Religious Education and Social Justice

The National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 2025 theme, Bridging Now to Next, reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future.

Bridging Now to Next calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us.

In the #NRW2025 theme artwork created by Kalkadoon woman Bree Buttenshaw, native plants − which are known for regenerating after fire and thriving through adversity − symbolise our collective strength and the possibilities of renewal. This is a time for growth, reflection, and commitment to walking together.

Prayer for National Reconciliation Week 2025.

Creator God of Holy Dreaming

Bring us together as one,

Reconciled with you and one another.

Bless Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this land.

The first peoples to receive your blessings 

in this land.

The first peoples to see your beauty in the land, water, sky and nature.

The first peoples to hear your voice 

in ancient stories.

The first to give you praises 

in ancient places.

The first to know your love 

and love you in return.

God bless the Elders keeping culture

 and languages alive.

Bless all who work in Indigenous 

and non-Indigenous communities, 

making friends, growing partnerships 

to a deeper understanding of culture 

and languages, learning to love 

and grow together. 

Give us grace to travel together towards reconciliation for the sake of Jesus Christ. 

Amen

Written by Rev’d Canon Aunty Di Langham

Jane Wilkinson

Religious Education Leader