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Affirmation of faith

We believe

in God the creator

who gives birth to all that is, with labour and sighing

and looks on the world with joy and love.

We believe

in Christ the reconciler

who is earthed in our life

and enfleshed in its patterns of dying and rising

who gives honour to our reality

and grace to our way.

We believe

in God the free Spirit

who weeps with our grievings

in the depths of our darkness

and dances among us high on life's mountains

the Spirit who finds us with newness and hope.

We believe

in the community of faith

which is born of our humanness

is nurtured in sharing

and grows whole in our struggling

and our celebration as one people of God.

Dorothy McMahon
Australia