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Blog, For Study, Reflection, Welcoming Environment · 20 December, 2019

Week Four: Room for All

The Beginning "They couldn’t believe what they had seen. Nothing ever happened to them – their life was just the hillside, sheep and more sheep. But today! Today they had seen a miracle. In all their days counting sheep, the Shepherds had never imagined that they might feel the way they had …

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Blog, For Study, Poverty and Inequality, Reflection · 14 December, 2019

Week Three: Home

Ellie's Story "My name is Ellie and I’ve been homeless for a few months now. It’s tough out here, and for a woman, it’s dangerous too. For 15 years, I had a house, where I lived with my three children. Now, I get shelter where I can or sleep on the streets, and my children aren’t with me …

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Asylum and Migration, Blog, For Study, Reflection, Welcoming Environment · 6 December, 2019

Week Two: The Outsiders

Lina's Story "At nine months pregnant, when she should have been picking out her baby’s first outfit, Lina received a letter from the Home Office stating that she would be evicted from her accommodation. “When I looked at the date of the letter, it was dated 27 April. On my due date”, she …

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For Study, Poverty and Inequality, Reflection · 2 December, 2019

Week One: Unlikely Messengers

Jackie's Story "In my teens, estranged from my family, I lived in a flat for young homeless people. The heating system was inadequate, the flat was damp and in the winter sheets of ice would form on the inside of the metal framed windows. I had so little money I often skipped meals and I …

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Action, For Study, Peacemaking · 29 June, 2018

Peace Resources for Youth Groups

This set of four interactive bible studies are designed to be used by Christian youth groups to enable discussion and reflection on peacemaking and Christianity: Download youth sessions Download extra resources Download powerpoint …

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Blog, Brexit, For Study, Politics and Elections, Reflection · 12 March, 2018

Conversation Welcome

Equipping churches to have healthy conversations about the sort of society we wish to live in as Christians Image created from words associated with Brexit collected from JPIT supporters A note on Conversation Welcome: by Revd Phil Jump “What? Not another one!” cried “Brenda from …

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Blog, For Study, Politics and Elections, Reflection · 22 June, 2017

The Art of the Possible

Does politics have a role in the Church or is it a distraction from our mission? Is politics about compromise – what is possible – when our Christian faith is about truth? At a time when a lot of people say they are turned off by politics, many in our churches are still concerned about what is …

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Blog, For Study, Politics and Elections, Reflection · 10 May, 2017

Faith in Politics: the 2017 General Election

Every General Election presents an opportunity for citizens to participate critically and constructively in the democratic process. It may be a cliché to suggest that there has “never been so much at stake”, but there is an element of truth to this saying. We are living in an unprecedented political …

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Blog, For Study, Poverty and Inequality, Reflection · 22 February, 2017

A place to call home?

‘A place to call home?‘ is our latest resource on housing; a set of six bible studies for small group discussion focusing on a range of issues around housing. It is produced by our four churches in collaboration with Housing Justice and Scottish Churches Housing Action. Britain is facing a …

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Blog, Briefings, For Study, Reflection · 8 December, 2015

Download our Human Rights resource

Human rights legislation over the past 70 years has arguably resulted in some of the greatest advances for human society. People are able to seek protection against torture and discrimination, and are recognised to have rights to life, family relationships, freedom of religion and privacy. Yet at …

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