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This Community Statement (PDF, 112KB) was adopted at the most recent meeting of the Community’s Leadership Group. It is an attempt to describe the Community, and the way it operates.
Comments and feedback on the Statement can be sent to Colin (colin@anamcara-gippsland.org).
The Anam Cara Community’s little website was noticed and featured on the Anglicans Online site today. Welcome to visitors coming from there!
The Anam Cara Community’s soul carer, Anne Turner, will be having surgery on Tuesday 14 July 2009. Associates and friends of the Anam Cara Community may wish to pray for Anne, for those who will be caring for her, and for her recovery.
Associates should have received the hard copy of their ‘News and Reflections’ for Mid Year 2009.
This edition includes:
To the Anam Cara Community:
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I want you to know I believe Anam Cara holds a special place in the life of the Diocese of Gippsland as a key expression of our intention to better travel The Journey Inward. The Diocesan Strategic Plan emphasises that as we travel The Journey Inward in becoming more Christ-like, we will be better prepared to go on The Journey Outward in joining with God in God’s work in the world. I commend the Anam Cara Community and Anne Turner as your Soul Carer for your commitment to enabling others to go well on The Journey Inward, and for your availability to others across the diocese in providing spiritual direction and the leading of retreats. You are a blessing to us all, not only in what you offer to us but simply by your being present among us as a community of prayer and contemplation. As you go forward into the new year, may you know the grace of God in all you are and do in the service of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace and peace
John McIntyre, Bishop of Gippsland
Welcome to the online home of the Anam Cara Community. The Community is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland, and is intended to be a community of people of prayer who seek to deepen their journey into God. We try to assist that journey by offering supports such as quiet days, opportunities for spiritual direction, a library, a newsletter, regular gatherings for learning and growth, as well as gatherings for prayer and worship.
The activities of the Community might be thought of as providing ‘waterholes’ from which travellers on the Way of Jesus can drink deeply.
While we come out of and value the various Anglican traditions, we welcome people from other Christian traditions and seek to experience what is rich and nurturing in other faith traditions.
Please take the time to explore our website, join in the discussion in the forum, use the resources, and access our schedule. If you would like to contact us, please feel free to use the contact form.