Upcoming Events

Wednesday 31/08/2011

Copy of Open Letter Presented to Member for Hinkler

Earlier this year, FamilyVoice Australia organised an “Open Letter to the Prime Minister”.  The campaign was in support of the traditional understanding that marriage is between one man and one woman, and in opposition to any proposal to amend the Marriage Act  to redefine marriage to include same-sex relationships.

Over 32,000 people across Australia signed a copy of the Open Letter, either in ‘hard copy’ format or on-line.  The letters were then presented to the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, on 19 May 2011 during a Community Cabinet meeting in Adelaide.

Subsequently, FamilyVoice Australia has been in the process of presenting a copy of the Open Letter, along with a list of the names and postcodes of all those who had signed it, to every Federal parliamentarian across the country.

On Wednesday 31 August 2011, at the request of FamilyVoice Australia’s State Officer, Pastor Brian Robertson – Senior Pastor of the Coral Coast Christian Church in Bargara near Bundaberg – met with Mr Paul Neville, the Federal Member for Hinkler.  Brian, along with a group of other FamilyVoice Australia supporters, presented Mr Neville with a copy of the Open Letter, the list of the signatories, and an information paper on the dangers of legalising same-sex marriage.

Mr Neville was able to re-assure FamilyVoice Australia supporters that his own ‘poll’ of the Hinkler electorate, conducted in January and February 2011, had resulted in 595 responses against same-sex marriage and only 14 in favour.  It would seem that the people of Hinkler, an electorate that takes in Bundaberg and Hervey Bay, are overwhelmingly opposed to legalising same-sex marriage!  Mr Neville had already spoken in Parliament on 24 August 2011 to present the results of his community consultation. 

Brian was also able to inform Mr Neville that the Australian Christian Lobby had conducted an on-line petition on this issue and had received over 52,000 signatories in support of the traditional definition of the marriage relationship.  This petition had been presented to the Senate.  

 

Saturday 7/05/2011

Steve and Ainsley Apirana

Steve Apirana is one of the finest musicians currently working in Australasia.  He is a gifted communicator, highly skilled

guitarist and vocalist, with an extraordinary sense of humour. Specialising in blues and gospel, he has played alongside Daddy Cool, Black Sabbath, Split Ends, and Dragon as part of the seventies band Butler, was one of The Velvettes (sixties spoof rock band from Christchurch), and has toured solo for more than twenty years in the UK, USA, across Europe and Australasia.

 

Steve captivates audiences in a way that very few can.  His honesty, self - depreciating humour and excellent musicianship have audiences totally absorbed.

 

Ainsley is mostly known from her performances with Steve, but is herself a singer and songwriter.  She recorded twelve of her own songs on an album called “Autumn” in 2001 and has sung with her husband round the world.  She joins Steve with vocals, rhythm guitar, and flutes to bring you a night of love songs in duet.  They sing covers from the last 60 years, traditional folk songs and their own songs from four albums recorded over the last 20 years.  You will hear songs you know and love – from Frank Sinatra, to the Beatles, from the Eagles to Carol King.

 

Back in the Bundaberg area for the first time in decades!

Women’s Coffee and Dessert Evening
(on the evening before Mother’s Day)

Saturday, 7 May 2011
7.00pm
Coral Coast Church Centre
(596 Windermere Road, Bargara)

Tickets $10.00
(pre-purchased from the Church Office)
41547220 or 41547036