# Roundup: Feetwashing, fundraising, leadership development, insecurity and blame, dialogue and government funding.

> Bill Crews on people’s feet, the benefits of conversation, more about government-funded chaplains, prosperity and the poor, and a consultation on theological education.

21 April 2011 · News

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## [More international collaboration in theological education](https://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/more-international-collab.html)

Participants at a recent consultation on theological education in the United Kingdom have called for comprehensive Christian leadership development of both lay and ordained men and women in the church.

## [Ray’s on a mission](https://www.echonews.com.au/story/2011/04/21/rays-on-a-mission/)

Ray Ingram knows how to organise a good feed. The Uniting Church volunteer has been running the delightfully titled ’Ray’s Mission Breakfast’ five times a year for the last eight years to raise money for the church and occasionally other charities.

## [Powerful ‘must reach out’ to poor](https://www.smh.com.au/national/powerful-must-reach-out-to-poor-20110420-1dp00.html)

Australia’s ”plasma TV prosperity” can mask deeper and more profound issues of personal fear, insecurity and stress that lead us to blame the disadvantaged, the superintendent of Wesley Mission said.

## [No government funds, please – we’re Christians](https://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/20/3196245.htm)

There is no surer way of bringing the simmering debate about the role of religion in Australia to a full boil than by invoking the money and tax concessions given by government to fund certain religious activities.

## [Atheists can have a genuine conversation with believers](https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/apr/20/atheists-believers-conversation)

Talking with people is more likely to bring results than talking at them – there’s no point casting a whole culture as the enemy.

## [Feet washing says a lot: minister](https://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/feet-washing-says-a-lot-minister-20110421-1dpkq.html)

You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their feet, says Uniting Church clergyman the Rev. Bill Crews.