From the Chaplain

Considering Community

The SCEGGS Podcast “Walk The Mile” Episode 27: Creating a community within a community

We use the word “community” a lot at school and it is often used to describe the collective mass and its character. But what do we actually mean when we use the word and how do we know we have got one? This week’s episode is a conversation with our Alumni Relations Officer, Michelle Kadi. We talk about the need for true community, how to build it and why it is important to the survival of the planet. I hope you enjoy the discussion.

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Weekly Food Drive for the Marginalised of East Sydney

Something that has always been important to the SCEGGS culture is looking outside of our own community to those less fortunate outside of our walls. We have good relationships with many of the local welfare organisations and have been able to support their work in a variety of ways. This term I asked for families and individuals to volunteer their time and resources to make meals for the homeless and disadvantaged that attend Rough Edges Community Centre, located in Victoria St Darlinghurst. I asked if people could make meals to feed about 5 or 6 people on a Monday night, deliver it to me on a Monday morning and to be on a rotating roster where each provider should only need to make something once or twice a term. With about 12 providers each week it means that Rough Edges has enough meals to feed their clientele that evening. The response has been incredible!! We now have over 80 providers from all year groups within the school. We have had a wide range of meals being made, from lamb shanks to curries, lasagnas and vegetarian soups, brownies and fruit salads. A massive thank you to all of those people who have been involved and are so willing and enthusiastic to keep on giving. There is always room for more volunteers so if you would like to be part of this great initiative or want to find out more please let me know. By providing for another community we build our community.

Farewell Class of 2022!

Its always sad to say goodbye to part of our community and especially as our current Year 12s finish their regular school life with us today. They have been a great bunch of people and it has been a pleasure to get to know them over many years. Wishing them all the best for whatever comes their way in the future.

Rev. Garry Lee-Lindsay
School Chaplain