Mick - OSS

Face up to poverty is Australia’s biggest photo petition…. a fairly new concept! Take a picture of yourself with the words Make Poverty History showing and then upload on the Photo Petition website. You need to save the file as firstnamelastnamepostcode i.e mickdobson3550 or you can even MMS your photo into 044733FACE This petition is taking people by storm, entire churches, service clubs and sports clubs are sending in images, to say yes to making poverty history! The aim is to have 70 000 people “sign” the petition…  Stay tuned to see our photos!!

Stephen, who the order is named after was one of the first Deacons of the early church. He along with 6 others were appointed to do some of the work that the disciples didn’t have time for, such as working with the poor and the widows.  Read about him in Acts chapter 6
Last week I had a workshop with 2 of the other 3 Vic/Tas candidates for the order. This was a day where we discussed what the order is, and where it comes from. We also looked at the vows that we take as a candidate and what they mean.