http://morepraxis.org.au think :: act :: reflect Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:08:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok Guys Last night I found out that the S-bar has sold. So a big thanks to the S-Bar owners and staff for being great hosts. Now of course, we will need to find a new home for the upperroom.  So next month we will be in a different space. ... http://morepraxis.org.au/upperroom-new-venue-review Saturday August 9 th 1pm State Library NO URANIUM MINING NO WAR, NUCLEAR WEAPONS NO NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPS More info about whats going on here http://www.nukefreeaus.org/ http://morepraxis.org.au/hiroshima-day-rally-for-peace-and-a-nuclear-free-future A fourteen day tour with ten people to observe, learn participate, question, make the connections. Be part of something bigger. Some places still available. Applications closing soon. For a copy of the brochure click here. Background: Christian World Service, the international aid and development agency of the National Council of Churches in ... http://morepraxis.org.au/vcc-making-connections-fiji-tour An Offering of Letters Micah Challenge is calling Christians all over Australia to pick up their pens to fight poverty. The “Offering of Letters” campaign asks churches and other Christian groups to prayerfully write a letter to the Prime Minister calling for compassion, generosity and justice for 1.2 billion people who ... http://morepraxis.org.au/micah-challenge-offering-letters Monday of each month (6-8:30pm) to engage with spirituality and justice as struggled with and fought for by the Prophets and Jesus. We meet in the S Bar (Shop 18, Village Walk, O’Sullivan Road, Glen Waverley ) with gallery space, discussion corners, opportunity for practical response and pondering space.We hope ... http://morepraxis.org.au/upperroom-jason-and-his-guitar What's Adrian saying here? And what do YOU want to do at Praxis08? http://morepraxis.org.au/praxis08-planning-bubble After campaigning with others on refugee and asylum seeker issues since 2001, TEAR, UCA, RAC, GetUp and all the rest can join the celebrations. (Ben's take from the tear network below) The Immigration Minister has proposed changes to make detention of aslyum-seekers a last resort and put in place clear boundaries so ... http://morepraxis.org.au/join-the-celebrations "True evangelical faith cannot lie dormant. It clothes the naked. It feeds the hungry. It comforts the sorrowful. It shelters the destitute. It serves those that harm it. It binds up that which is wounded. It has become all things to all people." - Menno Simons http://morepraxis.org.au/true-evangelical-faith To solve the climate crisis, we will need a movement unprecedented in Australia's history. To mobilise this movement, GetUp has invented a new device to respond to the climate crisis. You can hold it in one hand. It combines solar power, a wind-turbine, and.... a lemon. It's our climate torch, designed ... http://morepraxis.org.au/getup-climatetorch-relay Creating a Value Focussed Learning Environment – Wellbeing and the Future of Learning with Clay Roberts “As a trainer, I am constantly looking for ways to support trainees in changing their behavior. People leave trainings energized and with good intentions, but find the follow-through with young people hard to achieve.  People know what ... http://morepraxis.org.au/thriving-youth-australia-event-clay-roberts Some of us in Australia want to add our voice to this - please help out and give it a go - Age Dear Friends of Search Institute: Search Institute's Center for Spiritual Development is conducting a world-wide survey on the spiritual development of youth between the ages of 12 ... http://morepraxis.org.au/search-institute-survey Hi guys There has been a bit of a chatter between those who said they would organise this years gathering. The toasted stories around campfires seemed very popular as did informal discussion time and the space to pray and relax with family and like minded or at least interesting people. Having content ... http://morepraxis.org.au/praxis08-lets-shape-it Think, pray, play and meet with more of your tribe who long for a Christian spirituality that interconnects social action and theological reflection. Been waiting for this? Good, so have we. Where: Merricks Lodge (3670 Frankston-Flinders Rd Shoreham Vic - 1hr40mins from Melbourne) Online Rego here and online payment here Costs: $100 ... http://morepraxis.org.au/praxis08 Urban climbers, city mountaineers - your time has come! I though this may combine some interests of our friends. There is a "final ignition" planned for the 8th August to coincide with the lighting of the Olympic torch to begin the Olympics in China. Basically lighting red flares from peaks, landmark and ... http://morepraxis.org.au/olympic-protest-flares-action a refugee action collective fundraiser • www.rac-vic.org BAR 303 303 High St Northcote $8 unwaged - $12 waged Featuring... THE CONCH 11 piece Cuban ensemble! PATAPHYSICS Melbourne hip hop group and more - from 7pm til late... Australia’s Pacific Solution - Kate Durham Sarah McDonald’s 2002 film about Australia’s offshore detention centres. Ajak Kwai - Sudanese singer, performing with Kavisha Mazella, musician ... http://morepraxis.org.au/rac-rhythms-for-refugees