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Five things you can do to mark Refugee Week (20-26 June 2022)

Asylum and Migration, Blog · 31 May, 2022

Refugee Week is taking place from 20-26 June this year, with the theme of ‘Healing’. There is so much going on across the UK to celebrate the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees – we’ve picked out five things you and your church can do:

Reflect on Sanctuary each day

A new free resource for individual Christians and church communities invites reflection on the significance of sanctuary for our times. Written by Revd Dr Inderjit Bhogal and Dr Jayme R Reaves and titled Sanctuary: The Hospitality of Host, Guest and Stranger, it offers daily reflections, prayers and ideas for action during Refugee Week. Published by Churches Together and Britain and Ireland.

Sanctuary resource for Refugee Week – Sanctuary: The Hospitality of Host Guest and Stranger (ctbi.org.uk)

Carry out a Simple Act

Simple Acts are everyday actions we can all do to stand with refugees and make new connections in our communities. Inspired by this year’s Refugee Week theme of ‘healing’, suggestions include sending a message, sharing a dish, reading a book, and planting a seed.

Simple Acts | Refugee Week

Mark Refugee Week in your worship

Use All We Can’s worship resources, which are focused on the lectionary readings for Refugee Sunday (26 June), to reflect, learn, pray and give in solidarity with the 82.4 million people around the world who have been forced to flee their homes. Look out for a special Refugee Week edition of Politics in the Pulpit featuring All We Can on 21st June!

Church resources for Refugee Week 2022 – All We Can

Pledge to fight anti-refugee laws

New legislation passed in the UK this year makes it harder for people to be recognised as a refugee, and criminalises and punishes those who make their own way to safety in the UK. Join the campaign to reverse these cruel laws and defend the right to seek safety.

https://act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/106452/petition/1

Hold a community picnic

The end of Refugee Week is an opportunity to invite those with lived experience of being asylum seekers and refugees, those who are involved in supporting them, and all in the community who want to show solidarity, to come together to simply share a meal, and enjoy each other’s company.

https://togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/community-picnics-at-the-end-of-healing-refugee-week/

For details of other events and resources, visit https://refugeeweek.org.uk/

 

 

Artwork by Nima Javan for Refugee Week.

Filed Under: Asylum and Migration, Blog Tagged With: refugee, Refugee Week

Simeon Mitchell

I became interim JPIT Team Leader in April 2021, and have the privilege and responsibility of coordinating the work of the team. I was previously Deputy Team Leader, and have been Secretary for Church and Society for the United Reformed Church since January 2018. My background is in international development and enabling Christians and churches to respond to issues of global poverty and injustice. I live in Oxford with my wife and three children, and am a preacher and lay leader in my local church.

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