Sunday evenings in 2012

Mind ~ Body ~ Spirit

HELD ON THE LAST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH

5:30 - 7:30 PM

Talks and discussion to kindle your MIND
Soups and bread to comfort your BODY
Reflective Worship to lift your SPIRIT

February 26 Dr Helen Gardner
Senior Lecturer in World History & Pacific History, School of Humanities  & Social Sciences, Deakin University;
The role of the Church in the decolonisation of the Pacific
March 25
John Hargraves NZOM
Managing Director, South Island Organ Company, New Zealand
My life as an organbuilder
April 29
Michele Harris OAM
Co-author of 'Loss of Rights - The despair of Aboriginal Communities in NT',  A submission to the UN Commission on the elimination of racial discrimination - Australia.
The effect of the intervention on Aboriginal lives
May 27
Rev Alistair McRae
Current President of the Uniting Church of Australia.
Some Presidential reflections
June 24
Ihsanullah Dileri
Recipient of 2011 Victorian Refugee Recognition Award; Ihsan works at the Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre.

Peace and change in Afghanistan
July 29
Assoc Professor Rosalie Hudson
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Nursing & Social Work, Melbourne University; Chair, Melbourne College of Divinity's 'Human Research Ethics Committee'.
Abortion & Euthanasia: What is the Church's view?
August 26
Rev Joan Wright Howie
Minister'Habitat Church' (St David's Centre & Augustine Centre); former Spiritual Formation Adviser at UC Centre for Theology & Ministry..
Assisting Spiritual Formation
September 30
Professor Stephanie Trigg
Professor of English, School of Culture and Communication,
Melbourne University. 
Emotional responses to 'Fire'
October 28
Professor Katherine Massam
Professor of Church History, United Faculty of Theology, Melbourne
Benedictine Spirituality
November 25
Dr Geoff Bird AM and Beris Bird AM
Geoff Bird is a plastic surgeon and Beris Bird is a palliative care nurse and they spend much of their time working overseas.
Working in Gaza -
making a difference?
        

REFLECTIVE WORSHIP will echo and enrich the theme of the talk.

For further information:

Phone: 9857 8412 (Office) OR email: mail@staidans.org,au

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