hairdresser can be unexpectedly life-changing. For about a year, people in my community had been urging me to explore a calling to ordained ministry. However, when my hairdresser, who is not religious, said, ‘You know what? You should become a priest!’, I knew I had to start paying attention,ā says Melissa Conway, who is soon to be ordained a deacon and appointed as assistant curate at St Jamesā, Toowoomba
“As part of Anglicare Southern Queenslandās Reconciliation journey this year, for the first time Anglicare provided all staff with the choice to either take the Australia Day public holiday on 26 January or work that day and take another day off in lieu…The anniversary of this day for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples represents a time to mourn, as their cultures, lives and families were devastated by colonisation”
āThe fact that rechem can also mean ‘womb’ has always fascinated me when reading Psalm 25.6 in Hebrew. I connect the concept of this word to the idea of a motherās love for those children of whom people sometimes say, ‘Only a mother could love them.’ I love the idea that Godās love is maternal. God loves me even when I am not lovable by any but Her,ā says Dr Marie-Louise Craig from St Francis College
A new Diocesan-run early learning centre will fill a gap for local families and create jobs in a two-storey $5 million facility, while generating revenue to support the Churchās mission
Anglicare Australia has released open letters to the Federal Government and Opposition seeking commitments to make Australia fairer