A Sri Lankan visionary is hoping Sydney’s Anglicans will open their hearts and help her send her starving people home.

The controversial decision to replace St Andrew's traditional Evensong service with one geared towards graduates is gradually paying dividends.

Cyclists from St Luke’s Miranda have helped each other over hill, over dale in their drive to raise money for the Bible Society.

When the Rev Min-Yaw Law first had the idea to take nine members of his congregation to Cambodia on a short-term mission, things weren’t looking good.

A school teacher turned minister is finding the challenges of working in Sydney’s Hills district a test of his sense of humour as well as his evangelistic skills. The Rev Dane Courtney, rector of Quakers Hill Anglican has had to deal with past-life royalty and Russian language problems, as well as the usual trials of a parish minister.

Brothers who make international peace their business have visited a Sydney Anglican school, to the benefit of all the students. Eight members of the Melanesian Brotherhood visited Australia this past month as guests of SHORE and Anglican Board of Mission. The brothers have been heavily involved in the front line working for peace in the Solomon Islands.

Monday night’s Missionary Hour at Synod helped broaden the perspective of those present by focussing on gospel ministry taking place all over the world.

Ashbury became Sydney Diocese’s newest provisional parish after a motion passed by Synod on Tuesday night.

Shellharbour City Centre and Helensburgh with Stanwell Park will be reclassified as parishes from 1 January 2005 after motions passed at Synod on Monday afternoon.

Two provisional parishes were reclassified as parishes at Synod on Tuesday afternoon. These were the first of a total of six provisional parishes to be reclassified as parishes this Synod.

Sydney Diocese’s ethnic ministry has gone on show in the first evening of Synod on Monday night. Elements of the Diocese’ Persian and Sudanese communities joined in the display, which was opened with songs of praise by a Chinese choir from St George’s, Hurstville.

I thought Shaun of the Dead – a “romantic comedy… with zombies” – would be the perfect film for me. I assumed it would have a good dose of horror mixed with comedy that satirises the genre while still staying faithful to it. Shaun of the Dead is a parody of Dawn of the Dead, a horror classic from 1978 that was remade earlier this year.