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Remembering loved ones lost to suicide

Dear Friends,  The grief of losing a loved one to suicide can feel like a wound that never heals. It is deep, complex and often full of unanswerable questions. In these darkest valleys, comfort is at hand. Psalm 34:18 tells us that “God is close to the brokenhearted and saves…
Stu Cameron
11/09/2024
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My best investment

Dear Friends, You never know which investments will produce the greatest returns. One of my best investments was made on the number 727 bus commuting to my job as a graduate accountant in the 80s in Adelaide.   I'd while away the journey reading handwritten memory cards. I had about 200 cards…
Stu Cameron
29/08/2024
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Housing catastrophe has led to homelessness tragedy

Dear Friends, It is unacceptable for any Australian to be homeless. We all have a responsibility to act and stop this terrible inequity. Can we also get closer to people subjected to homelessness, reflecting their value as individuals and community members, and helping lift their burden of loneliness?This is Homelessness Week,…
Stu Cameron
07/08/2024
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Join the push for a sports gambling ad ban🚫

Dear Friends, It’s been a little while since I last wrote to you. Saying this, I have a really important ‘ask’ for you.  Gambling reform is Wesley Mission’s primary advocacy goal, in part due to the feedback we receive from our staff who were seeing the large scope and scale of…
Stu Cameron
24/07/2024
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Celebrate with me – a milestone day

Wesley Mission has enjoyed a 212-year history. That’s more than 77,000 days. Some of those days are more significant than others. Like Thursday 9 May 2024… In the NSW Supreme Court just after 4pm, we finalised our first adoption matter as an accredited adoption agency. Two children. Nigel Lindsay, our…
Stu Cameron
17/05/2024
AdvocacyWriting

Tackling the housing crisis

Every Sunday as Sue and I traverse the Cahill Express on our way to church, I glance to the left and take in the view – ferries swirling around Circular Quay, the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and the magnificent Sydney Opera House. I will often comment that we will never…
Stu Cameron
24/04/2024
EventsWriting

Hospitality is the heartbeat of our work

There’s nothing I like more than getting together with friends around a table, sharing food and conversation. Sue and I are blessed to live in a lovely home with plenty of space to offer hospitality. Meals are shared around our second-hand BHP Newcastle work desk that years ago we transformed…
Stu Cameron
11/04/2024
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Church and a Six Pack

Decades ago, one of my Superintendent predecessors, Rev Alan Walker, initiated what is now our Easter Mission. Over the years Easter Mission has been expressed in various ways, including celebration services hosted in drive-ins, Darling Harbour spectaculars, Easter Sunrise service broadcasts from the Opera House and of course, our Easter…
Stu Cameron
21/03/2024
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Celebrating Wesley David Morgan Centre

This week’s Soft Hearts is blessedly short of words. I simply implore you to watch a 5-minute video which was broadcast nationally on A Current Affair around 10 days ago. It features our very own Wesley David Morgan Centre (DMC), dubbed ‘Australia’s Happiest Workplace.’ I dare you to watch it…
Stu Cameron
15/02/2024
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