Thank you for the sacrifices our ministers make to point us to Jesus. Thank you for the way your gospel has gripped their hearts, for the humble leadership they show. Thank you for the way they point us to you, for their insight and wisdom.

Junior Jivers at Glenmore Park has been running for more than 10 years. It started out as a group of about 20 parents and ballooned from there. Other churches in Sydney have visited to see how the program runs and use its model in their own context.

There is a huge number of people out there waiting to hear the gospel from Christians

"There's been a lot of talk about burnout of clergy and those sorts of things. We want to make it normal that we as gospel ministers are developing, making time to develop our convictions, our character and our competencies – and not feeling guilty about it."

There's been an urgent call for members of the Billy Graham Crusade choirs to reunite for a Thanksgiving service on Friday, 9 March.

Belmore Anglican Church has been connecting with its local community through regular community dinners. The plan for the 2018 dinners is to continue to expand on some brief interviews with church members that were introduced last year, and also seek to cater to the wide range of ethnic backgrounds represented.

We’re seeking to provide a place for conversation that bridges a divide. Our location provides an amazing position to create a meeting place for two parties who have historically done conversation quite poorly

We can expect that life will be different, and more difficult, for Christians in the coming years. Despite what the noisy voices of the media may keep telling us though, there continues to be a real openness to the gospel in Australia.