Meet The Rev’d Jazz Dow, Mission Chaplain at St Francis College, Milton and find out about Community of the Way, an intentional community of young people commencing next year and which Jazz will be helping to build
An online store was recently launched by the Cathedral Shop, showcasing products made by local artisans, a range of fair trade gifts, parish supplies and books, with monies pooled to support Cathedral outreach and mission activities
“Our vision for our communities on the Downs is to truly show the great love of God as we go out into these communities in the faithfulness and grace of Christ – just as it has been since Benjamin Glennie first came by horse to this ‘small and uncivilised’ area of what was formerly part of the vast Newcastle Diocese,” says The Rev’d Rick Gummow
“As well as naïve, the techno-enthusiasm I have described is inadequate because it rests on an incomplete view about the nature of humanity and our place in creation. The implicit ‘naturalist’ worldview of the techno-enthusiast is one that leaves out a transcendental framework, which undergirds our concepts of the common good and human responsibility,” says Provincial Clergy Conference speaker, The Rev’d Dr Chris Mulherin
Meet Kerry Frances from the Anglican Schools Commission and find out what projects she is currently working on, what person of faith she most admires, what book she gives away the most and why, her favourite childhood memory and her favourite place to travel
Anglicare Southern Queensland offers practical and helpful tips to assist families manage the back-to-school transition
Meet Fenlan Miller and find out about his various ACSQ roles, what great Australian of faith inspires him the most and why, the best advice his dad has given him and his secret skill
“I am aware that the Anglican Church Southern Queensland has been a leader in the Reconciliation space for decades — the ACSQ’s first submission in support of constitutional recognition was sent to the Federal Government in 2011, so your Diocese has been an active supporter of this for years,” says Devett Kennedy from the Queensland Community Alliance
This year’s Book Week celebrations at The Springfield Anglican College saw the launch of a new student-authored collection of short stories and poems, as well as a special visit from award-winning author Sarah Armstrong to host a student workshop
“All my life I have been going to church every Sunday. At first it seemed like the most boring thing in the world, but then I started to listen. I started to sing the hymns, I started to read along with the Psalms and ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ and the Creed. Everything seemed to make sense, and the more I learnt about it, the more I realised how great it was,” said Katie Free from All Saints’, Cambooya during her recent Confirmation service