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Join us Tuesday 1 March 6pm for pancakes in the church! Family friendly, free (donations welcome), open to all! Book online: holycrosshackett.org.au/pancakes
You’ll also find our Lent programme below, with something for all ages – please do come along and join us.
We are launching a new regular Sunday afternoon youth group for 11-17s this term!
Check out the flyer below for more details … All welcome!
This year we are marking the traditional feast of All Souls Day by holding a gentle contemplative Eucharist. It will be a time to remember all the suffering and losses of this strange and challenging year, to hold before God all our loved ones who have died, and together to take a step of hope.
Join us in person or on Zoom: click here for the Zoom link.
31 October marks our return to Sunday worship in person at Holy Cross after two months of lockdown. We will be celebrating All Saints Day at our 9am Eucharist.
Today is also our “Offering Sunday”, as we give thanks to God for all the many blessings we have received. Copies of the offering cards we’ll be using in our service can be found below.
We will be continuing to offer the option of attending all our services via Zoom for the foreseeable futures. To join us via Zoom, click here.
Have a blessed Sunday!
Fun activities: food, dance, games, music, and a celebration out of lockdown.
Programme includes:
- age-specific activities for younger kids
- a range of field games for adults and youth
- a dance workshop for high school students led by author, poet, and educator Jahzeel Campbell.
A COVID-safe event. Free of charge, open to all faiths and none.
To book, go to www.holycrosshackett.org.au/bbq
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.
Do you have a passion for caring for creation? Do you want to join a dialogue with other Christians and people of goodwill from across Canberra? Then please come along to our joint study course on Pope Francis’s encyclical on integral ecology, “Laudato Si”, run jointly with Holy Rosary Catholic and St Margaret’s Uniting Churches.
“Laudato Si” is one of the most significant and intellectually compelling studies of our current climate crisis, and has been widely acclaimed by Christian and secular commentators alike. It is available free online here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/docume nts/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
The course is run fortnightly on Tuesdays 7.30pm, starting 10 August. All are welcome and there is no charge. To attend please book online at: https://www.trybooking.com/BSSOB.