# Roundup: Stewards program, social media and worship, Easter resources, gay unions

> Young Christians from around the world are invited to apply to the WCC Stewards Program for a hands-on learning experience at the WCC Central Committee meeting, August 23 – September 7 2012, in Crete, Greece. Applicants must be between the age of 18-30 years.

14 February 2012 · News

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## [Apply now: WCC Stewards Program 2012](https://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/browse/1/article/1634/apply-now-stewards-progr-2.html)

Young Christians from around the world are invited to apply to the WCC Stewards Program for a hands-on learning experience at the WCC Central Committee meeting, August 23 – September 7 2012, in Crete, Greece. Applicants must be between the age of 18-30 years.

## [Worship 2.0](https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/encounter/worship-20/3815738)

Mobile social media are increasingly the media through which people conduct their religious lives. This has major implications for bricks-and-mortar places of worship – and for institutional religious authority.

## [Easter is love](https://www.ucaqld.com.au/easter2012/)

Easter is love is the theme of the Queensland Synod’s 2012 Easter postcard campaign: high-quality, low-cost resources for Easter outreach in local communities. The back of the card will say “Share it!” and have a space for congregations to put their Easter service and event times.

## [Minister happy to consecrate gay unions](https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/minister-happy-to-consecrate-gay-unions/2454104.aspx)

Wollongong Uniting Church minister the Rev. Rex Graham supports same-sex marriage but says other churches should not be forced to marry couples if it goes against their conscience.

## [Washington legalises gay marriage](https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2012-02/washington-becomes-seventh-state-legalize-gay-marriage)

In an emotional ceremony on February 13 Governor Chris Gregoire signed legislation that makes Washington the seventh US state to legalise gay marriage.