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Coronavirus Guidelines & Resources
The following guidelines for our parishes are based on guidelines received from the General Synod Office of the Anglican Church of Australia.
Read MoreMustard Seeds of Action and Hope
29 February @ Ararat. Stories to encourage us to be people who challenge violence, injustice and oppression, and work for peace and reconciliation.
Read MorePut Out Into the Deep
Launched at Synod 2019, ‘Put Out into the Deep – Pathways to Ordained Ministry’, clearly sets out the way forward for those interested in serving as an ordained person in our Diocese.
Read MoreRemember the Martyrs
We are asking each parish to send their donations with their Parish Priest / Synod Representatives, so that we can make a combined Diocesan offering at our Synod Eucharist on Saturday 26 October 2019 to ABM’s Martyrs Appeal.
Read MoreSynod 2019
The 33rd Synod of our Diocese will be held over the weekend of 25/26 October. Relevant Nomination forms etc can be found below.
Read MoreFine Music at Creswick & Clunes Cancelled
Due to circumstances outside the committee’s control, it is with much disappointment we announce that the Four Seasons Fine Music Festival will no longer continue
Read MoreAnglican Rural Ministry Conference
The Rural Ministry Conference is a new initiative of the Anglican Dioceses in Victoria to assist those who have a role in rural ministry in planning, enabling and doing, both clergy and laity.
Read MoreStretch Sunday
This year, on Sunday August 11, join with us as we commemorate the ‘Father of the Diocese of Ballarat’ Theodore Carlos Benoni Stretch.
Read MoreVocations Sunday 2019
Sunday 7th July has been set aside as a time for special prayer for vocations to the sacred ordained ministry of our church and to vowed religious life.
Read MoreJune Bible Reading Challenge
This year’s studies have been written by 4 different writers who have taken a week each, so the perspectives are different. There are short commentaries for each day, something to think or pray about, a few short prayers, and suggestions for further discussion or reading. At the end of each week there are also some suggestions for further reflection or group discussion.
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