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Well-meaning friends ask me, “is December a quiet time for you now that university is finished?” My short answer is “not exactly”. I’ve just returned from 10 days in Canberra at a conference of sorts. Others might call it a Christian camp. But it’s actually a training event. The National Training Event of AFES…
Keep ReadingA few weeks ago, 60 youth and leaders from St Michael’s spent a weekend in Katoomba at KYCK Youth Convention. What an encouragement it was to join with over 2,000 youth from around NSW and beyond, hearing from God’s Word, singing together and being equipped to boldly live the Christian life. Many of our youth…
Keep ReadingOn Saturday 16 February 2019, we’ll have another WaterWorks fundraiser. It also aims at helping us engage with our community. Let’s build on last year’s good will. If you don’t know, WaterWorks is Anglican Aid’s project enabling those in impoverished developing world communities to get access to clean and reliable water supplies and the sanitation facilities…
Keep ReadingNext week is ‘Ministry Training Week’ at St Michael’s. Have you decided which training sessions you’ll join? Register online now if you haven’t already. Each training session will be worthwhile in different ways. But let me make a shameless plug for the session I will lead on Tuesday October 16th from 5pm. It’s called ‘Speaking…
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(Image above: Karl Faase interviews Vince Vitale, now Director of the Zacharias Institute, educated at Princeton University and the University of Oxford, and having taught philosophy of religion at both of these universities.) Following the third topic on the Supernatural in a scientific age (buy online here) in our Towards Belief video discussion series, here are some resources on suffering…
During the month of March, we’re inviting YOU to discover who Jesus is (perhaps for the first time!) There are lots of opportunities to engage and connect with us, and learn about Jesus from the Bible. Here is a list of events happening at St Michael’s: Sunday Bible talks Sundays at 8am & 9:30am March 4…
Keep ReadingThe day I wrote this letter, I was praying with fellow church members and missionaries at the CMS Summer School in Katoomba. Some of our missionaries serve in a location where the government can make it difficult for people who are Christians. In one situation, employers now use a questionnaire, which includes a question that…
Keep ReadingFor five Mondays in July and August, Jon and I attended the Families Equip Parenting Course. We thought it was so good! The course was written and presented by lay ministry couple, Kate and Ian Pearse, and is endorsed by Mother’s Union. Kate and Ian brought with them a humble, considered framework for approaching parenting…
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Public Lecture: Marriage Redefinition
30th Aug 2017 Community, Events, Public Lecture, Social comment
The lecture’s title picks up a much-discussed tweet. Is it true that #loveislove? Why defend the traditional definition of marriage? All are welcome to attend this public lecture in the Cathedral at St Michael’s on Wednesday 13 September at 7:30pm. It will be followed by Q&A. The aim of this lecture is not to direct…
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