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Gladsome cheer

Bishop Paul Smith has shared a Christmas message for the church, reflecting on the deep and lasting joy of Christ’s coming into a world that longs for peace. ‘Now let us all with gladsome cheer follow the shepherds, and draw near.’

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A prayer following the Bondi Beach attack

This ‘season of joy’ has also become a season of sorrow, as we have been confronted by the horrific news of the mass shooting of families gathered for a festival of their Jewish faith in Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

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Sharing the real story of Christmas

Since 1990, members of Our Saviour Lutheran Church Aberfoyle Park in SA have been presenting Christmas productions as a way of reaching out to their community and as an opportunity to invite friends, family and workmates to experience the real story of Christmas in a new and fresh way.

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