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Child Safety that risks Volunteers

Child Safety that risks Volunteers
  • Michael Flynn (May 2022)

In 2017 the Melbourne Anglican Synod heard that the Canons on Child Safety which had been commended to it by our General (national church) Synod would expose our denomination to two dangers; first, of designing church … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Articles, Church life, Compliance, Ministry, Pastoral careTags Child Safe, Children, Volunteers, Working with Children

How to run a Bible study

How to run a Bible study

Here are some practical ideas for running Bible studies for different types of people and groups.

Michael Flynn


A collaborative Bible study

Good for…

  • People from cultures where memory learning is the norm.
  • People who are new to Bible study
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Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Articles, Bible, Church life, Ministry, Small groupsTags Bible study, Small groups

Separation, holiness and vaccination

Separation, holiness and vaccination

Currently, Victorian citizens are required to show Covid 19 vaccination status before they can enter public gatherings. This has raised questions about the separation of worshipping congregations into vaccinated and unvaccinated gatherings and how legitimate these restrictions are for churches.… Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Articles, PersecutionTags Vaccination, Vaccine

Why are our pastors getting sick? 2. The response

Why are our pastors getting sick? 2. The response

The first article in this series described the problem of unrelenting work in local church ministry (the ridiculous list). This article considers the growth in bullying that accompanies the unrelenting workload and the hidden commitments that motivate clergy and congregations … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Articles, Leadership, MinistryTags Bullying, Mental health

Why are our pastors getting sick? 1. The list

Why are our pastors getting sick? 1. The list

We need and want people to offer for ordained ministry yet we also know that clergy are burning out and leaving ministry or taking early retirement in increasing numbers. The question we want to ask and seek answers to in

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Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Articles, Leadership, Ministry, Wisdom, WorkTags Clergy, Mental health, Pastoral care, Stress, Work

Lack of Reason. Keeping the Lord’s Prayer

Lack of Reason. Keeping the Lord’s Prayer

In July this year the Reason party in the Victorian State parliament brought forward a motion to remove the Lord’s prayer from the opening of daily sessions of parliament. The proposal was to replace it with an acknowledgement of country … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Articles, History, Prayer, Reason

A service to remember & be reconciled

A service to remember & be reconciled

Some griefs cannot be named or spoken. There are days when our sense of having failed love, life and God is too large to carry. There are people whose wounds span generations and even death. Here is a service of … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Articles, Grief, Remembrance, Suffering, Worship

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