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Thursday December 08

Thathiu Thoeythupoegay (The Lord's Prayer)

Hear Saibai Elder Aunty Dr Rose Elu pray Thathiu Thoeythupoegay (The Lord’s Prayer) in Kalaw Kawaw Ya in this special video

Reconciliation Action Plan launch: speaker highlights

Hear some of what Reconciliation Action Plan launch speakers shared, including Wangan Jagalingou Elder The Rev’d Aunty Alex Gater, Saibai Elder Aunty Dr Rose Elu, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Kabi Kabi Elder Aunty Professor Boni Robertson and Quandamooka Bundjalung Elder Aunty Sandra King

Anglican Board of Mission Lent Appeal – Together as One

Anglican Board of Mission is marking the season of Lent again this year with its annual Lent Appeal with the theme that we ‘travel together as one’

Traditional Owners: leaders

“One of the things that I do remember from my childhood and schooling was that there was no separation of the non-Indigenous and First Nations students at school. What that meant is that I was used to being a leader and spokesperson for all the school students,” says priest and Wakka Wakka man The Rev’d Canon Bruce Boase

The Melanesian Brotherhood: history, way of life and current mission

Marilyn Oulds tells us about the work of the Anglican Church and ABM in Melanesia, as well as about the Melanesian Brotherhood, which is now based in The Diocese of North Queensland

Archbishop’s ABM November Appeal

The Rev’d Jazz Dow tells us about the annual Archbishop’s ABM November Appeal, including the innovative projects the appeal will support in the Diocese of North Queensland, with a focus on high-priority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mission activities

First Nations ‘icons’ – a portal to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Spiritualities

“The purpose of our recent meditation gathering was to create a space for reflection and learning using, as our ‘portal’, three magnificent paintings collectively depicted in the Bible Society’s ‘Christian Book of the Year 2017’, Our Mob, God’s Story, which features over 115 paintings by 65 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from around Australia,” says St Matthew’s, Holland Park parishioner, Randal Dennings