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PARISHES NAVIGATE OBSTACLES TO HELP REFUGEES ARRIVING IN UK Churches across the UK are continuing their efforts to assist refugees from the war in Ukraine… In rural North Yorkshire, the Rector of the Whorlton Benefice, the Rev Dr Robert Opala, has been involved in helping several Ukrainian families find sanctuary. Dr Opala ... has been working with the Middlesbrough-based charity Investing in People and Culture... The application process, Dr Opala said, has proved ‘difficult and complicated’, and has created ‘a lot of frustration and even anger’... In the diocese of Portsmouth, a campaign is under way to match refugees with prospective hosts. The diocese is aiming to find 50 households willing to host refugees from Ukraine... Canon Nick Ralph, the diocesan social-responsibility adviser, said: ‘The government’s scheme was helpful, but the issue that remained was how hosts or sponsors in the UK could be linked with specific refugees who needed help...’ Individuals who were not able to host but who wished to support refugees when they arrived could do so in several ways, Mr Ralph said, such as providing help in applying for jobs or gaining access to medical services, teaching English or simply making refugees feel welcome. Church Times
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CHRISTIANS JOIN PROTESTS AT UK’S OIL TERMINALS
NEWS BRIEFING: PRAYING FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE
Anglican clergy and other Christians are among protesters who have blocked oil facilities in the UK in response to the urgent recommendations of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change… As climate-heating carbon emissions continue to rise, despite warnings from scientists that the world is in danger of breaching the globally agreed goal of limiting average temperature rise to 1.5C, the protesters are calling for a shift away from fossil fuels. The Rev Helen Burnett ... said: ‘Compared to the horrific bloodshed in Ukraine, the fight for 1.5C may seem abstract, but it is, in reality, all too real. It is the fight for all those on the front line of the climate crisis.’
Churches Together in England marked Sunday 3 April with a joint act of witness to pray for peace in Ukraine. Christians of all denominations lit candles and joined in prayer at 2pm. The organisation’s president, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, said that in praying together ‘we witness to the possibility of unity and the promise of reconciliation’. Church leaders including Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, the Ukrainian Catholic eparch, and John Sentamu, the former Archbishop of York, offered prayers outside the Ukrainian embassy. The Ukrainian colours were broadcast onto Westminster Abbey and Methodist Central Hall in London.
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STUDY SHOWS CHURCH BUILDINGS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC DESPITE ONLINE SHIFT Research has shown that the need for church buildings remains just as prevalent following the [coronavirus] pandemic as it did before the [pandemic] began. A study from the National Churches Trust, as part of a debate about the future of UK places of worship, found that 80 per cent of people asked believed that the building played a crucial role... Of the reasons given, the need for in-person meeting and community was the most common... Claire Walker, chief executive of the National Churches Trust, said: ‘Our consultation shows that people really value church buildings. That’s because they are the ultimate all-purpose building, available for everyone to use. Churches are places for worship and reflection, vitally needed community centres and are packed with history and heritage... ‘With over 900 churches on Historic England’s “Heritage at Risk Register”, and with many more in poor condition in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, more funding for the repair and maintenance of church buildings is urgently needed. The Church of England alone estimates that it will need to find £1 billion to pay for the upkeep of its churches over the next five years.’ Premier
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