International Day of Peace Interfaith Prayer Service

You are warmly invited to join the 20th Interfaith Prayer Service celebrating the International Day of Peace.

It seems it started the other day. But we have journeyed together as God’s people from different faith traditions for twenty long years. I thank you for your love, prayers and support to make it possible. Here’s the details of the service. 

When: Thursday 21 September at 11:00 am AEST

Where: Knox Cultural Centre, Knox Grammar School, 2 Borambil Street, Wahroonga, NSW 2076 (nearest Train Station -  Warrawee) 

Keynote Speaker: Rev Simon Hansford, Moderator of the Uniting Church in Australia, NSW and ACT Synod.

RSVP by: 10 September to Rev Dr Manas Ghosh at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone +61 429 892 548 

Download  pdf International Day of Peace Interfaith Prayer Service Poster 2023 (935 KB)  here. You may use this to promote the service through your network of friends and families or organisation. 

Raising Peace Festival

You're invited to join ‘Raising Peace’ in their online peace festival, which returns to celebrate the International Day of Peace for 2023. 

For three days from 21-23 September you will be able to explore a series of speakers and workshops discussing the ever more important topic of how we can contribute to a peaceful world.

Explore:

• Personal peace: How can you cultivate peace in your own life?
• Public peace: What can we do to create more peaceful communities?
• Political peace: Getting involved in shifting the political discource around peace and conflict

The First Nations Stream this year focuses on the coming Referendum on the Voice and the Uluru Statement as an instrument of peacemaking.

Militarisation will continue to be explored and time will be made to celebrate the great work on peace being done from around the country.

When: Thursday 21- Saturday 23 September 2023

Registrations: Click here to register and for more information about these exciting events.  Registration is free.  

Go to RaisingPeace.org.au to read more about the many participating organisations and learn more about Raising Peace.