Dear Friends of the Chapel,
This week we've had the people from 'Love Makes A Way' holding a national get-together at the Chapel. If you are not familiar with who they are or what they do, can I encourage you to look them up in Facebook or Twitter and support them or get involved however you can. In short, ‘Love Makes A Way’ are an inter-denominational Christian movement who have been holding pray-ins in the offices of parliamentarians from all across the nation, from both of the major parties, working for the release of children currently held in detention centres. Taking their name as a stance against the political headline that insisted there was no way into Australia for people coming as refugees by boat, ‘Love Makes A Way’ insists that as a nation we can find a way when it comes to people seeking asylum, and it is love that will open us to be a better people and nation. Many of the peaceful protestors have been arrested during these nonviolent, prayerful sit-ins and those charged have included nuns, ministers, the current NSW Moderator of the Uniting Church, and lay people young and old, male and female. No one has yet had convictions recorded against them and many of them have been commended by both the police and the judges of the courts they have had their cases heard in. There is much about the politics of fear, and the fear in politics that needs to be confronted - non-compliant, nonviolent and prayerful actions is one way that seems to be working.
You can see from elsewhere on this newsletter that the Bondi Pavilion will be hosting the Sydney Peace Day Festival this coming Sunday, from 10am-8pm. Living in peace with yourself and with others, seeking reconciliation, wholeness and renewal are key tenets to flourishing in life, and this event promises to give opportunity to explore this with others and express your own hopes for a peaceful world. With all sorts of activities going on, it promises to be a lively and engaging event.
Thanks again for being a friend of the Chapel.
Graham Anson
Minister (In Supply)
[email protected]
This week we've had the people from 'Love Makes A Way' holding a national get-together at the Chapel. If you are not familiar with who they are or what they do, can I encourage you to look them up in Facebook or Twitter and support them or get involved however you can. In short, ‘Love Makes A Way’ are an inter-denominational Christian movement who have been holding pray-ins in the offices of parliamentarians from all across the nation, from both of the major parties, working for the release of children currently held in detention centres. Taking their name as a stance against the political headline that insisted there was no way into Australia for people coming as refugees by boat, ‘Love Makes A Way’ insists that as a nation we can find a way when it comes to people seeking asylum, and it is love that will open us to be a better people and nation. Many of the peaceful protestors have been arrested during these nonviolent, prayerful sit-ins and those charged have included nuns, ministers, the current NSW Moderator of the Uniting Church, and lay people young and old, male and female. No one has yet had convictions recorded against them and many of them have been commended by both the police and the judges of the courts they have had their cases heard in. There is much about the politics of fear, and the fear in politics that needs to be confronted - non-compliant, nonviolent and prayerful actions is one way that seems to be working.
You can see from elsewhere on this newsletter that the Bondi Pavilion will be hosting the Sydney Peace Day Festival this coming Sunday, from 10am-8pm. Living in peace with yourself and with others, seeking reconciliation, wholeness and renewal are key tenets to flourishing in life, and this event promises to give opportunity to explore this with others and express your own hopes for a peaceful world. With all sorts of activities going on, it promises to be a lively and engaging event.
Thanks again for being a friend of the Chapel.
Graham Anson
Minister (In Supply)
[email protected]