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We are excited to welcome Tim Hollo for an evening of jazz and participatory democracy to address the crises of our world.
Tim’s new book will help us start a conversation about how to bring a new world into being.
7-9pm Saturday 24 September
This event is part of the Sustaining Our Future Festival
Our North Canberra Sustainability Festival is back 24-25 Sept, bigger than ever.
Saturday will see a popup market, workshops, kids’ activities, a fabulous session on ethical fashion, followed by an evening of Living Democracy and live jazz with community leader Tim Hollo. On Sunday, we celebrate Creation with our joint Holy Cross and St Margaret’s Creation Sunday worship.
Saturday Program
11am-4pm Pop-up Market
- Conservation, sustainable living and community stalls, kids’ craft, sustainable food and drink, ethical coffee and fair trade goods.
11.30am-1.30pm e-bike rides!
Mini workshops:
- 11.30am Labyrinth spirituality
- 12pm Mosaic making
- 12.30pm Roving Regenerators composting workshop
- 12.30pm Mosaics in Christian history (presented by Dr Monica Short)
- 2pm Labyrinth spirituality
12-4pm Ethical fashion repair cafe and slow fashion op-shop: register here
- 12-4pm Textile repair cafe (drop in)
- 12-4pm Slow fashion op-shop
4-5pm Sustainable Fashion Q&A: register here
7-9 pm Living Democracy in practice, and live jazz with Tim Hollo: register here
Sunday 25 September 9.30am: Creation Sunday worship
Our joint Pentecost service with St Margaret’s is 9.30am 5 June. In addition, Holy Cross is delighted to host an ABM fundraiser for people of Myanmar suffering from Covid-19 and military repression. Anglican Board of Mission Canberra is working through its Anglican partner, the Church of the Province of Myanmar, leading this initiative.
- Join us for a special ecumenical Taizé service at 5pm
- Hear first-hand (illustrated) stories from ABM’s 2020 pilgrimage to Myanmar.
- Enjoy a sumptuous supper of authentic Myanmar food with wine or fruit juice (no charge).
- Have an opportunity to donate to the ABM’s tax-deductible Myanmar Emergency appeal (cash or credit card). (This event is now over).
Ecumenical service of reconciliation and healing at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
This year the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity coincides with National Reconciliation Week. ACT Churches have organised an ecumenical service of reconciliation and healing, followed by refreshments.
4.30pm Sunday 29 May
Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
15 Blackall Street, Barton
All are welcome to gather for the lighting of the fire at 4pm at the Meeting Place fire circle. The service will begin outside at 4.30pm, before moving inside to the Chapel after sunset at 5pm.
The service will include an act of acknowledgement and commemoration led by Making Peas/ce reconiliation ministry, focussing on colonial era conflicts.
Please invite your friends and download and share the poster.
At this time, the ACT Churches Council invite all Canberra churches to reflect on how to listen to the “Uluru Statement from the Heart” and respond in real and practical ways.
Our 9am morning service at Holy Cross Hackett on Sunday 29 May will focus on how Holy Cross can respond to the call from the Uluru Statement from the Heart, reflect on our journey and commitment for reconciliation, and understand our own place in this wider story.
The fourth Sunday of Lent saw our Lenten series God’s Mercy in our World continue with Diwa Hopkins speaking on God’s Mercy in the Economy. You can listen again here:
Our Lenten worship in Holy Cross this year focuses on God’s Mercy in our World through a series of sermons from our Holy Cross and wider community.
The series opened on the 2nd Sunday in Lent with a talk on God’s Mercy for the Environment. You can listen to it again here.
For the 3rd Sunday in Lent, we heard from St John’s Care on the critical work they do caring for members of our community who are facing hard times, and the importance of mercy at these times for helping people facing hardship get back on their feet. This is a window into God’s Mercy for society. As part of hearing God’s call for mercy in society, at Holy Cross our Lenten journey includes a renewed focus on our weekly giving to St John’s Care.
Tomorrow we will hear about God’s Mercy in the Economy.
We invite you to join us in our journey, in worship and through these podcasts. And as we walk together we invite you to ask how God is calling you in your heart to be part of God’s mercy for our world.
Saturday 2 October, 4pm AEST – click to join here via Zoom
ACT Attorney General and Minister for Water, Energy and Emissions Reduction Shane Rattenbury will discuss the ACT’s progress toward 100% renewable electricity, the future of gas and environmental sustainability issues one year on from the 2020 ACT election.
He will be quizzed by young people in his electorate.
The event, part of the Sustaining Our Future Festival 2021 which is this year online, is hosted by the Social Justice and Environment Group, Holy Cross Anglican and St Margaret’s Uniting in Hackett, Canberra.
Welcome to our spring Sustainability Festival in partnership with St Margaret’s Uniting Church, which this year is entirely online. All events are free, open to all, and can be accessed via the usual Holy Cross Zoom link: https://adcg.zoom.us/j/5675297261
- Saturday 18 September, 4pm – COP26 : Australia and avoiding dangerous climate change, with Jamie Isbister, Australia’s Ambassador for the Environment – more details at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cop26-australia-and-avoiding-dangerous-climate-change-tickets-169558045679
- Sunday 19 September, 9.30am – joint Celebration of Creation Service, live-streamed from under the flowering cherry tree
- Saturday 25 September, 4pm – Hannah Ford and Isobel Bender “A Journey of Cultural Learning”
- Saturday 2 October, 4pm – Sustainability in the ACT: Community conversation with Shane Rattenbury, ACT Attorney General – more details at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sustainability-in-the-act-community-conversation-with-shane-rattenbury-tickets-169560924289
- Saturday 9 October, 4pm – ACT for Bees “Bee Friendly Gardening”
- Saturday 16 October, time TBC – poetry reading with Geoff Page and John Foulcher
- Sunday 17 October, 9.30am – joint service with St Margaret’s for Global Climate Justice Day
As part of the Festival, below you’ll find a gallery of images that celebrate nature / sustainability / the environment and/or the challenges of community during the pandemic. There will be a special section of the gallery especially for younger members, so please encourage our Holy Cross kids / youth to submit their photos and artwork. Please email contributions to gallery@holycrosshackett.org.au
Jamie Isbister, Ambassador for the Environment on the upcoming UN Climate Talks in Glasgow, in conversation with young people in Canberra
Saturday 18 September, 4pm AEST – click to join here via Zoom
What is COP26 and what will it achieve?
Jamie Isbister, Australia’s Ambassador for the Environment heads to Glasgow in late October as part of the Australian delegation to the United Nations conference. COP26 will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Isbister will outline the goals and challenges of the meeting as Australia comes under increased pressure to do more.
The event, part of a Sustainability Festival which is this year online, is hosted by the Social Justice and Environment Group Holy Cross Anglican and St Margaret’s Uniting in Hackett, Canberra.