Archer Earth Community Updates April

[Dianne Hearn]

Dear Friends

Archer Earth Community Agape dates 2025

Our dates for Agape in 2025 are as follows:

April Sunday 20 Easter Sunday Sunrise

May Monday 12 Coochiemudlo 

June 8 or 9 Mystery of Wind (Brian Swimme) 

July Friday 11  Osprey House, Griffin

August Monday 11 Rewilding the Urban Soul 

September 1-4 Retreat at Bunya Mountains 

October 12 or 13 The wisdom of Ilia Delio 

November 9 or 10 TBD

December Sunday 14 Christmas Celebration at  2461

April Agape 20 April Easter Sunday

We are celebrating our April Agape on Easter Sunday.  We gather at sunrise around 6am on the Sandgate foreshore to celebrate resurrection and new life. More details to come.

Archer Meditation  

Our meditation gatherings are on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. We gather at 2461 Sandgate Rd Boondall from 9.30am to 10am or via the zoom option at https://www.worldpeaceprayer.org/

Simply enter this site and click on the candle or link to join the meditation. 

April Meditation Dates are: April 2 & 16

Archer Earth Community Bunya Mountains Retreat September 1-4

Our three day retreat in the Bunya Mountains commences on the afternoon of Monday 1 September and concludes on the morning of Thursday 4 September. Attached is a copy of the proposed retreat schedule.

We will firm up details and seek volunteers for organising various aspects of the retreat at later Agapes.

Important First Nations’ Commemorations in 2025

Reconciliation week commences on 27 May.  The theme is Bridging Now to Next and invites us to look ahead and ask how we evolve into a united and respectful nation.  The theme song is 'Solid Rock' by Goanna - ‘standing on solid rock, standing on sacred ground’.  See https://www.reconciliation.org.au/our-work/national-reconciliation-week/

NAIDOC week commences on 6 July and celebrates the 50th anniversary of NAIDOC week a 50 year celebration.  The theme this year  is The Next Generation,  Strength, Vision and Legacy.

See https://www.naidoc.org.au/

Yil lul song is often part of our Acknowledgement of Country at Agape.  It comes from Kuku-Jimitirr Nation of far North Queensland meaning " We sing".  It is often cited as the Indigenous Anthem.  See

https://youtu.be/s9BvEa9xxvQ?si=IezaWVk4NmL6BrC0

Oceania Nature Photos

The Nature Conservancy website has a selection of beautiful 2024 nature photos from Oceania which you may enjoy.  

See https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/get-involved/take-action/photo-contest/

Australia’s switch to renewables

Earth Day this year focuses on renewable energy and a recent report from the Climate Council predicts four-fifths of our electricity in Australia will come from renewables by 2030 and ageing coal-fired power stations will shut down by 2040.  See https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/electric-shock-australias-lightbulb-moment/

Why Contemplation by Richard Rohr

Our Archer vision invites us to ‘deep listening and inner quiet’.  This short article by Richard Rohr explores why contemplation is so important for us and our world.

See https://cac.org/daily-meditations/why-contemplation/

Videos for Contemplative Reflection

The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy offer a series of Laudato Si videos which provide a context for our practice of meditation.  These include the song By Breath by Sara Tomsen which we often have at Agape.  See https://institute.mercy.org.au/laudato-si/laudato-si-goal-6-ecological-spirituality/seeing-with-new-eyes-prayers-and-rituals/

April Webinars

Two webinars you may be interested in are:

Tuesday 1 April: Matt Kean, Chair of the Climate Change Authority is a guest of The Climate Council 5pm-6pm AEST. 

Wednesday 2 April: Is a vote No a vote No to everything? organised by UNSW commencing at 11.30 AEST. 

If you are interested in registering for either please contact Di hear...@gmail.com as registration is not available through their websites.

Key Dates in April

10 April Pierre Teilhard de Chardin died 1955

Archer Earth Community draws on the thinking and spirituality of this great prophet for our inspiration.  To view a short video on Teilhard see https://christogenesis.org/about/teilhard/

22 April Earth Day

The theme for Earth Day 2025 is Our Power, Our Planet and invites us all to unite behind renewable energy to triple the global generation of clean energy by 2030.  See https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2025/

25 April World Penguin Day. 

The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) are committed to defending the integrity of these fragile ecosystems and in particular the plight of penguins with the deterioration of land and ocean health.  For more information see https://www.asoc.org/news/world-penguin-day-competition-2024/

As we consider Pierre Teilhard de Chardin contribution to spirituality this month, we conclude with words of wisdom from him.

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, humanity will have discovered fire.”

God didn’t originate in Jesus. God has been working as The Christ through all faiths, all beings, for all time since the beginning of the universe. To put it concretely, the moment that God chose to materialize in the Big Bang is the birth of Christ. This material manifestation, nature, matter, everything we see around us has been revealing the Divine ever since that moment, circa 14.5 billion years.”

Blessings from 

Archer Earth Community

[Peter Harney]

Dear Di

Greetings.  Thanks for the archer news...it will give me a couple of hours of reflection and listening.

I head to Cabooluure to get stitches out of my leg today.

warm regards.  Peter

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