This winter, over 500 year 12 students will swap their video games, shopping expeditions, TV veg-outs and home study regime for a week at a Crusaders HSC study camp. But study camps are more than just a route to good marks "“ they are a route to the good news. Have study camps changed your life? Share your thoughts on our forums.

David Forward will lead his fourth Crusaders HSC study camp in July, something he has done every year since completing his HSC in 2003. This week the 21-year-old St Thomas, North Sydney member shares why he values study camps so much.

That sign you have out the front of your church... said the unidentified female voice on the call I'd just taken, what's this Women helping Women all about anyway?...

The inaugural SDS Church Administration Conference has 'sold out with 550 wardens, parish councillors and treasurers slated to attend this Saturdays free event.

One Anglican parish was completely drowned by the Newcastle storms, but local church leaders say its the overwhelming flood of human need that is the main concern of Christians in the Hunter.

Who do you say I am?' was question enough to fill the Seymour Centre lounge with Sydneysiders ready to listen to the Archbishop and an author wrestle for the identity of Jesus.

"Love him or hate him" as the publishers blurb says, theres no ignoring Michael Moore: one of the best known and distinctive cultural commentators of our age.

Gob smacked' is how Professor George Cooney described himself when he discovered he was being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.