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A Prayer for Peace In the Holy Land
13
Mar
By malenyanglican
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A Prayer for Peace In the Holy Land

A prayer from Archbishop Hosam Naoum رئيس الأساقفة حسام نعوم O God of all justice and peace,we cry out to you in the midst of the pain and trauma of violence and fear which prevails in the Holy Land.Be with those who need you in these days of suffering; we pray for people of all faiths —Jews, Muslims and Christians and for all people of the land.While we pray to you, O Lord, for an end to violence and the establishment of peace, we also call for you to bring justice and equity to the peoples.Guide us into your kingdom…
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Lent Resources
26
Dec
By malenyanglican
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Lent Resources

God’s Own Country”First Nations leaders and clergy from the Anglican Church, generously offer theological insights and personal reflections that help us to hear the VOICE of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of faith. Based on the Seven Days of Creation and with stunningly beautiful paintings by the Rev’d Aunty Robyn Davis, ‘God’s Own Country’ is an essential, life-giving and challenging study. In our struggle to become an authentically Australian church, what better resource could we turn to than the voices of leaders who draw on vibrant Christian faith and a 60,000 year old understanding of God’s relationship with the…
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A Sunshine Coast Christmas!
14
Dec
By malenyanglican
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A Sunshine Coast Christmas!

Congratulations to Quinn Smith, winner in our 2023 Cards for Community Student Design contest and to our runners up. You can purchase cars from St George's Maleny $10 a pack. Sale of cards will benefit Speak Up Now! Stop domestic violence in our communities. . . .
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Developing an Apology: Listening to LGBTIQA+ Voices
05
Dec
By malenyanglican
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Developing an Apology: Listening to LGBTIQA+ Voices

Please share (rather than Like) this post so that it gets the widest possible circulation. The Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane (Anglican Church Southern Queensland) intends to offer an apology to LGBTIQA+ people for the harm caused by the treatment of LGBTIQA+ people by The Anglican Church Southern Queensland. An Invitation to be heard The committee charged with developing the apology would like to hear from LGBTIQA+ people who are current or past members of The Anglican Church Southern Queensland, and members of their families, regarding their experience of The Anglican Church Southern Queensland (Diocese of Brisbane) through…
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Advent Resources
25
Nov
By malenyanglican
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Advent Resources

Downloadable Devotionals for Individual or Group Use The Making of a Messiah: What the women of Matthew's Genealogy teach us about Jesus. Way of Love Advent Guide Anglican Board of Mission Advent Resources: Songs From a Strange Land or A Voice In the Wilderness Advent Books Advent Manifesto by Martyn Percy Stick with Love by Arun Arora Unearthly Beauty: The Advent Saints by Madelen Smith Light of the World by Jill Amy-Levine Preparing for Christmas by Richard Rohr Keep Watch With Me: An Advent Reader for Peacemakers by Clair Brown and Michael McKay The First Christmas by Marcus Borg and…
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How we spend our days
15
Nov
By malenyanglican
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How we spend our days

How we spend our daysis, of course,how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour,and that one,is what we are doing. A scheduledefends from chaosand whim.It is a netfor catching days. It is a scaffoldingon which a workercan standand labour with both handsat sections of time. A schedule is a mock-upof reason and order —willed, faked,and so brought into being; it is a peace and a havenset into the wreck of time;it is a lifeboaton which you find yourself,decades later,still living. Each day is the same,so you rememberthe series afterwardas a blurred and powerful pattern. Annie Dillard
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Red Rose Foundation Vigil
18
Aug
By malenyanglican
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Red Rose Foundation Vigil

Today we gathered in Tesch Park to lament deaths by domestic violence, to remember and honour those recently killed and to call for strategies to that move beyond reduction to ELIMINATION of DFV in our communities. Thank you Speak Up Now and Red Rose Foundation for calling us together. Below is the text of Val France's speech. Today we are gathered here in Maleny as a sign of solidarity for the women and children, who have lost their lives to domestic and family violence murder. It is now day 230 of 2023 and to date there have already been 35…
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