Posts Tagged ‘Fiji’

It’s time for action

Sunday, April 28th, 2013

In a current Australian co-sponsored study of sexual violence in six Asia-Pacific countries, one in every four men admitted raping a woman or girl and one in every 25 had participated in gang rape. These are data averages from more than ten thousand men interviewed by the United Nations Partners for Prevention ‘Change Project’. Across [...] 

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Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma Conference

Thursday, September 6th, 2012

Last week I attended the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma Conference (Bose Ko Viti).  The Conference was held in the Centenary Church on 29th to 31st August 2012.  This was the first time the church has been allowed by the Interim Government to hold the conference since 2008.  Approval for the Conference was issued [...] 

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Fiji Methodist Church leaders finally inducted

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

The Fiji Times reports that the Centenary Church in Suva was, yesterday, full to capacity as members gathered to witness the induction of executives of the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma after they were elected into office by the church conference in August 2008. The chief guest and leader of the Uniting Methodist Church [...] 

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I just bought a cow.

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012

Why? I did it to support one of our overseas partner churches.  Dairy cows are not only giving agriculture students in Fiji the chance to build their skills in animal husbandry, they are also filling the deficit in Fijian milk demand.  Calves are on sale right now in Fiji and you can sponsor a calf [...] 

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Fiji Methodists remember John Hunt

Friday, June 15th, 2012

A thanksgiving service was held in Fiji on Wednesday  to commemorate the life and work of Rev John Hunt.  Hosted by the Uniting Church in Australia’s partner, the Methodist church in Fiji and Rotuma, the event was was packed to capacity. The event was held exactly 200 years after the birth of the Wesleyan missionary [...] 

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