Entries by Suzabelle Jones
Praying for Beirut and Lebanon
Prayers BMS World Mission – prayer points and video CAFOD – prayer and links to further materials Christian Aid – prayer (scroll to end of page) Embrace the Middle East prayer (scroll to end of page) Methodist Church (UK) – prayer from Revd Ruth Gee Prayer based on a Tweet from the Middle East Council of […]
Supporting Fair Trade during the Pandemic
We continue to hear about the profound difficulties that declining orders and lockdown restrictions are causing small producers. In India, because sugar factories aren’t getting paid, they are in turn unable to pay farmers. In Sri Lanka, tea producers have been badly affected, and Fair Trade cooperatives are needing to offer assistance with […]
COVID and Tackling Unsustainable Debt
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has required even countries with the world’s largest economies and health systems to take extraordinary steps to finance their protection of people’s jobs and lives. The US stimulus packages are measured in the trillions of dollars; in the UK, the NHS has had £13.4 billion of historic debt written off […]
Supporting Refugees Locally at a Time of Coronavirus
Refugees, here in the UK and around the world, need our support more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic. People who have fled their homes are often living in crowded camps or rough settlements, unable to self-isolate, practise social distancing or wash hands regularly. The majority are displaced within their own countries or in neigbouring […]
Refugee Support Newsletter – March 2020 (Part 1)
Sign up here to receive our Refugee Support Newsletter by email once every three months In this newsletter CCOW’s new booklet for Oxfordshire churches Other Resources Actions Because of the current public health situation, we are cancelling the ‘Churches Supporting Refugees’ event on 24th March. We intend to hold it at a future date and […]
Climate Sunday Coordinator
Are you passionate about addressing the climate emergency? Would you like to play a key part in UK Churches’ engagement with the issue in 2020? In the face of a climate emergency, there has never been more need for civil society to act. With a presence in every community, A Rocha UK firmly believe that churches […]
Prayer Email 12 January 2020: Unity, Farmers, Hope, India’s Citizenship Bill
Prayer for the Week The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins on Wednesday the 18th, so this week’s prayer has Christian unity as its theme. You can also find the UK materials for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity here, and the international materials here. A further collection of prayers for unity is […]