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Peace is here, peace is there, peace is everywhere.
Peace is here, peace is there, peace inside your body.
I came back inside after lunch on the third day of the Young Peacemakers club to do some cleaning up. Hidden behind the lectern, singing to herself and strumming away on an old beat up guitar was one of the little six year olds singing the above song that she had created for herself…
The Statement on Nonviolence was created in response to World Conference Resolution 1319 in 2019. The process has taken six years. It is timely. Little has changed since 1972 when prophetic words declared that these are portentous times in a world wracked by violence. A church dedicated to peace is called to offer alternatives to human aggression in all its forms…
This week, along the Murray river where I live, the ground has been covered in a thick frost every morning. Each morning when I peer out the window of my cosy little house, I give thanks that I am inside, and able to look out on the stunning horizon - fog lifting above the paddocks and fields, the Victorian Alps blue peaks in the distance…
During May 2025, it rained and rained across the Manning Valley along with the Hastings & Macleay regions. There was continuous rainfall for four days, exceeding 600 millilitres, which has been described as an event expected to occur once every 600 years. A theoretical disaster not supposed to occur in our lifetime, unprecedented in magnitude and impact…
Hello! I’m Calee Loughran, and I am thrilled to join the Australian Community of Christ team as Communications Coordinator.
I grew up in the U.S. where I attended a small Community of Christ congregation in rural Oklahoma. I developed a deep spiritual foundation through Sunday church, youth and family camps each summer, and eventually attending Graceland University. ..
Need help accessing World Conference worship?
Join Linda Hazel on Zoom this Sunday at 10am AEST (usual AWOL time)
While there will be no Australia Worships Online service this Sunday, Linda Hazel will open the AWOL Zoom link at 10am AEST for anyone who would like help viewing the ordination of Stassi Cramm as Prophet President as a group, including help navigating other Community of Christ YouTube worship recordings from World Conference. Zoom link found on Online Ministries page.
What an incredible, spirit filled week the Australian Delegation have experienced at World Conference. Over and over I am hearing from Conference attendees that there is a shift in atmosphere, an uplifting energy and a movement towards change. It is the Spirit of hope.
From the powerful moment of President Stassi Cramm's ordination….
Dear friends,
Our hearts go out to the communities of the Mid-North Coast that are experiencing record floods this week. While our congregational buildings are all safe at this stage, we know our members on the Coast are rallying within their localities to give assistance. We also acknowledge the emergency relief that SaintsCare is providing in the Taree area. To give to SaintsCare's flood relief efforts, please visit Give and select SaintsCare from the drop down menu.
This week we celebrate Volunteer Week…
