In June/July 2013, the Director of Godly Play UK, The Reverend Peter Privett, will visit Western Australia to deliver a series of public lectures and workshops alongside Australian trainer, Carolyn Handley.

Godly Play, a Montessori method of telling Bible stories developed by Jerome Berryman, invites the listener to connect faith stories with personal experience using parables, sacred stories and liturgical lessons about religious traditions using simple materials.

The Council of Churches WA and the Institute of Anglican Studies at St George's Cathedral present a series of presentations titled 'Unity in Diversity' that will explore a history of Ecumenism through the ages and present a broad-brush picture of the journey towards unity.

In August, Murdoch University is hosting Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee), who will deliver a series of free public lectures presenting “Jesus’ Parables in their Jewish Contexts”.

Professor Levine is a leading international expert in the New Testament, who will offer a different perspective out of her own Jewishness and as a woman who has been at the forefront of New Testament studies in the United States. She will present some real challenges to our received understandings of Christianity.

While many would see sports chaplaincy as an emerging ministry, a large number of high performance sports in Australia already have sports chaplains.

In partnership with local churches, Sports Chaplaincy Australia (SCA) helps potential chaplains discern their call and role, identify opportunities for chaplaincy in sport, and trains men and women - lay and ordained - in Sports Chaplaincy best practice.

Two information sessions about Sports Chaplaincy are coming up in May.