“Christmas is now over…As we put away the lovely nativity scenes, I wonder about the continuing relevance of the nativity for us as contemporary Christians,” says The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt
“Over the next three years, our main umbrella theme is ‘Being Together’. Then in each year we will focus on a particular subtheme of Being Together. For 2020, ‘Practising Peacemaking’ is the key way we will explore Being Together. So, why Being Together? And, why Practising Peacemaking?”
“The Church is called to reconcile conflict and to transcend divisions. The Church is called to live in a profoundly different way and to be a sign and agent of that unity which is God’s will and God’s gift,” says Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, as he announces the forthcoming annual Diocesan themes