Some 500 or so locals joined us for a huge array of fun festivities and spooky activities at our huge annual Halloween celebrations on Saturday the 29th of October.

In July my family had the privilege of being hosted ‘on country’ by an Aboriginal traditional owner east of Alice Springs.

‘They cannot take away my smile!’ These were the astonishing words uttered by Aziz, a Bedouin man, who graciously shared his story with me.

Our next PEACEtalks is on the issue of justice for our First Peoples led by Brooke Prentis and Geoff Broughton.

Over the next months we follow the lectionary into the book of Jeremiah. Join us at our Sunday services or read along.