“We were so happy there, but because of the war, we came looking for peace and education.”

July has been a month of celebration and praise at Church @ The Peak, with the church becoming an independent provisional parish a decade after being planted.

More than 90 families who escaped conflict and persecution in Iraq and Syria gathered at Featherdale Wildlife Park to enjoy a day out patting and feeding the Australian furry friends they had previously only seen on television.

One time my husband said, “We’re not even giving 10%” and I replied “you can’t squeeze water out of a rock.”

Lithgow is a town where shops close rather than open, so to say locals are pretty excited about the opening of a new Anglicare store is an understatement.

More than 2500 people have been trained for ministry since 1979, with nearly half of these entering some form of vocational gospel work.

Up to 53 per cent of people who hold a teaching degree don’t work in education.

With the most tweeted about show of 2017 back for a second season on Netflix, 13 Reasons Why continues to stir up controversy as they present some of the darkest moments of teens lives as confronting entertainment.