Members and non members alike are both welcome to join the GoHealth team and trustees for a day when we celebrate and reaffirm our commitment to our purpose and vision to enable churches and Christians to be healing presence in the world – for the benefit of all. We seek to see and be flourishing communities made up of flourishing individuals, and in our festival we will be meeting together online, leaning into new ways to think about Christian healing, and celebrating what we have, through the grace of God, achieved in the year past.
Ancient Wisdom for the Healing and Flourishing of all Creation today
Aboriginal peoples of the lands now called Australia are the world’s oldest living continuing cultures. The ancient wisdom passed from the creator to the Elders and passed from generation to generation to generation has much to teach all peoples of all cultures today. The Indigenous worldview does not separate human and non-human but recognises the different roles and the interconnectedness of all creation. Through the Aboriginal cultural practice of deep listening, with a focus on community instead of individual, the old ways/ancient wisdom can provide learnings and wisdom through injustice and inequality to bring healing that flows to flourishing for all of humanity and all of creation.
Speaker Bio:
Brooke Prentis, is an Indigenous woman from the Wakka Wakka peoples, one of over 300 nations of Indigenous peoples, in the lands now called Australia. Brooke is an Aboriginal Christian Leader who stands as a trailblazer in both the Indigenous and Christian communities in Australia. Brooke is a multifaceted individual – writer, speaker, educator, theologian, justice advocate, and poet. Brooke has shared her insights on national and international platforms, including conferences, TV and radio broadcasts, podcasts, and print media. Some notable International engagements include Christianity Today, Sojourners, the Bible for Normal People, Global Network of Public Theology, and Global Indigenous Theology networks. Brooke is passionate about First Nations justice and Creation and Climate Justice. Brooke educates, works, and acts for truth, justice, love, and hope, to see healing for all peoples and all creation.
Schedule for the day
10am Gathering and opening worship
1030am Keynote address titled ‘Ancient Wisdom for the Healing and Flourishing of all Creation’ and discussion
1230am Lunch break
2pm Annual General meeting
3pm Worship, including prayers for healing and act of recommitment
4pm Ends