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Flourishing faith communities: proclaiming and serving, worshipping and learning

Archbishop Phillip Aspinall introduces our new whole-of-Diocese Vision Statement, and accompanying values and focus areas, and invites us to contribute what we can to make it a reality

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The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ

“The Ascension points both to an event in history, the last resurrection appearance of Jesus to his disciples, and to the purpose of Jesus’ victory on the cross, the taking of our humanity to God. However, I think that we need to face up to some problems,” says The Ven. Keith Dean-Jones OGS

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Embodying the Spirit of Christ through small acts of compassion

“Every action, big or small, absolutely makes a difference! Last week, 50 men who spent nearly seven years trapped in Immigration detention on Manus and Nauru plus up to two years locked up in a Kangaroo Point hotel were released with a Bridging Visa into our community,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn

Reflections

Memory, presence and hope

As part of our ‘Being Together this Advent’ social media initiative, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall explores what Advent means to him and what gifts God offers us in Advent

Hymns

‘Holy Spirit, living water’

“This is a sung prayer to further open our hearts to the passionate necessity of living the Christian life in ways that seek justice, truth and compassion, and demonstrate the Divine delight in laughter and joy, healing and blessing,” says The Rev’d Canon Dr David Cole