The Malula family are living proof that the bold move to combine the gifts of Cabramatta Anglican Church and Anglicare has paid off.

All Saints', Cammeray made history on 27 July when it opened its doors for a new 9am service.

Prime Minister John Howard bought into the debate on homosexuality last month when he stated that traditional marriage was necessary for the ‘survival of the species'.

CNN, Reuters, The Sydney Morning Herald and the BBC have all been knocking on the door of author and broadcaster Kel Richards to learn more about his latest work The Aussie Bible (well bits of it anyway). “I've been bowled over by it,” he says of the worldwide interest in his book, launched last month, which takes the story of Jesus' life from the New Testament and re-tells it in chronological order using the Aussie idiom.

The national chairperson of the Evangelical Members within the Uniting Church (EMU) has pleaded with Sydney Anglicans for forgiveness, saying all Uniting Church members have to accept fault for the recent decision to allow the Church's presbyteries to accept and ordain practicing homosexual clergy.

When 500 women gathered for the first time since the launch of the Diocesan Mission to find fresh ways to reach their unbelieving Sydney sisters with the gospel, the challenge was to come to grips with a female population gripped by the ‘new spirituality', soaring depression levels and ‘time-poor lifestyles'.

The notion of forking out fourteen dollars to see a film based on a Fun Park ride seems like a dubious investment. What's next? A movie version of Dodgem Cars? To compound the problem, the film in question is a pirate flick – a genre whose recent offerings have been resounding disasters. However Pirates of the Caribbean is rescued from certain ignominy by a cracker script (from the writers of Shrek), swashbuckling action and a riotous performance by Johnny Depp.

The House of Welcome is an initiative of the NSW Ecumenical Council. It offers service provision for refugees and asylum seekers who are released from detention and do not have adequate support to settle into the Australian community.