Mary Andrews College Graduation 7th March
Mary Andrews College’s 2014 Graduation is set for 7:30pm on Friday 7th March, at Village Church Annandale. Archbishop Dr Glenn Davies is giving the graduation address.
Moore’s newest students called to proclaim Christ
“One of my favourite quotes about preaching, one I fear you will get tired of hearing if you spend four years with us, comes from a congregational minister and head of a theological college from the early twentieth century. James Denney insisted,
‘No man can show at one and the same time that he is clever and Jesus Christ is mighty to save’.
You have to make a decision — early on in your ministry — that it does not matter if you are entirely forgettable. What matters is that Christ is known. I’m going to be drawing attention to him or to myself. I can’t do both.”
– Moore College Principal Mark Thompson addresses the college’s newest students.
Also on the College website: Enrolment for new Moore Distance offerings launched.
Ordinands get ready for the big day
“A group of 35 men and women will be ordained as deacons on Saturday, taking positions from church planting, indigenous ministry, school chaplaincy to parish work.
Archbishop Dr Glenn Davies has been addressing the group this week at the pre-ordination conference and will ordain them at a service at St Andrew’s Cathedral on Saturday, February 1st, 2014 at 10am.
The number is one more than were ordained at last years service. Sydney Anglican churches are being asked to remember the ordinands in prayer.”
– See the full list at SydneyAnglicans.net and take the time to pray for these brothers and sisters.
Teen charged over assault of Anglican minister
“Police from North Shore Local Area Command have charged a teenager after an assault that left an Anglican Minister with a suspected broken jaw.…”
– Media release from NSW Police. (Photo: Canon Rick Smith who was injured.)
Praying for ‘Jesus Brings’
This weekend, Anglican churches across Sydney and the Illawarra will be uniting in prayer to the Lord of the Harvest as we commit into his hands the “Jesus Brings” mission.
Archbishop Glenn Davies has recorded a brief message of encouragement to be shown this Sunday.
100 Beaches Challenge
Here’s something different from The Archbishop of Sydney’s Anglican Aid…
“In February 2014, David Mansfield, of Anglican Aid, and a team of young and old surfers will surf the 100 beaches of the Sydney Diocese in 10 days.
Our aim is to raise 1 million dollars to help break the waves of poverty that engulf communities in our own city and throughout the world.
Please join us at any beach on the hour to pray for God’s work throughout the world. Follow it up with a swim or surf. Come to one of our evening meetings near the beaches where we have visited throughout the day.”
Youthworks 2014 vision
Anglican Youthworks CEO Zac Veron asks for your prayers for Youthworks and has released this video update.
Australia Day Honours 2014
In the 2014 Australia Day Honours List, Deaconess Margaret Rodgers has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Margaret has served in a number of important positions in Sydney Diocese and also in the General Synod Office. Most notably, she was Principal of Deaconess House 1975-85, CEO of the Anglican Media Council 1994-2003 and the Archbishop of Sydney’s Media Officer 2004-2007.
The award is for “significant service to the Anglican Church of Australia through governance and representational roles, and to ecumenical affairs”.
Others to receive Australia Day honours include:
Dr Timothy Hawkes (Medal of the Order of Australia, OAM) – Headmaster of The Kings School, “for service to education, and to professional organisations” (pictured),
Mr Peter Achterstraat (AM), member of Warrawee Anglican Church, “For significant service to public administration through financial management and governance roles, and to the community” and Mr Allan Ezzy (AM), member of St. John’s Parramatta, for “significant service to local government in New South Wales, and to the community through law enforcement, church and service organisations”.
Our congratulations and best wishes go to all. SydneyAnglicans.net has more.
(Photos: Mary Andrews College and Ramon Williams, respectively.)
Answering the call
“Archbishop Glenn Davies thought he was too old to be appointed to the top job, heading up the Sydney Anglican diocese and becoming Metropolitan of NSW. …
Dr Davies, who has held the role since last June, was the special guest at the Diocese of Canberra/Goulburn’s Bishop’s Convention on Friday and Saturday. It was his first official visit to the city.”
– There’s a profile on Archbishop Glenn Davies in The Goulburn Post.
Australia Day Convention 2014
The 2014 Australia Day Convention at the Cathedral is coming up on Monday 27th January.
Phillip Jensen, Neil Foster and Mark Thompson are the speakers, and the early-bird rates end soon.
Being Moore
Moore College has a new section on its website about growing the College.
See it at being.moore.edu.au
Youthworks mourns lecturer’s sudden death
“The Sydney Anglican youth arm, Youthworks, and the wider church community, is mourning the sudden loss of College lecturer Andy Stirrup, who collapsed suddenly on Thursday night. …”
– Sad news from SydneyAnglicans.net.
Anglican Aid South Sudan Emergency Appeal
The Archbishop of Sydney’s Anglican Aid has launched an emergency appeal for South Sudan.
Donations can be made online at this link.
Here’s the text of a letter released by Anglican Aid and sent to all Sydney parishes –
Anglican Aid Supporting South Sudan
Anglican Aid has launched an emergency appeal for the victims of the violence that has caused so much death and suffering in South Sudan in the last two months.
Media reports have put the death toll from the violence at 1,000. The Archbishop of The Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS), Daniel Deng, estimates the number dead to be many more than that. Read more
Marie Robinson — Awaiting the Resurrection
Members of the ACL are saddened to hear of the death of Marie Robinson, beloved wife of our former Archbishop, Donald Robinson. Yet in the midst of sadness we rejoice that, with all who have trusted in Christ, she is awaiting the Resurrection.
We note that her funeral will be held at St Swithun’s Pymble, on Saturday January 11 at 11:00am, and assure the Robinson family of our prayers.
Thanksgiving for Ridley Smith
There will be a Thanksgiving service for Ridley Smith at St. Andrew’s Cathedral at 10:30am on Friday 3rd January 2014.
Ridley, who died just before Christmas, is best known to many as the Architect who designed St. Andrew’s House and Sydney Square.
We also have Ridley Smith to thank for perpetuating the “Eternity” symbol chalked around Sydney by Arthur Stace for so many years.
In 1977, he had Eternity, in cast aluminium letters eight inches high, set in pebbles at the bottom of the Sydney Square waterfall.
(Photo of Ridley Smith with thanks to Ramon Williams, Worldwide Photos – taken at the opening of additions to Gymea Baptist Church, 29th November, 2009.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…