Day 6 - Creating
Sally Staley invites us to welcome through sharing and creating with food, family, and friendship.
Day 5 - Hoping
Bishop Richard Condie invites us to be people of hope and prayer in the midst of distress.
Day 4 - Advocating
Rachel Saravanamuthu invites us to listen to the voices of those in need and to welcome them by advocating on their behalf.
Day 3 - Protecting
Joseph Youhana calls us to think about welcome through the eyes of refugees.
Day 2 - Connecting
Xuyen Pho reflects on his experience of being a refugee and the challenge of connecting with others.
Refugee Week 2020
Common Grace is celebrating Refugee Week with an email series containing a Daily Disruption for each day of Refugee Week.
Call to Prayer
Can you gather at a church near you and pray for Priya, Nades, Kopika and Tharunicaa tonight?
Morrison Gov: Keep the Medevac law
As Jesus urged us to care for the abandoned neighbour through the parable of the Good Samaritan, Common Grace calls on the Morrison Government to show the same humanity and respect to the men and women on Manus and Nauru. Keep the Medevac law.
Six Years Too Long
Will you join us in your city, as we stand with those held in Manus and Nauru for #SixYearsTooLong?
Responsibility to Protect Immigrants: Reflecting on Aboriginal Tradition and the Hebrew Bible
As we move from Refugee Week to NAIDOC week, it’s fitting that we listen to Academics Mark Brett and Naomi Wolfe as they explore the roles of guest and host in the Australian context. This piece is an edited excerpt from a NAIITS Conference paper. The full paper will be published in the NAIITS Journal later in the year.