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 In Focus 2007/2008

Social Justice Sunday Kit

Refugee and Migrant Sunday Kit

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Resources
available on CD-ROM
from the NCCA for $20  
call 02-9299 2215 or
email:
natsiec@ncca.org.au

To find out more
click here.

Burma Cyclone Appeal Burma

Tropical cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar (Burma) last Friday May 2nd.  The death toll continues to escalate. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or rendered homeless and the destruction caused by the cyclone continues to reveal itself.

Agricultural regions have been devastated causing food prices to increase beyond 300%.

To give to the NCCA CWS Burma Cyclone response appeal, please click here.

Week of Prayer 2008

 

Score another Century for Australia - 4-11 May 2008

The 2008 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will mark 100 years since the first ‘Prayer Octave for Christian Unity’ began in 1908.  These 8 days leading up to Pentecost – May 4 to May 11 - are a great opportunity to renew and deepen our relationships. The theme appropriately is ‘Pray without ceasing’ (1 Thess 5.17) and a variety of Australian resources will be available here from 1 February.

Resources are available on the Faith and Unity Commission pages, click here.

Martung Upah Appeal 2008

Your gift makes an enormous difference to the work of NATSIEC, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission.
Please Give to Martung Upah.

Click here to download a copy of the Martung Upah brochure.

 

Easter 2008

Sunday, 27 April 2008, is the day when many Australian Christians from Eastern Traditions will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ.  This includes many of our Orthodox brothers and sisters who follow the Julian Calendar.

Most years the dates of the Gregorian Calendar (celebrated on 23 March 2008) and the Julian Calendar only differ by a week or two.  2008 is one of the rare years when the dates are more than a month apart.

 Click here to read an Easter message from the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Click here to read messages from Australian Church Leaders. 

Historic Apology Celebrated by the NCCAHistoric Apology Celebrated by the NCCA

The NCCA welcomes the apology offered to the Stolen Generations by the Federal Government last Wednesday in Parliament. The Churches have long held hope that our Federal Parliament could acknowledge the past and the pain that many of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brothers and sisters have suffered.

Read the full media release - click here.

 

Please pray for:

the people of Tibet

the people of the Middle East
........
concerns for Gaza and the Holy Land
........Click here to read the full statement of the Church Leaders.
........Click here to read a statement from the Middle East Council of Churches.

the people of Pakistan

the people of Iraq (Click here to view the statement of Australian Heads of Churches.)

the people of Burma
Click here to view the NCCA Christian World Service response to the situation in Burma.
Click here to view a letter from the General Secretary.
Click here to view some suggested prayers.

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MAY
2008

4/5
Asia Sunday

4-11/5
Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity

11/5
Pentecost
(Gregorian)

16/5
World Debt Day

18/5
Jubilee Sunday

26/5
National Sorry Day 

JUNE
2008

5/6
World Environment Day

11/6
Trinity Sunday
(Gregorian)

15/6
Pentecost
(Julian)

22/6
All Saints Day
(Julian)

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