Anglicare Council announced today that two of its older Aged Care nursing homes, Chesalon Malabar and Chesalon Manly, will need to close in 2007.

First broadcast in 1959 as the ABC Lectures, and re-named two years later as a memorial to Sir Richard Boyer, the ABC chairman who introduced them, the Boyer Lectures are broadcast each year on ABC Radio National. In 2005, the Boyer Lectures will be delivered by the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen. His topic, The Future of Jesus will give Christians new opportunities to share their faith.

Holiness is one of those topics its easy to make people feel guilty about (the other two are prayer and daily Bible reading"¦!) Because its so easy to make Christians feel guilty about holiness, its also tempting to offer quick solutions. Im sure anyone could publish a book titled "ten practical steps to sure-fire holiness", and the Christian public would gobble it up.

Lets follow Don Carsons lead and steal the best ministry gems from the 'emerging church.

A schedule of 25 talks in five days is a huge task for anyone to undertake, but for the Rev Simon Manchester the hard work has bred nothing but admiration for Chiles pastors.

Dave Yung has mastered the art of 'flow. By 'flow I mean the ability to almost seemlessly move people from gentle first contact to faith in Christ, to discipling, to active involvement in outreach and ministry. Dave is the innovative 'International Pastor at tiny Peninsula Church (PCC) in Pyrmont, where I was previously senior pastor. With risk of grossly over-simplifying what is often a tortuous process, I want to lay out how Dave (with intent) has employed the concept of 'flow.

What is the future of Jesus in the secular west? Is he passing into history? What future did Jesus himself envisage? He predicted the coming of God's kingdom what was it it and did it come? In the 2005 Boyer Lecture, Dr Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney, re-evaluates Jesus Christ and provocatively examines some of the key issues surrounding him.

Anglicare is to build new low-care aged facilities as the foundation of a long-term strategy to solve the funding problems facing its eight Chesalon nursing homes in Sydney and the South Coast.