New Principal for Oak Hill College
The Rev. Dr James Robson has been announced as the next Principal of Oak Hill College in London after the news, last month, that Johnny Juckes had decided to step down from the position.
Announcement from Oak Hill College – photo from Keswick Ministries.
Easter message from Bishop Mark Calder
Here’s an Easter message from Bishop Mark Calder, Bishop of Bathurst.
The Resurrection is Real — The Archbishop’s Easter message 2023
“Have you experienced the true meaning of Easter? … Jesus’ resurrection changes everything!”
– Archbishop Kanishka Raffel has released this 90 second Easter message.
Great to share / show in church / put on your church website.
Download the text from SydneyAnglicans.net (PDF).
Report by Russell Powell –
“Sydney Archbishop Kanishka Raffel has used his Easter message, to appeal for people to consider the true message of Easter and the reality of the resurrection of Jesus. …”
Book launch – Peter Jensen’s The Life of Faith: An Introduction to Christian doctrine
Moore College has now uploaded the video of the launch of Peter Jensen’s new book, The Life of Faith: An Introduction to Christian doctrine.
Do watch the full video – Peter speaks about his purpose in the book, and explains his use in the lecture room of some of the books he brought along. Very encouraging.
Get your copy of The Life of Faith: An Introduction to Christian doctrine from Matthias Media.
Correlations between leadership behaviours and ministry burnout
This week from The Pastor’s Heart:
“What is the relationship between clergy leadership behaviors and burnout?
How does destructive leadership behaviour relate to burnout?
What about conflict at church? How does a minister being the target of personal violence correlate to thoughts of quitting? “
Valerie Ling leads the Sydney’s Center for Effective Living and Center for Effective Serving.”
Seize the Day — Mothers Union Sydney seminar 2023
Mothers Union Sydney’s Annual Seminar for 2023 was held at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Friday 24th February.
The theme was “Seize the Day – Work and Rest in the light of Eternity”.
A recording of the full livestream is now available on the Mothers Union website.
Speakers and topics on the day were:
- The God of All Our Days – Ruth Schroeter
- Days Well Spent – Paul and Cathy Grimmond
- Parenting for the Days to Come – Ruth Baker
The accompanying booklet is available at this link.
Christian MP shares the gospel in Parliament
“A Christian MP has spoken in Parliament of his faith: Christ’s incarnation, sinless life, substitutionary death and resurrection.
In a debate in Westminster Hall on the importance of Christianity in society, the MP for Don Valley, Nick Fletcher, said the nation ‘should be proud of our Christian history and our Christian values’.
As well as explaining the message of the Gospel, he expounded the importance of Christian engagement in society, and how famous social reformers of the past were driven to act by their faith in Jesus. …”
– Christian Concern. The key section is from 8 minutes into the speech.
(Link via Anglican Mainstream.)