Mini Monday Manuscript

HOLIDAY EDITION 29 JUNE 2020

Vanessa Gamack ANGLICAN SCHOOLS COMMISSION SQ | CHURCH HOUSE MINI MONDAY MANUSCRIPT ASC

Contents Pray Daily ...... 2 Amazing People Schools ...... 4 Social Justice Resources and Ideas ...... 5 Black Lives Matter ...... 6 Life and Faith Podcast ...... 9 Responding to the Sin of Racism ...... 10 Social Justice Videos from the Catholic Church ...... 12 A Fun and Fabulous App ...... 14 My Favourite Book This Week ...... 15 The COSAC Conference ...... 16 We Don’t Do God ...... 17 Earth Overshoot Day – A Reminder for 22 August ...... 18 Talking Circles ...... 20 ISQ – Big Ideas Summit ...... 21 A Message from Jenene Rosser, ISQ...... 23 St Luke’s Innovative Resources – Anglicare Victoria ...... 24 Happy Holidays ...... 25

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Pray Daily

It was mentioned to me last week that the staff in some schools do not know that the Anglican community prays for them. The heartfelt message sent by the Archbishop was greatly appreciated by so many. It might also be appreciated if you could let your school community know when the community is praying for them specifically. Maybe your students could even pray for other schools with you. July Pray Daily

A Prayer in the Midst of a Crisis God of our Salvation, you have ordained that we should serve you in serving one another. Look upon your people, burdened at this time with many cares and anxieties, with infection, sickness, and untimely death. Grant us grace to work together, with honest and faithful hearts, each caring for the good of all; that, striving first for your kingdom and its righteousness, we may have added to us all things that we need for our daily sustenance and the common good. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (Based on a prayer of Geoffrey Fisher)

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July Schools 1 Anglican Schools Office, Church House: Executive Director – Sherril Molloy & staff 2 Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane: Headmaster – Alan Campbell; Chaplain – Bryan Gadd; Chair of School Council – Daniel O’Connor, members of School Council; staff & students 3 Cannon Hill Anglican College, Cannon Hill: Principal – Gary O’Brien; Chaplain – Vacant; Chair of College Council – Gavin Nicholson; members of College Council; staff & students 4 Canterbury College, Waterford: Principal – Daniel Walker; Chaplain – Elroy Mee; Chair of College Council – Jeff Thomas; members of College Council; staff & students 5 Coomera Anglican College, Coomera: Principal – Mark Sly; Chaplain – Mary-Anne Rulfs; Chair of School Council – Stephen Knott; members of College Council; staff & students 6 Fraser Coast Anglican College, Hervey Bay: Principal – Joe Wright; Chaplain – Jeff Jarvis; Chair of College Council – Kirsti Kee; members of College Council; staff & students 7 Hillbrook Anglican School, Enoggera: Principal – Geoff Newton; Chaplain – David Adams; Chair of School Council – Robert Seljak; members of School Council; staff & students 8 Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Buderim: Principal – Stuart Meade; Chaplain – Kathrin Koning; Chair of College Council – Evan Gilbert; members of College Council; staff & students 9 St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School, Corinda: Principal – Toni Riordan; Chaplain – Gillian Moses; Chair of School Council – Stephen Green; School Council members; staff & students 10 St Andrew’s Anglican College, Peregian Springs: Principal – Chris Ivey; Chaplain – Gary McClellan; Chair of College Council – Rosalyn Cheales; members of College Council; staff & students 11 St Hilda’s School, Southport: Principal – Wendy Lauman; Chaplain – Patrick Duckworth; Chair of School Council – Susan Brandis; members of School Council; staff & students 12 St Luke’s Anglican School, Bundaberg: Principal – Craig Merritt; Chaplain – Iain Furby; Chair of School Council – Hermina Conradie; members of School Council; staff & students 13 St John’s Anglican College, Forest Lake: Head of College – Maria McIvor; Chaplain – Vacant; Chair of College Council – Steve Scott; members of College Council; staff & students 14 St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Ascot: Principal – Roslyn Curtis; Chaplain – Susan Crothers-Robertson; Chair of School Council – Alison Quinn; School Council members; staff & students 15 St Paul’s School, Bald Hills: Headmaster – Paul Browning; Chaplain – Mark Leam; Acting Chair of School Council – Lynda Johnson; members of School Council; staff & students 16 The Glennie School, Toowoomba: Principal – Mary Anne Evans; Chaplain – Sharon Mitchell; Chair of School Council – Paddy Nicholls; members of School Council; staff & students 17 The Southport School, Southport: Headmaster – Greg Wain; Chaplain – Jonathan Whereat; Chair of School Council – Fraser Perrin; members of School Council; staff & students 18 The Springfield Anglican College, Springfield: Principal Steven Morris; Chaplain – Erika Williams; Chair of College Council – Tim Reid; members of College Council; staff & students 19 Toowoomba Anglican School, Toowoomba: Head of School – Simon Lees; Chaplain – Zoe Browne; Chair of School Council – Mac Drysdale; members of School Council; staff & students 20 West Moreton Anglican College, Karrabin: Principal – Geoff McLay; Chaplaincy team – Louise Orpe, Brenda Davis & Juliana Bate; Chair of College Council – Ian Lupton; members of School Council; staff & students 21 All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac: Headmaster – Patrick Wallas; Chaplain – Ann McGuinness; Chair of School Council – John Fradgley; members of School Council; staff & students 22 St John’s College UQ: Rose Alwyn – Warden; Chaplain – Ceri Wynne; Chair of Council – John Peden; members of College Council; staff & students 23 St Francis Theological College, Milton: Principal – †Jonathan Holland; Academic Dean – Peter Kline; staff; sessional lecturers & students 24 Anglican Schools Australia Management Committee and Member Schools: President – Peter Laurence 25 All Anglican Schools Business Managers/Bursars and Senior Leaders 26 State School Teachers

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Amazing People Schools We are so thrilled to see so many Anglican schools making the most of the very generous offers from our friends at Amazing People Schools.

I think you all know my passion for Character Education – so I am excited to hear about how you are finding Amazing People Schools. My connection to Amazing People Schools came about through my connections with Liz Wright, Frederika Roberts and of course, the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues in the UK. The Church of England works closely with the Jubilee Centre – hence the reason for my visit there. Let me know what you think! Marion is still offering free access for Term 3. Do call or email Marion. She is delightful and so helpful! Schools that we are associated with who are currently using or looking at Amazing People Schools include:

Anglican Church Grammar School St John’s Cannon Hill Anglican College St Luke’s Anglican School Fraser Coast Anglican College St Margaret’s Anglican Girls’ School Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School The Glennie School Newcastle Grammar School The Southport School Radford College (Also, quite a few Anglican schools in Sydney and of course many in the UK and worldwide are also using the programme.)

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Social Justice Resources and Ideas Thank you to the people who have been asking about Social Justice resources and ideas. I am sure that you all know that Fr Richard Browning is our resident expert in this area – so do not hesitate to contact him. He has written an entire book that would be an excellent resource for your school! Here are a few ideas from me: From TEAR FUND – on the RE:Quest website. A great video to explain one Christian perspective on charity and social justice.

Plenty of ideas on the TEAR FUND website and on the RE:Quest website. Ideas for you and your class – lots to explore on the website.

 Living in an unjust world: What do justice and mercy really look like?  Big Issue - Homelessness  Big Issues - Poverty Plenty of resources around TEARFUND - http://request.org.uk/issues/global- issues/tearfund-a-christians-response-to-poverty-and-need/

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Black Lives Matter I urge you to consider using these resources with your students. Bishop Chris McLeod presents such a powerful and moving story which might help our students to understand the complexity around systemic racism. We are so grateful to Bishop Chris and Rev’d Jazz. Thank you, Reverend Jazz Dow – for always sharing resources and ideas with us!

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Please see this article in the Anglican Board of Mission latest news. Thu 04, Jun 2020 A Statement from The Right Reverend Chris McLeod, National Aboriginal Bishop ‘The Week of Prayer for Reconciliation’ (The National week for Reconciliation) did not go quite as we planned. Not long after it commenced we were all, I am sure, appalled by the death of George Floyd in America. It seemed to me to be so violent, senseless and unjust. This senseless action has triggered off a series of protests and riots around America and protests here in Australia. It also reminded us that since the findings of the ‘Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’ report (1991) there has been a further 432 deaths in custody. Just in the last few days we have also witnessed the violent arrest of an Aboriginal teenager in New South Wales. We can see quite clearly that reconciliation means far more than saying the right words and uttering the right prayers for one week of the year. Something is very, very wrong with racial equality in both American and Australia and needs to be changed. ‘The Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’ report makes for harrowing reading http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/rciadic/. How I wish that it simply described the past, as bad as that is, and is not in some way a prophesy of the present. I quickly add that not all police officers are violent murderous bullies. There are many fine police officers, just as there are many faithful Christians that make up their number. However, there is something wrong within mainstream Australia and America. Something deeply wrong with our institutions; including those set up for our wellbeing. It is systemic racism. Most people I know would not accept that they are racist, and many take deep offence if you suggest that they might be. Systemic racism operates at the deepest levels of our society. Systemic racism, or institutional racism, by another name, refers to how ‘white superiority’ functions as the norm. It is the lens by which we see all things. It shapes the political system, police force, the educational system, legal system, employment practices, and, yes, even our church. It shapes both you and me. All our social contexts are dominated by the, often unspoken and unrecognized, premise that being ‘white’, with all its associations, is inherently normative. This is why ‘Black Lives Matter’! People of colour are just not seen as being on the same level of those who are not. The basic institutions of our society were established to serve and protect the dominant ‘white’ culture. ‘Black Lives Matter’ because we need to focus our thoughts and actions on those who suffer the most. People will be quick to say ‘but all lives matter’; and, of course they do. However, it is far too easy to gloss over the particular when we focus on the general. This is why we also

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focus on violence against women, but we all know violence against anyone is wrong; we focus on the protection of the children, but we all know that all people need protection from any form of abuse. Focusing on the particular helps us to address the universal. Jesus said ‘… just as you did it to one of the least these who are members of my family you did it to me’ (Matt 25: 40). The 432 First Nations people who have died since the ‘The Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’ report was released, like George Floyd, have names, families, and stories of their past. They had hopes and dreams, and problems and issues. Many were arrested for relatively minor crimes. They were human beings with feelings, thoughts and blood running through their veins. They had possibilities for change. They are not just numbers. They were like you and me. They were God’s children. ‘The Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’ report made 339 recommendations of which only a few have been enacted, and, clearly, given the continued deaths in custody, have not addressed the core issues. What should we Christians do? For my part, Jesus provides the model. Jesus showed solidarity with the poor, the outcast, the marginalized, and rejected (Luke 4: 18 – 21). Surely, in our context, that is the First Nations peoples, and other people of colour. As Christians we should be some of the strongest advocates for justice for First Nations peoples and work tirelessly and prayerfully to see the end of the senseless deaths in custody. Write to your state and federal parliamentary member and ask them what they are doing about it. I am! We also need to ask the hard questions of ourselves. As a church when it comes to systemic racism, we also have some ‘logs to take out of our own eyes’ (Matt 7: 5). We have significant changes to make in our own church. As people of the light we can begin to walk in the light and drive out the darkness (John 1: 4).

‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that’ Dr Martin Luther King Jr. +Chris

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Life and Faith Podcast

Students seem keen on podcasts – so I would recommend you try engaging your older students with the Life and Faith series. This week – I listened to this powerful message on the roots of racial division in the US.

https://www.publicchristianity.org/rebroadcast-the-long-shadow-of-slavery/ From the website: “We still live under the long shadow of the plantation. Indeed, freedoms have been spread to a larger group of people over time, but that spread has been at the cost of ongoing oppression of black people in ways that have become very apparent thanks to video cams and cell phones that betray the brutality of the police state that we sometimes live in as black people.” With the events of recent weeks – the Death of George Floyd, the Black lives matter protests all over the U.S. and around the world, including here in Australia, we felt this episode would be a good one to revisit. When we first posted it, we were reflecting on the death of black teenager Travon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman and the fallout from that tragedy. Sadly, it seems not much has changed. In this episode of Life & Faith, Professor Albert J. Raboteau from Princeton University, an expert in the African-American religious experience, walks us through the history of race relations in the US, and the deep roots of racial division – from the plantations to the Black Lives Matter movement today. But he’s not just an expert – Professor Raboteau has lived the reality of racism as well: “My father was killed by a white man in Mississippi, three months before I was born. The white man who killed him was never tried. He claimed self-defence and he wasn’t indicted even. … When I was 17 and getting ready to go off to college, [my mother and stepfather] sat me down and, for the first time, explained to me what had happened. They said, ‘The reason we didn’t tell you before was we didn’t want you to grow up hating white people’.”

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Responding to the Sin of Racism

There are many resources to help you to teach around this idea – but I have found some ideas from the Catholic Church in the US. These are not new – or created as a response to the recent events – but some are nevertheless interesting. You will find information at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website. Also look at Combatting Racism – Educational Resources. “Teaching respect for the dignity of every human person is critical to combating racism. A proper education directly confronts the evils of racism which seeks to demean and dehumanize the “other”. Instructing young people that every person reflects God’s image is a timeless message of truth and hope. Education that freely communicates the worth and dignity of each human person is a gift for a lifetime.” Quote from “Responding to the Sin of Racism – What role can a good education play in combatting racism?” A book they recommend is Everyone Belongs and there are lessons to go with this book. If you click on this link and follow the instructions, you will find the following lessons. If the link doesn’t work – just google it! You might have to order this book through Blackwell’s in the UK – ask your librarian for help perhaps?

Kindergarten – We Are Loved by God

Grade 1 - What Makes a Person

Grade 2 - How Do We Treat Each Other?

Grade 3 - Who Is Our Neighbour?

Grade 4 - Unity in the Body of Christ

Grade 5 – Diversity in the Unity of the Body of Christ

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These resources are from the US – and from the Catholic Church – but they are worth looking at for ideas. They are based on a document called “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love: A Pastoral Guide to Racism”. This was written about 2 years ago – so not current – but you might find it worth reading. What does it say about ‘white privilege’? K-8 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Grade K Activity: We Are All Sacred | en Español (“God’s Children of the World” slideshow) Grade 1 Activity: Fr. Augustus Tolton Story | en Español Grade 2 Activity: What Makes a Person? | en Español Grade 3 Activity: How Do We Respect Human Dignity? | en Español Grade 4 Activity: The Beatitudes Show Us True Happiness | en Español Grade 5 Activity A: Racism Imperils the Unity of the Body of Christ | en Español Grade 5 Activity B: Implicit Bias and the Unity of the Body of Christ | en Español Grade 6 Activity: The Unity of God’s Family | en Español Grade 7 Activity: Social Sin, Racism, and Our Response - The Native American Experience | en Español Grade 8 Activity: Understanding Individual vs. Institutional Racism | en Español Everyone Belongs. . . children's book on the racism and our Catholic response HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES High School Activity: Fr. Augustus Tolton High School Activity: Dehumanization in Nazi Germany High School Activity: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy High School Activity: Structures of Sin and Racism

There is a Study Guide that goes with the Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love document. Have a look! It is from the US – but the big ideas might be useful.

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Social Justice Videos from the Catholic Church Here are some videos that are also worth looking at for those of you seeking to develop units on Social Justice. I would not be concerned that these are explicitly Catholic – what a great teaching moment! Look at the bigger picture! This is an excellent 7-part series. I won’t insert them all into this document – but they are a fabulous way to introduce the big ideas of social justice. Be aware that, as with all resources shared, the views held may not be those of the Anglican Church. However – Anglican schools are committed to a rigorous academic approach – so, please use your own professional judgement when choosing resources to use in your classes. We encourage critical thinking and reflective practice in class, with robust and deep dialogue welcomed. CST: 101 Life and Dignity

CS 101: Solidarity

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Other videos include

CST 101: Options for the Poor and Vulnerable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWuoECvwjUA&list=PLpTzvCOJa7DD2S8 DA5oXwyGCz6QS-BgMk&index=5

CST 101: Call to Family, Community and Participation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mGxEAtVGcU&list=PLpTzvCOJa7DD2S 8DA5oXwyGCz6QS-BgMk&index=6

CST 101: Care for Creation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCcl7DoGRW0&list=PLpTzvCOJa7DD2S8 DA5oXwyGCz6QS-BgMk&index=7

CST 101: Rights and Responsibilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOXVx3sMeHU&feature=youtu.be

CST 101: The Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLpTzvCOJa7DD2S8DA5oXwyGCz6QS- BgMk&time_continue=2&v=G2G8jGOva7Y&feature=emb_logo

Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash

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A Fun and Fabulous App We have mentioned this before – but if you are like me – it is hard to remember all resources – so please forgive me if I repeat myself! Do have a look at Guardians of Ancora. I know that our friends in NZ also recommended this resource last week. I find the Scripture Union UK website to be a great source of wonderfully helpful ideas and resources.

Here is the information – straight from their website. “Guardians of Ancora is a world-class digital game! An amazing virtual world that 8 to 11-year-olds can enter, and a place where the Bible stories come alive. Enter the wonderful world of Ancora and create your own game character. Play your way through exciting Bible Quests, using your very best parkour (free running) skills. Not only are the stories of the Bible brought to life in new and action-filled ways, but also your character gets to be right there in the midst of the story, entering in and discovering the adventures of the Bible from the inside. Visit the Creative hub at the City Plaza to create your own prayers and to respond to what you've been discovering about God, Jesus and the Bible. Draw, write, take photos, use stickers; save your posts to form your own journal and share sticker-posts with others, in a safe way. Guardians of Ancora is a project by Scripture Union England & Wales Ltd Test your knowledge by taking quizzes on the Bible Quests you've completed – how much can you remember about the stories? Why not try the personality quizzes, too, and find out which Guardians of Ancora character you're most like. Enter the Hall of Memory (library) to find out even more about the lost stories of the Saga – the Bible stories the Quests are based on. Read the stories for yourself, listen as a Guardian reads aloud and choose a question to explore further.”

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My Favourite Book This Week

I promise to get back to my favourite library – yes – the Roscoe Library – in time for the next edition of the Monday Manuscript! Meanwhile – this week – I encourage you to read – Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind. Oh my stars! It is fascinating – and would be so helpful for the older students. It is quite confronting. If you don’t have time to read it all - and it is packed with wonderful detail and information – at least listen to some podcasts or interviews with Tom Holland. Life and Faith is a great place to start. From the website: “British writer, Tom Holland, has written many books, both fiction and non-fiction, on subjects ranging from dinosaurs to medieval history to vampires! His latest book Dominion: The making of the Western Mind is a 500-page masterpiece. It’s a story of how we came to be what we are, and how we think the way that we do. It recounts the history and enduring influence of Christianity. Holland is not a believer himself but argues that our western moral and social instincts are traced inexorably to early Christianity and the writings of the Apostle Paul. “I can’t think of any piece of writing that has kind of had a more seismic influence on the world, almost everything that makes the Western society what it is and certainly makes me what I am, when I trace it back, it goes back basically to Paul,” says Holland.”

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The COSAC Conference

I would encourage you to think about attending this conference – online – and even in your own time! I think you will have ongoing access to the presentations. Information is from their website: ISCAST'S 12TH CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND CHRISTIANITY - JULY 10-12 Sign up for ISCAST updates here so you don't miss out on news of the conference. Planet Earth and its inhabitants face a paradoxical future. Increasing damage to the creation sits alongside the extraordinary possibilities that science and technology offer: species extinction and climate change alongside gene editing and dreams of humanity 2.0. In the face of anxiety and bewilderment, Jesus Christ offers hope. What does it mean to be a Christian in the 21st century? What does it mean to be a Christian in a time when Western patterns of consumption are unsustainable and are damaging the creation? What does it mean to be a Christian in a time when many people look forward optimistically to "the singularity" and the transhuman possibilities of overcoming the limitations of the human body? What does it mean to live in a time of climate change and CRISPR, of animal extinction and AI?

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Under the overall theme of "A Hopeful Future?" COSAC 2020 will take up these two urgent global challenges. How do Christians think and live faithfully in such a world, and what sort of hope does Christian theology offer? We will take up questions such as the following:

• ethical and theological reflections on the possible futures raised by genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, transhumanism

• responding as Christians (theologically, ethically, practically) to climate change and the challenge of a sustainable future

• scientific briefings on possible futures opened up by 21st-century science and technology

• philosophical and apologetic issues that relate to science/technology/the future including distinctive Christian offerings to the public conversation

• theological reflections on “a hopeful future” in the light of a younger generation – Christian and otherwise – that finds itself suffering “eco- anxiety” amongst other concerns

• extra-terrestrial futures for humanity: the Moon? Mars? Beyond?

• theological and anthropological questions about the nature of the human being and the importance of the human body in the light of the transhumanist quest

We Don’t Do God My favourite philosopher at the moment is John Haldane. I know that schools in Australia have had Dr Haldane advise them – and I wish I had heard him speak when he was here.

The Veritas Forum invites students and faculty to ask life's hardest questions. With a commitment to courageous discourse we put the historic Christian faith in dialogue with other beliefs and invite participants from all backgrounds to pursue Truth together. I wonder if The Veritas Forum might be interesting for Year 12 students. Is secularism or some faith-based worldview a superior public philosophy? Which provides a more robust foundation for respect of human rights and liberties, and other widespread public values and ideals? … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pflU-nnY4MA

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Earth Overshoot Day – A Reminder for 22 August

Please check you have the correct date for Earth Overshoot Day for 2020 in your diary. We once again thank Jen Basham and Peter Branjerdporn for their wonderful support of Anglican Schools. Jen and Peter have provided us with this information, and will no doubt keep us informed about resources and events. Find more information here! https://www.overshootday.org/ Dean Peter's interview on ABC (8 minutes): This is fabulous!!! https://youtu.be/c9BWC9tJbeI

Official Earth Overshoot website https://www.overshootday.org

Common Grace's Overshoot 2019 Page https://www.commongrace.org.au/here_it_comes

From Jen and the website: “Earth Overshoot is the day when humanity’s demands for ecological resources (fish, forests, fresh water etc), exceeds what the Earth can renew in a year. It is driven by our attitudes and disconnect towards the Earth, our common home. Collectively, we are over consuming and overexploiting our resources.

Last October the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that we have just 12 years to avoid catastrophic climate. In May, another United Nations report suggested we are heading towards the extinction of one million species.

Climate change and biodiversity loss are the tragic warning signs of our broken relationship with God’s Creation; our loss of understanding our

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interrelationship with all living things. And Australians are some of the biggest contributors. If everyone behaved like us, humanity would consume the equivalent of 5.2 earths a year!

As Christians, we want to mark this event, to raise it in the public consciousness and create a call for transformation, in our attitudes and actions. Ultimately, to renew the life of the Earth and save our common home, as both Pope Francis and Rowan Williams have said, we need an “ecological conversion”.

Action:

• Toll - your Church bells from 11.48am, for the 12 minutes until midday. (Or you could mark it by lighting a candle and making time to do the actions below.)

• Pray - for people to see the ecological crises in our midst and for “ecological conversion.”

• Tell - others in the community about this day, and why you are marking it. Through your local media, Church news, and online.

• Act - as people of faith we need to examine and commit to how live the change we proclaim in the world. Make a commitment to Live the Change. https://livingthechange.net/

The tolling bells presage the death knell for Earth, its creatures and ecosystems, if we do not repent, and continue down this destructive path. The 12 minutes to midday mark the 12 years that the IPCC has foreshadowed as a critical tipping point to irreversible and catastrophic climatic changes.”

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Talking Circles Just another reminder – about a fabulous opportunity to attend Talking Circles Zoom Workshops. If you have any questions, please chat to Jen Basham. 0402965204 Fundamentals of Talking Circles An online co-learning environment to learn how to apply the technology of talking circles to web-based platforms like Zoom. These workshops are about the principles and practices that can be transferred to an online environment, to enable deeper dialogue and listening. This workshop, held over 3 sessions, is for anyone who has not undertaken the hosting Talking Circles workshops before (in person). Or for anyone who has undertaken at least a previous full day learning but is interested in also teaching and hosting further co-learning workshops in diocese and their communities. Cost: $120 for 3 sessions (if part of the AnglicanChurchSQ) $250 for leaders from other churches or community

Option 1.

Places are limited, so book ASAP: https://www.trybooking.com/BJVGG

Option 2.

Places are limited, so book ASAP: https://www.trybooking.com/BKAYW

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ISQ – Big Ideas Summit

This might be a great professional development opportunity and a chance for us all to meet – and look at innovation in education together. I was hoping that some religious educators might be represented at this conference – but if you have a look – there are plenty of faith-based schools attending – so that is interesting. I believe it is very important for religious educators to have the opportunity to access a broad range of professional learning opportunities. I think it would be an excellent way for us, a professional network, to look at ways to improve our own practice and to ensure that we are well informed about exciting trends in education. Anglican Schools will be represented by

 Toowoomba Anglican School - Gateway programme: Pathway Partners programme:  Cannon Hill Anglican College – Spotlight on Art and Science: Diving into Thin Air – Building an Innovative Curriculum; How to Build a Digital Innovation Programme  St John’s Anglican College  Trinity Anglican College – TALL – Teachers as Lifelong Learners  West Moreton Anglican College – Supporting Early Career Teachers  Matthew Flinders Anglican College – Twenty First Century Learner Profiles  St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School – Capture Them Young: Engaging students in technology – STEM  Canterbury College – Spark Project I am sure we would all learn so much and a great chance to visit Cannon Hill Anglican College. The marvellous Ms Maria Thompson and the brilliant Br Nathan and the entire CHAC Life and Faith Team might give us a tour!!!

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A Message from Jenene Rosser, ISQ.

Dear School and Curriculum Leaders, It is with great pleasure that I give you advance notice of the BIG IDEAS Summit to be held at Cannon Hill Anglican College on Monday 3rd August. Please see attached a flyer promoting this event, the draft program and the list of presentations on offer (a full program with presentations will be available shortly). Please use this link to register. https://isqconnectlearn.csod.com/DeepLink/ProcessRedirect.aspx?modu le=lodetails&lo=a0107198-f29c-4ffb-b93b-51df754e19ab I strongly encourage you to consider supporting this event. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, it is expected that only a maximum of 100 people will be allowed, including presenters, so please do register quickly because this event will fill fast. Cost per person is $110 incl GST. This is a great opportunity to hear ideas from across a range of schools in Brisbane. I congratulate those presenters willing to share their BIG IDEAS so that we can all grow and improve our practises. After the presentations, participants will be led through a design thinking process to help solve a local challenge that you may have at your school. I look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any queries. All the very best

Jenene Rosser EXECUTIVE MANAGER (CURRICULUM & ASSESSMENT)

Direct: +61 07 3228 1561 | Reception: +61 07 3228 1515 | Mobile: 0413 244 768 [email protected]

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St Luke’s Innovative Resources – Anglicare Victoria

Sometimes I feel a little like a salesperson – but I do think that excellent resources can make a difference in the classroom. I had about 4 sets of St Luke’s cards in my classroom – and the students really engaged with them. I know during COVID-19 you might need to be careful with sharing – I just put them in plastic sleeves to protect them – easy to clean.

These work so well in classes where you use Circle Time or Sue Roffey’s Circle Solutions for Emotional Literacy. There are resources for Early Learning, schools and more. Religious Education classes provide an excellent space to explore strengths, build capacity and foster hope and resilience. If you haven’t used these cards yet – you might find that they are just what you need to transform your classroom!

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Happy Holidays

Wishing you peace, rest and joy. Let me know if I can be of any help! Vanessa

Photo by Kouji Tsuru on Unsplash

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