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“Working in this Thread Together environment, it’s really exciting to be able to see Anglicare Southern Queensland as well as an Anglican church working together…It’s a wonderful partnership and it’s exciting to see it operating so successfully,” says Kate Littmann-Kelly. Find out more in this Anglican Identity series video, produced by our wonderful FormEdFaith team at St Francis College
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The Queensland Governor, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, recently visited the Thread Together clothing hub at St Andrew’s, Indooroopilly, coinciding with the second anniversary of the unique clothing service in Queensland
A permanent referral-only clothing hub will open at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Indooroopilly this week to give people access to brand new clothing in a safe and supportive environment. The official launch will take place tomorrow, Thursday 20 October during Anti-Poverty Week from 10am
Thread Together, a mobile wardrobe in a van, provided brand-new clothes to all 28 residents affected by the blaze that tore through the Bayside Lodge in Lota earlier this month
“There is a gentle internal reckoning that comes with the recognition of how close our own humanity connects with other persons, whether difference is perceived or not. This reckoning is often a catalyst for the undertaking of small mercies that channels the flow of our own lives into the river of a wider current of change,” says Allana Wales from St Andrew’s, Indooroopilly
“Anglicare North Coast and Anglican parishes working together make a formidable team, combining knowledge, skill, resources and finances to make a real difference for households and communities in times of need,” says Anglicare North Coast CEO Dr Leon Ankersmit
“The community’s overwhelming response to the 2011 floods showed how south-east Queenslanders pull together at times such as this. So I again encourage members of our Diocesan family to offer a helping hand in the massive clean-up. Our faith communities are already showing the resilience and generosity that we have come to rely upon in such weather events,” says Archbishop Phillip Aspinall
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