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It was a perfect Sunny Coast morning for the multifaith Celebration of Community on Sunday in the Village Green. Rev Deb Bird & The Very Rev'd Dr Peter Catt, with Speak Up Now - Stop DFV (Maleny & Blackall Range), Welcome to Maleny W2M, Montville State School, Lydia Fairhall, & friends from the Baha'i & Islamic faith communities, Inspiration Choir & more. #everyonewelcome #spreadyourwings #stmarysangels #dreamlovelive #rangebowfestival #jinibaracountry #kabikabicountry #community #respect #thanks Check out some photos or > Download the order of service here <

A beautiful version of a familiar prayer from Yolanda Norton of Grace Cathedral. Our Mother, who is in heaven and within us,we call upon your names.Your wisdom come. Your will be done,in all the spaces in which you dwell.Give us each day sustenance and perseverance.Remind us of our limitsas we give grace to the limits of others.Separate us from the temptation of empire,and deliver us into community.For you are the dwelling place within us,the empowerment around us,and the celebration among us,now and forever. Amen.

In December we observed the 30th Anniversary of Women's Ordination and in our parish had the privilege of celebrating with Val. We have received the news that Val died on Tuesday and the Ad Clerum is attached below. Rest in peace, dear one. We are grateful for your life and ministry..

The Very Rev'd Dr. Peter Catt of St John's Cathedral. This NAIDOC Week I find myself, unsurprisingly, thinking about The Voice Referendum and more specifically about the process of deciding how to vote. At the forefront of my thinking is an awareness that I, as a majority Australian, will be making a decision that will have a profound effect on the lives of those who make up a small minority of our population. I am also mindful that the decision will have very little direct effect on my life. I am painfully aware that we majority Australians have been making…

NCAN (National Comprehensive Anglicanism Network) seeks to promote inclusive, generous and open-hearted Anglicanism. We value the rich traditions of Anglicanism, where differences are seen as gifts from God to be valued and treasured. We are committed to respectful conversations, across difference, about matters that are of importance in the Anglican Church of Australia. We are currently working to publish our website and the first of our newsletters. We anticipate these will be launched in the coming months. The website will provide more information about NCAN, news items and articles that you can read and share, and suggestions for ways that…

One of my most cherished understandings of the church is that it is to be a sanctuary for life.It’s deep in our tradition: From the midwives who saved the Hebrew baby boys from pharaohs wrath, through history when the church has facilitated the escape of slaves and protected Jews in wartime, to 2016 when our Cathedral offered a place of safety for refugees in danger of removal. The call of the church has always been to protect lives and promote human dignity. In Anglicanism this has been formalised in our marks of mission: to announce good news, to grow the…

Modern slavery describes the intentional and serious exploitation of people. It includes use of coercion, threats or deception to undermine a person’s freedom. It’s forms can include human trafficking, slavery, servitude, sexual exploitation, forced marriage, forced labour, debt bondage, forms of child labour, and deceptive recruiting into exploitative labour and services. Victims can and do come from all walks of life, but mostly they are the poorest and most vulnerable of people: for eg. Women in poverty are at high risk of deceitful recruiting practices; refugee and migrant workers are frequently vulnerable to debt bondage, wage theft and unsafe working…