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NOW LISTING FOR 2010-2011!

31st AUGUST - NEW SOUTH WALES - SOI DOG DOCUMENTARY SYDNEY PREMIERE

Soi DogsThe 66 minute documentary provides insight into the work of the Soi Dog Foundation, a non profit charity which helps homeless, abused and neglected dogs and cats in Thailand. The Sydney premiere will take place at Govindas restaurant and movie theatre (112 Daringhurst Road, Darlinghurst) in two sessions, starting at 6pm and 7.15pm. Tickets are $35 plus booking fee which includes entry into the movie and vegan buffet. For tickets, call 1300 438 849 or see www.moshtix.com.au.

 

9th SEPTEMBER - VICTORIA - THEOLOGICAL FORUM: WHAT DOES SOCIAL JUSTICE HAVE TO DO WITH SALVATION?

Presented by World Vision, the forum will look at the nature of salvation. Over many years, this question has generated a diverse range of theological understandings. Is it about going to heaven when we die? If so, what does social justice have to do with it? Is it about bringing heaven to earth? Is it primarily individual or communal? This forum seeks to inform and encourage conversation among the Christian community on this important topic. There will be a time of open discussion. Speakers will include: Tim Foster, director of theological education and formation at Ridley College, Melbourne; Merrill Kitchen, formerly principal of the Churches of Christ Theological College, Melbourne; and, Siu Fung Wu, theological education officer for World Vision Australia. To be held from 7pm - 9pm, at Tabor College, 222 Oban Road, Ringwood North. Admission is free. RSVP to nils.vonkalm@worldvision.com.au by Monday, 6th
September. For further information please contact Nils von Kalm on (03) 9287 2512 or email nils.vonkalm@worldvision.com.au

 

12th SEPTEMBER - QUEENSLAND - PARKINSON'S QUEENSLAND UNITY WALK

The 2010 Parkinson’s Queensland Unity Walk is a 4km community walk to raise awareness and funds for Parkinson’s disease research and support services aimed at the 80,000 Australians affected by Parkinson’s disease. Festivities will include live entertainment, refreshments, special guests and prizes for the highest fundraising effort. Entry is $25 for adults and $15 for children under 16 and includes a free T-shirt! Register online now at www.parkinsonsqldunitywalk.org.au or call 1800 644 189.



12th-18th SEPTEMBER - MARRIAGE WEEK

Marriage WeekMarriage Week is an annual celebration to reinforce and promote the benefits/importance of marriage and increase awareness and value of pre-marriage and in-marriage education, promoting a marriage culture. Of course there must be continuing recognition of responsibilities for the singles, the single parents/ divorcees and the child within our midst who may be growing up without a mother or father role model. Many churches, marriage and other ministries and Christian broadcasters are taking part in Marriage Week. During that week, amongst their events, broadcasts, marriage will be celebrated and recognised that as:
• foundational in Gods' plan of creation;

• 'the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life'; and,
• the foundation of families and gave the right balanced environment for children to grow up in.
For more information about Marriage Week, see www.marriageweek.org.au



25th DECEMBER - CHRISTMAS





 

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"I can't regret the decision to go to war...I can say that never did I guess the nightmare that unfolded, and that too is part of the responsibility. The truth is we did not anticipate the role of al-Qaida or Iran. Whether we should have is another matter; and if we had anticipated, what we would have done about it is another matter again."

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28th July, 2010

Afghanistan has been in the spotlight again this week following the leaking of thousands of the US military's internal logs relating to the period between January 2004 and December 2009. The files were leaked to website Wikileaks which has allowed several news organisations special access to the data, including UK newspaper, The Guardian. You can read its coverage here...

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THE STATISTIC

Number of species living in the Australian waters:

330,000

Source:Census of Marine Life

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TRIBUTES MARK 70 YEARS OF TAIZE SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY

World Christian leaders are paying tribute to the ecumenical community of Taizé in eastern France, which is marking its foundation in 1940 by Brother Roger Schutz, who died in 2005.

     In a message in advance of the 14th August commemoration to Brother Alois, who now heads the community, Pope Benedict XVI described Schutz as a "pioneer in the difficult paths toward unity among the disciples of Christ".

     "Seventy years ago, he began a community that continues to see thousands of young adults, searching for meaning in their lives, come to it from around the world, welcoming them in prayer and allowing them to experience a personal relationship with God," Pope Benedict said.

STEPHEN BROWN, of Ecumenical News International, reports...  | more... |

 

 

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BLOGS

 

 
CELEBRATING ROSH HASHANA...

On 9th September, Jews in Israel and around the world will celebrate the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana: ‘Head of the Year’).

Rosh Hashana falls on the first day of Tishrei (the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar), and is the first of the Jewish High Holidays or Yamim Noraim (’Days of Awe’), on which Jews focus on repentance before Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

On Rosh Hashana, Jews observe a day of rest (Leviticus 23: 24). Rabbis sound a shofar (a trumpet made from the horn of a ram, goat, or antelope), to symbolically awaken listeners and alert them to the coming judgement.

KARYN MARKWELL's blog on the history and culture of Israel... | more... |


THOUGHTS ON CONTROL...

U2's song Moment of Surrender has a line which simply says “to be released from control”. It is yet another line from a U2 song which has hit me like a brick.

Just about everything we do in life is designed to keep us in control of our lives. But the life of the cross is about relinquishing control to the only one who is ultimately trustworthy. Oh to be released from control on that day when we will have new bodies and new minds in the fully consummated kingdom of God.

 NILS VON KALM'S blog on faith, life and how it all might fit together...  | more... |


A RHINO CITY; WHY WE CAN PLAY A VUVUZELA BUT CAN'T GO WURFING; AND JESUS ON TENNIS

We've already heard of island archipelagos designed to resemble palm trees or maps of the world. So why not a city shaped like a rhino in Africa? That's the design planners in southern Sudan have reportedly come up with for their capital, the city of Juba.

DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life... | more... |

 

THINKING ON POLITICS...

Thinking on politics... Sometimes a door opens and as a Jesus follower you have to decide whether to walk through it. If you are fair dinkum about following you don't leave your God clothes in a pile by the door - you just wear em and walk on in. Mine don't come off.... and they are always clean and fresh, He washes me daily!

ANN WOJCZUK's blog about life, the universe and possibly everything...  | more... |

FRAGMENTS OF BRONZE AGE LAW CODE FOUND IN ISRAEL

Fragments of a cuneiform tablet containing a law code which parallels parts of the famous Babylonian Hammurabi Code have been found in northern Israel.

The find - the first of its kind in Israel - was made during excavations conducted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at Hazor. The fragments date from the 18th and 17th centuries BC - the Middle Bronze Age - and are written in the Akkadian cuneiform script. They refer to issues of personal injury law relating to the relationship between slaves and their masters and the researchers say they also reflect the Biblical concept of a ‘tooth for a tooth’.

DAVID ADAMS reports... | more... |

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