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Chaplain's Corner – Junior Schools
Spring is finally here! Time to open up the house and let the sunshine in, and to clean those windows, tidy up the garden, grab a few garbage bags, go through all the cupboards...
09 September 2021
Chaplain's Corner – Junior Schools
Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.’ – Augustine of Hippo...
19 August 2021Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
A couple of weeks ago in Year 1 and 2 CARE, the children heard the story Jesus told of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37). It’s a powerful story to teach children about the importance of...
17 June 2021Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
We have spent much of this week preparing for Anzac Day on Sunday, as we commemorate the ANZACs landing at Gallipoli. We have also had the opportunity to pray for wars still occurring...
22 April 2021
Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
On Saturday, as I was doing my weekly shop at the supermarket, the cashier commented on the Easter goodies I had in my trolley. ‘I love Easter!’ she exclaimed. ‘You go to bed on Saturday night...
01 April 2021Chaplain's Corner – Junior Schools
As well as heralding the change of seasons into autumn, 1 March is also known as St David’s Day. St David was the patron saint of Wales and he is most well-known for his advice...
04 March 2021Chaplain's Corner – Junior Schools
We are now officially in the season of Advent – the time of preparation for Christmas (even though the shopping centres would have you believe Advent has been happening for weeks...
03 December 2020Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
Who is your superhero?
In Prep CARE we have been talking about heroes as ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Who is it that you look...
Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
Like many of us in our city, the thought of six weeks of Stage 4 lockdown filled me with despair. I grieved for the restrictions to my own life, my own way of being, as well as for those thousands...
20 August 2020Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
There’s a very old traditional hymn of the church that has in its chorus the line: ‘My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus. All other ground is sinking sand.’
23 July 2020