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MAKE YOUR RESOLUTIONS ‘HEROIC’ The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged Christians to take up a ‘heroic’ New Year resolution and ‘resolve to reconnect’ with lost friends or family… In his New Year message, broadcast on BBC One… Archbishop Welby praised the 70 volunteers involved with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Dover, in Canterbury diocese, whom he described as a family. ‘When their pagers go off – day or night – they’re prepared to risk everything to rescue whoever needs their help,’ he said. ‘There are so many ways we can connect with others…’ He continued: ‘Christian faith doesn’t promise us a comfortable life. Christ promises us hope, meaning, peace, purpose, and joy – but not comfort. ‘It’s about following in the footsteps of Jesus, who took the risk of connecting with people who were separated from him. ‘We rightly think of lifeboat crews as heroic… Yet every time we reach out and connect with someone, it is an act of heroism. Don’t underestimate it. It could be someone you know… It could be someone you really disagree with. ‘Let’s go for a heroic New Year’s resolution. Let’s resolve to reconnect. To reach out to just one person we don’t know, or from whom we have drifted apart.’ Church Times
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Salvationist 11 January 2020
LEADERS HIGHLIGHT PERSECUTION AND CALL FOR RECONCILIATION
RETHINK URGED ON SCRAPPING OF CHILD REFUGEE SCHEME
The prime minister, Boris Johnson, and the Prince of Wales highlighted the plight of persecuted Christians in their Christmas messages, while church leaders in their homilies urged Christians to be agents of reconciliation in a divided culture. In a video message for Aid to the Church in Need, Prince Charles said: ‘As we mark this holiest of seasons… may I assure those of you who carry the cross of suffering today that you are in my most special thoughts and heartfelt prayers…’ His comments were echoed in a video message… by the prime minister, who said: ‘Today of all days, I want us to remember those Christians around the world who are facing persecution… We stand with Christians everywhere… and will defend your right to practise your faith.’
Charities have spoken out against the government’s apparent scrapping of the Dubs amendment, which sought to reunite child refugees stranded in Europe with their families in the UK… Lord Alf Dubs, a Labour peer who was among those children who found safety from persecution by the Nazis after arriving in Britain on the Kindertransport, said he was ‘bitterly disappointed and angry’ after the amendment was watered down... John Pontifex, head of press and information at Aid to the Church in Need (UK), told The Tablet: ‘… Seeing the situation on the ground in places like the Middle East where huge numbers of people are fleeing persecution, there is an urgent need to ensure robust legal protection for unaccompanied children and other young people arriving in Europe.’
The Tablet
The Tablet
LEVELS OF CHILD CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION ‘ALMOST BACK TO VICTORIAN TIMES’ The criminal exploitation of children is at its highest level in modern times as gangs capitalise on a lack of youth facilities and school exclusions to groom children, a police chief has revealed. Chief constable Shaun Sawyer… is the national police lead for modern slavery and human trafficking and he said [the number of] exploited children were ‘almost back to Victorian times’… He said that while in previous years, sexual exploitation or labour exploitation were the biggest reasons to class someone as a modern slave, it was now criminal exploitation driven by drug gangs... Under county lines youngsters are groomed by urban gangs operating phone lines for customers to buy drugs, and travel to take supplies up and down the country, and deal them. The Guardian
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