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Children’s Day is celebrated across Australia each year on 4 August. The first National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day was established in 1988 (the Bicentennial Year in Australia) when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples felt a day … Continue reading →

It’s Christmas in July at our churchand we hear the old storiesand sing the carolswithout all the seasonal accumulationof gifts and tinsel and loneliness.It’s a heat waveand we are channeling Australian Christmas,but anyway, I’m trying to explainthe incarnationand people are … Continue reading →

The first Sunday in August is designated by the Uniting Church in Australia as Lay Preachers Sunday. Resources are available here.

Southern Hemisphere 22nd June 2019 (Northern Hemisphere 21 Dec 2019) BLESSING FOR THE LONGEST NIGHT All throughout these months, as the shadows have lengthened, this blessing has been gathering itself, making ready, preparing for this night. It has practiced walking … Continue reading →

Litany for Letting the Light of Christ ShineWhen we work to build peace…We are the light of the worldBy working for justice,We are the light of the worldBy acting with love,We are the light of the worldWhen we work to … Continue reading →

(also known as Yom Hashoah) 2019 theme: torn from home “Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s easy, on a day like this, to reflect at something of a distance. The photos are grainy now, dusty artifacts from another era. It … Continue reading →

I was asked to craft a liturgy for a friend celebrating 50 years of ordination (scroll to end). I’ve also added some other prayers, and a couple of relevant hymns. We belong to a tradition which follow the way of … Continue reading →

A reflection on St Brendan and pilgrimage St Brendan the Navigator, a reflection by Rev. Brenda G. Warren St Brendan the Voyager’s prayer. Reputedly he set sail in the 5th century in a small coracle of wood and oxhide from … Continue reading →