We have been hosting a community course for the last 30 years. We don’t know how much longer we will be able to continue to host it. So if you don’t want to miss out on this special opportunity, talk to your friends, get a group together, and make sure you register now. The course to […]

An invite to our next Project Hope meeting this Saturday morning. We’ll explore the topic “How do you maintain hope in a despairing world?” The conversation will be led by three older people who have been exploring ways to respond to that question for many years: Charles Ringma will bring an international perspective from his […]

Are you disheartened by the increasing division showing up around the world? Are you concerned for our future — and for the future of generations to come? As troubling and overwhelming as the events filling our news feeds are, as a human race, we actually have within us what it takes to transform our world… […]

Melbourne: Beyond Church? Whitley College 2018 School of Ministry Dates: Mon 25 & Tues 26 June 2018; Venue: Centre for Theology and Ministry, Parkville, Melbourne How do you live at God’s pace in a high-pressure world? How can you support and resource your communities of faith for what is happening at work and everywhere? Join us […]

  On Easter Wednesday—the 50th anniversary of MLK’s assassination—our mentor and “mother of the movement” Liz McAlister, along with six Catholic Worker veterans, entered the Trident nuclear submarine base in Kings Bay, GA in order to begin the disarmament process.  Learn more about this action at www.facebook.com/Kingsbayplowshares/.  Who is this extraordinary woman?  As the first of our […]

I’m excited to announce the launch of “An introduction to Christian Muslim Encounters” – a 4 week course at Blackburn Cathedral funded by Near Neighbours This course is an opportunity to explore Christianity & Islam, the journey begins by creating a safe space and exploring the following themes over the 4 weeks: Introduction to Christianity […]

Centre For Anabaptist Studies The core of the Centre is comprised of six modules that, uniquely in the United Kingdom, enable students to complete a course in Anabaptist Studies at Masters’ level. One of these is an introduction to research methodology, which our validating university requires for all MA courses (although this has been adapted […]

AAANZ Table Fellowship Webinar: Christian Witness In the Midst Of Capitalism Saturday 10 March, 5pm AEDST – Speaker: Jonathan Cornford, co-founder of Manna Gum, a ministry in good news economics. Jonathan is a humble, engaging and deeply knowledgeable speaker. He teaches and writes extensively about the Bible’s vision of economic and ecological justice and how this applies to […]

When: From 9 am till 11.30am, Saturday June 3 Where: House Centre, 69 Thomas St West End As always there will be tea and coffee available.   Naiara Carillo trained in journalism and is currently working on a PhD, looking at how food is presented in supermarkets in ways that influence our actions. Underlying ideas include how […]

Come To Our Community Orientation Course (June 24 – July 8, 2017) We would like to invite people who may be interested an intensive course with the Waiters ( waitersunion.org ) in West End, Brisbane mid-year. The course is a two-week, grass-roots, face-to-face, show-and-tell, do-it-and-discuss-it intro to compassionate Christ-like community work. Most of the time […]

Join us at the EMMANUEL CENTRE on 20 APRIL 2017 for “The Administration of Fear — technology, politics and religion” seminar with Dave Andrews and Dr Paul Tyson on Thursday 4 May, 12 noon–2.30pm. The French social theorist Paul Virilio has written an intriguing text titled “The Administration of Fear”. In this text, he points out […]

Let’s make this a big one. Annual rally in King Gorge Square followed by a march to St John’s Cathedral where Very Rev Peter Catt will be speaking. The Cathedral was where the Sanctuary movement was born last year and has basically kept hundreds of people seeking asylum in our community from being deported. Many […]