With Connect09 well and truly under way, mission is a topic that many people are discussing. One question is "who should mission?"

This year, 150 Sydney Anglican parishes have taken part in Anglicares Toys 'n Tucker appeal, touring their neighbourhoods to gather food and childrens gifts for the 10,000-plus Christmas hampers Anglicare will distribute this year. However while the mountains of cans and toys will undoubtedly benefit families in need, several Sydney Anglican parishes are finding Toys 'n Tucker to be a golden opportunity for getting to know their neighbours.

Driving vans all over Sydney is all in a days work for the four Moore College students collecting and delivering goods for Anglicare's Toys 'n' Tucker appeal this Christmas.

Christmas cards often depict a European winter rather than a Christmas message. They are steadily being de-Christianised - moving from "Happy Christmas" to "Seasons Greeting". And when they do contain a poem it would often be a compliment to call it "doggerel".

St Paul's Menai's second congregational worship CD, launched over the weekend, has already changed one life.

Archbishop Dr Peter Jensen has accepted an offer to be patron of Gawura, the campus of St Andrew's Cathedral School for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

The Essential Jesus is a unique resource for modern Christians hoping to bring the Gospel to a world increasingly unfamiliar with the person at its heart. The story about its origins makes just as interesting reading.

Twilight is surprisingly good, and the series influence is likely to reach far beyond the high school-aged girls it is clearly aimed at. The book succeeds in tapping into a very human ache for something far beyond this dreary world.