In the presence of the Governor of NSW, the Hon. Margaret Beazley AC KC, and state, federal and Commonwealth dignitaries, and other Faith leaders.
The Most Reverend Kanishka Raffel, Archbishop of Sydney, Metropolitan of NSW, preaching, and the Very Reverend, Sandy Grant, Dean of Sydney, presiding.
Archbishop: The Most Rev Kanishka Raffel
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Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – Provincial Memorial Service
That Vision Thing …
One of my strongest memories from US Presidential elections was the statement of George H.W. Bush (the old one, not the young one), who used the phrase ‘that vision thing.’ I am not sure, but I think he was lamenting his lack of ‘that vision thing’ at the time—but, whatever the context, the phrase stuck in my mind as important.
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What do you want to become? (Ephesians 5:5–7)
What do you want to become? When you close your eyes and picture yourself in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, what will you have become? What do you hope for, pray for, and plan for?
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Loving Jesus exposes our hearts
No matter how many times I read Luke’s Gospel, it always impacts me. This is because we meet Jesus as he meets with different people. Although it is a little hard to choose, I think my favourite encounter is Jesus’ interaction with the woman who was a sinner from Luke 7:36-50. There is so much to unpack in this story, but let me share with you just three things that struck me.
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The funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Synod held one minute’s silence and has prayed for the Royal Family as churches across Sydney prepare for Sunday services in the leadup to the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Monday night (Sydney time).
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From the vault: The Bible in the hands of the sovereign
At the Coronation of the Boy-King, Edward VI, in 1547, three swords were placed in his hands, one each to represent his right to the realms of England, Ireland, and France. But to the great surprise of the prelates and statesmen in the Abbey, Edward declared that there was another sword which had been overlooked; and in answer to their astonished inquiries, he said that this was the Word of God. He then “commanded the Bible with the greatest reverence to be brought and carried before him”. And this impromptu incident at the Coronation of Edward VI in 1547 was to become enshrined as a permanent element in the Service for the crowning of an English Sovereign from the time when William and Mary of Orange came to the Throne after the Revolution of 1688.
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