As fewer Australians attend Christian churches around the country, the pews are being filled by new migrants especially those from the Pacific Islands.
O le Kerisimasi o se tasi o vaega sili ona taua i le kalena o le talitonuga Kerisiano.
O le tala i le fanau mai o Iesu Keriso ma le faaolataga e pei ona talitonuina e le au Kerisiano i le lalolagi.
Peita'i i Ausetalia nei, ua iloa i tusiga igoa ua tuana'i le pa'u i lalo o le aofa'i o tagata i le atunuu e mulimuli pea i le talitonuga Kerisiano.
O le tausaga fou e faatoa maua mai ai le faaiuga o le tusiga igoa lea na faia i le tausaga nei, ae o loo malosi le talitonuga o le a atili pa'u maualalo le aofai o tagata na tali e lolotu ma mulimuli i le talitonuga Kerisiano.
Pau le tulaga o loo ese mai ai, o le toatele o tagata o loo aga'i i lotu i Aso Sa, poo le Aso Toona'i i le Aso Fitu, o tagata fai mai.
E le gata ia i tagata Pasefika o loo tumau i le masani na iai i nuu ma alalafaga i Samoa, Toga poo Fiti, ae faapea foi i isi atunuu e pei o tagata e afua mai Aferika ma Sasae i Totonu ma Asia.
BAPTISM
"I baptise you in the name of God, Father and Creator, in the name of Jesus Christ ..."
O se pepe faatoa papatisoina.
Ae a faa-auau le tulaga o le talitonuga kerisiano e pei ona iai nei, e oo i le taimi ua 30 tausaga o le pepe lenei ua gaogao ma tau leai nisi i falesa.
I nisi o Ekalesia, o le lipotia o solitulafono a patele ma faifeau i tamaiti- i le faia iai o feusuaiga faamalosi ma isi uiga mataga, ua fulitua ai nisi i le lotu ma Ekalesia.
Masalo poo nisi ua fiu i le le utuva o lafoga ma taulaga ma isi mafuaaga e alu ai tupe i le lotu.
E ui i lea, o nisi o falesa sa masani ona na o papalagi, ua tele ina na o le tupulaga matutua o papalagi o loo aga'i pea i lotu, ae ua amata ona toatele atu nisi o aulotu i tagata faimai.
I le Neutral Bay Uniting Church i Sini, o nisi o sauniga e faia i le gagana Bahasa, le gagana a Indonesia.
E tele ina 2 gagana e faia ai sauniga - o le Igilisi ma le Bahasa.
O se tasi o le aulotu o Maudie Rindorindo-Gusti
RINDORINDO-GUSTI
"This church is very welcoming, it's a very inclusive church. We have so many people from so many different backgrounds, different nationalities. And because it's inclusive, the door is open for anyone. Anyone can just pop in, no matter what their background."
O le faifeau o le Neutral Bay Uniting Church, o le alii Kanata o Reverend Darren Liepold, ma na ia saunoa o le aulotu e aofia ai tagata eseese mai atunuu e fia o le lalolagi....
LIEPOLD
"We're very diverse. We have people from South Asia, we have people from Europe, people from North America, people from Australia, Indonesia and China, and so we all come together. And it doesn't matter who you are, you're just welcome here. We appreciate people because of their differences."
E iai le malumalu tele o le Ekalesia Katoliko Roma i le matou pitonuu i Marrickville i Sini.
O le malumalu o le Saint Brigid's Catholic Church e lolotu ai le toatele o tagata Pasefika ma tagata mai Lepanona ma Eleni.
O se tasi o le aulotu o le alii Fiti o Maurice Morrell.........
MORELL
"It's not about the race. It's not about the colour. The church welcomes anyone, so that's the most important thing. That's why everyone loves coming to this church."
O le patele o Father John Pearce ma na ia faaalia le suiga i Saint Brigid's ina ua lolotu ai tagata mai Tonga ma Samoa.....
PEARCE
"Both here and at Endeavour Hills in Melbourne, where I was previously, both of those parishes are flourishing more than others, because of the new migrants that have come into our community. Our Easter and Christmas and major feast days, it wouldn't be unusual to have a Tongan gospel procession and a Samoan offertory procession, prayers in other languages. And I get the impression that's happening across other parishes, too."
O se suesuega tuu faatasi a nisi o Ekalesia na aumai ai le faaiuga o le ova i le 50% o tagatanuu Ausetalia e le talitonu i se Atua
Ae na saunoa Ruth Powell o se tasi na faia le suesuega, e le faapea mai ai e le o iai se manatu faaleagaga i tagata pe a le lolotu...
f3535i POWELL 26 secs
"About a quarter of Australians pray or meditate at least a few times a week. Interestingly, around a quarter of them say they've had a mystical or spiritual experience. So, there's this sort of openness to spirituality." (Ends with hymn singing ... fade out)
