Category Archives: stories

Gary Ablett Jr – Australian footballers are Christians

gary-ablett-196x196.jpgListen again to the story of AFL footballers who are Christians and put God first. Broadcast on Songs of Hope on 6/9/15. Play time is 3m24s. Talk is by Carol Elfverson of Oaktree Anglican church in Caulfield.

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Hannah More – stopped slave trade

hannah-more-wikimedia-commons_thumb.jpgAlso podcast 2015 07 26 is the story of Hannah More. Hannah lived in the early part of the 19th century. She was instrumental in stopping the British slave trade and a pioneer in teaching the poor to read using a new instrument, Sunday schools.

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Andrew White – church in Iraq

Canon-Andrew-White-11-225x300In Christians who made a difference this week 19 July 2015, we looked at the story of Andrew White. Andrew is an Anglican priest who has worked tirelessly for peace between the warring parties in the Middle East

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St Mary’s Caulfield – had a world impact

Oaktree-Caulfield-St-Marys-005A_thumb.jpgListen again to the story of local Melbourne church St Mary’s Anglican in the suburb of Caulfield (now called Oaktree Anglican). Members of this church took Christianity to India and especially Korea. The photo above is of St Marys church.

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Brian McConaghy – social work in Cambodia

ratanak-logo-70pc_thumb.jpgListen again to Rods interview with Canadian Brian McConaghy. In 1989 Brian founded a charity Ratanak International to help the people of Cambodia, a people devastated by Khmer Rouge murderings and atrocies. Ratanak has built schools, clinics and hospitals, opened orphanages, provided shelters for the elderly and AIDS victims, and initiated emergency programs in response to natural and man made disasters. Broadcast on Songs of Hope on 28 June 2015

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