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Ekklesia daily bulletin

by Archive | Feb 8, 2016

In this issue


In this issue

  • Christians unite to campaign for LGBTI equality in Church of England
  • Reform’s ‘working welfare’ would undermine, not assist, recovery
  • Reforming welfare from a distance
  • ‘Working Welfare’ – working the poor to death?
  • Syrians need more than financial pledges, says Christian Aid
  • UN mediator suspends intra-Syrian talks for three weeks
  • UK churches urge governments to increase aid for Syria’s people
 

Can Enemies Become Friends?

March 12, 2016

 

The Anabaptist Network are hosting an important event on peace and reconciliation on the 12th March 2016.

 

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Blessed are the Peacemakers: Fr. John Dear on the Beatitudes

March 31, 2016

 

 

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Monday 8 February 2016

Sex and Sensibility

February 23, 2016

 

SEX AND SENSIBILITY: SALLY HITCHINER AND PETER TATCHELL IN CONVERSATION 23rd February, 6.30pm, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235, Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP.

 

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LGBT History Month – Savitri Hensman talk at Farm Street

February 15, 2016

 

LGBT HISTORY MONTH 2016  Monday, 15 February, 19.00-20.30, The Parish Hall, 114 Mount Str

 

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4 Feb 2016

Christians unite to campaign for LGBTI equality in Church of England

A group of Christians have come together to form the LGBTI Mission, which will campaign for the full acceptance and affirmation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people within the Church of England.

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5 Feb 2016

Reform’s ‘working welfare’ would undermine, not assist, recovery

The right-wing think-tank Reform, in its report Working welfare: a radically new approach to sickness and disability benefits,  has ur

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5 Feb 2016

Reforming welfare from a distance

A young man I know, David, (not his real name) is heartbreakingly eager to work and has a mild learning disability.

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6 Feb 2016

‘Working Welfare’ – working the poor to death?

Recently, the government’s Fit For Work (FFW) service tweeted, ‘For 300,000 people, sic

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8 Feb 2016

Syrians need more than financial pledges, says Christian Aid

Christian Aid has welcomed the commitments that were made last week by the UK, Germany, France and others to increase humanitarian support for Syrians and the region.  However the charity added that real relief will only happen when the bombs stop.

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4 Feb 2016

UN mediator suspends intra-Syrian talks for three weeks

Just two days after declaring the official start of delayed intra-Syriantalks in Geneva to end five years of bloody warfare, the UN mediator has suspended them for three weeks following differences between Government and opposition delegations on the priority of humanitarian issues.

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4 Feb 2016

UK churches urge governments to increase aid for Syria’s people

Four major UK Churches have called on governments to provide substantial new funding to alleviate the suffering of the people of Syria including refugees in the neighbouring countries of Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan.

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