âIt has been more than 20 months since I started as the Anglican Church Southern Queenslandâs Domestic and Family Violence Project Officer, so this seems like a good time to reflect on progress and achievements to date,â says Jenny Clark
Meet Stephen Harrison from Anglicare Southern Queensland and find out about his faith journey, secret skill, his thoughts on Reconciliation, what makes him nostalgic, what local Anglican inspires him the most, what encounter recently surprised him, and how your parish or ministry can support Anglicare Sunday
âI share my story with you in the hope that in the not-too-distant future, we as a Christian community can better assist those who are living the silent nightmare I was â to give them access to knowledge and permission to seek assistance, as well as encouragement and support,â says a courageous parishioner, as part of the anglican focus domestic and family violence series of stories and features
âThis hymn is a very useful addition to our repertoire of congregational hymnody, of course, and also has other more nuanced possibilities. For example, the first two lines of each verse might be sung by a soloist or small group, with the congregation joining in the repeated final line each time. Or it might be used as a quiet background during intercessions, with the final line used as the peopleâs repeated spoken response to the prayers,â says The Revâd Canon Dr David Cole
Meet Jennifer Crocker and find out about her voluntary church work, what she is most looking forward to at Synod, the unique challenges faced by food producers and the simple things we as the broader Diocese can do to support food producers and landholders like Jennifer and her family
âI did the two-year whites-only compulsory military conscription as a âreligious non-combatantâ, but when required to do continuous military service one month per year, thanks to Albert Nolan and his contemporaries, I found the courage to declare myself a conscientious objector in the late 1980s, risking jail and worse,â says The Revâd Nic Denny-Dimitriou
âThis book is a parable about how people would react to Jesus today and how the Church, in an institutional sense, could react to him,â says centenarian parishioner Margaret Thurgood
âOne of the great gifts of the Church is that there are always others with far more faith than me who can do the believing when I find it too hard, until I find myself able to believe again,â says Bishop Jeremy Greaves
“Today, St Martinâs House still serves a vital role for the Cathedral and our wider Diocesan community. Its role as a hospital ceased in 1971, and after much debate about its future, it was renovated and is now used as office space for our Archbishop, Regional Bishops and clergy and staff for the Cathedral and various Commissions. However, there are still some mysteries that my research is yet to solve,” says Diocesan Archivist Michael Rogers
âRegarding my various lay parish activities â it is vital to me that I feel as though I am contributing. I recall once hearing a cricket commentator say that 90 per cent of people can find the problems, but only about 10 per cent can come up with solutions and act on them. So I strive to be a part of the 10 per cent. Helping to provide alternatives for those seeking a spiritual home is highly rewarding and very enjoyable,â says Adrian Gibb from St Thomasâ, Toowong