Join us to mark Earth Overshoot Day 2019 What is Earth Overshoot Day? Earth Overshoot Day is the day when humanity’s demands for ecological resources (including fish, forests, fresh water, etc) exceed what the Earth can renew in a year. This year it will fall on Monday 29 July. Collectively, we are over-consuming and over-exploiting […]
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Author: Kerryn Smith
Who Am I
WHO AM I Exploring Identity, The Enneagram and Christian Vocation with Dr Patrick Oliver. 10 August 2019 9:3 0 am – 3:0 0 pm St Francis Theological College Cost: $ 25 (incl lunch) Free for full-time Uni students RSVP: jdow@ministryeducation.org.au Download PDF Flyer
Advocates welcome church’s stance agains
The campaign to ban conversion therapy across Australia has welcomed a decision by the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane to speak out against conversion therapy practices. The statement adopted by the Synod says they acknowledge that they believe that every person is made in the image of God and conversion therapy and sexual and gender orientation change efforts have […]
War on Waste Wednesday
Did you know that Wednesday is no longer plain old Wednesday? At St Andrew’s it has a new name – War on Waste Wednesday! And our student group of eco warriors are doing their best to spread the word about it. Each Wednesday, simply bring your filled orange bags to morning drop off. Eligible containers […]
Yuggera Djarra-na – original song in lan
Hello everyone Here is a wonderful song and associated notes and music – kindly passed on by Megan Laurie-Thomson. Last night we had a wonderful lecture here at the Cathedral for National Reconciliation Week and Megan’s delightful Choir performed. I know that many of you are also music teachers and that you often use music […]
The Sustainability Garden
As a keen gardener I know the great feelings I have after spending time connecting to the earth. I often feel better emotionally after spending time outdoors. There’s so much research to prove that gardening improves our well-being. Many of us at some time in our lives have feelings of low energy, feeling down, melancholy […]
Poppy Garden
ANZAC Day has always been a special day in the hearts and minds of the College community at Coomera Anglican College. To further commemorate this significant day in Australian history, students in the Primary Campus created ceramic poppies to feature in a garden for remembrance and reflection. The Flanders Poppy has long been a […]
Easter at TSS
In the Senior School chapels we have reviewed the history behind the execution of Jesus. There is no doubt that the Romans had occupied Judea and maintained the Pax Romana by considerable military force. They had taken a policy to deal with the Jews differently to all other peoples as they where aggressively monotheistic. So certain concessions […]
The story of the little yellow truck and...
You may wonder what a little yellow truck has to do with fast eggs? Here is a random collection of facts that will soon come together in wonderful serendipity! – The Year 9 produce stall had lots of leftover goodies from the Fair, which some strong men delivered to the Home Ec Room. – Mrs […]
Message from the Glennie Chaplain
Over the last two weeks, we have been talking about the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence. The younger girls and boarders reflected on some scenes from the movie The Ant Bully. In this movie, a young boy who has been tormenting the ants is shrunk to ant size and learns what it […]