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“Imagine every Anglican parish and community around Australia doing at least one thing to share the hope that we have in Jesus and being fervent in prayer during next year’s Easter Day to Pentecost period. To me, that sounds phenomenally exciting!” says The Rev’d Michael Calder from The Parish of Wishart and Hope25
Dates & Seasons
“We celebrate Christmas because it commemorates Jesus’ birth, Easter for the victory of Christ our Saviour, and Pentecost for the pouring out of the Holy Spirit. In celebrating Pentecost we need to take the way of the disciples as a model for our Church,” says The Rev’d Daniel Jayaraj
“We are transformed by our empathetic engagement with perspectives that are different to our own. And, we find our goodness in every moment of compassion and loving kindness that emerges in the space between us as we share our lives together,” says The Rev’d Sue Grimmett
Greetings from the World Council of Churches regional presidents to the fellowship of Churches around the world celebrating the birthday of the Church on Pentecost, to be celebrated on Sunday 23 May 2021
“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
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Australia will be observed from 16-23 May 2021 in the week between Ascension and Pentecost – download resources created by the ecumenical Monastic Community of Grandchamp and adapted by the NCCA’s Faith and Unity Commission
“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
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