“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Using this quote from Martin Luther King Jr as inspiration, 7.28 speaker Monique Long challenges members of the congregation to pin to the noticeboard the names of causes, classmates and communities for whom they will speak. The prayer request that evening: the courage to follow through on the commitment. Credit: Ann Stafford.

“We are the ones who make a brighter day.” Residents of the women’s residences on Avondale College’s Lake Macquarie campus use Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie’s “We Are the World” as backing for a creative expression addressing the issue of social injustice. Credit: Ann Stafford.

Shona Clarke with the son of a 21-year-old mother of four. The family calls Southlakes Women’s Refuge home. A representative of the refuge joined the family in attending the worship service at Avondale College Seventh-day Adventist Church on Saturday. Thirty per cent of the offering given during the service will go to the refuge. Credit: Ann Stafford.

Students string 150 sets of underwear to a clothes line as part of a presentation to Southlakes Women’s Refuge during the worship service on Saturday. Those in the women’s residences bought the underwear because most of the donated underwear the refuge receives is for middle-aged or elderly women, even though most of the residents are young. Credit: Ann Stafford.