War Cry 25 January

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WILL THE GRAMMYS BE GOOD FOR THE BOYS? Award nominee on his dramatic rise to fame

‘THERE WILL BE SADNESS AND GRIEF BUT ALSO PRIDE’ Bushfires bring mixed emotions ahead of Australia Day

CARE THAT’S FAR FROM CHILD’S PLAY Awareness day highlights the role of young carers

A brand-new chapter

DEV PATEL FACES LIFE’S TWISTS AND TURNS IN DAVID COPPERFIELD FILM

From the editor’s desk

What is The Salvation Army?

The Salvation Army is a Christian church and registered charity providing services in the community, particularly to those who are vulnerable and marginalised. Motivated by our Christian faith, we offer practical support and services in more than 700 centres throughout the UK to all who need them, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation. To find your nearest centre visit salvationarmy.org.uk/find-a-church

CAPTAIN James Cook claimed the eastern half of Australia for Great Britain 250 years ago. The area was named New South Wales, and 18 years later on 26 January the first fleet of convict ships arrived.

That date was later declared Foundation Day, a day of celebrations, particularly among the freed convicts. Now known as Australia Day, 26 January has continued to be a day when Aussies reflect on their nationality, acknowledge their history and celebrate contemporary Australia. But this year will be different.

The world has watched aghast as the country contends with the devastation caused by months of bushfires. As we report in this week’s War Cry, The Salvation Army is supporting the emergency personnel who are fighting the flames as well as thousands of people evacuated from the affected areas.

In our report, one Salvation Army employee has reflected on what Australia Day will mean to people this year.

‘There will be sadness and grief,’ says Mark Foyle. ‘But also pride about the way Aussies band together and support each other in a crisis.’

There is something within the human psyche that encourages people to help others in difficult times. A look back through history uncovers a host of people who have responded to the needs of others.

One such example is Jane Haining who, as we report this week, risked her life to protect Jewish schoolgirls in Hungary during the Holocaust.

Jane, who had travelled to work in Budapest from her home in Scotland, was encouraged to return home. But she responded: ‘If the children need me in days of sunshine, how much more do they need me in days of darkness?’

It is easy to be with people when life is going well for them. It is not always easy if they are going through a crisis. But that is often when people need us the most and when we have the opportunity to make an impact for good in their lives.

What is the War Cry? The Salvation Army first published a newspaper called the War Cry in London in December 1879, and we have continued to appear every week since then. Our name refers to our battle for people’s hearts and souls as we promote the positive impact of the Christian faith and The Salvation Army’s fight for greater social justice.

WAR CRY Issue No 7458

Editor: Andrew Stone, Major Deputy Editor: Philip Halcrow Production Editor: Ivan Radford Assistant Editor: Sarah Olowofoyeku Staff Writer: Emily Bright Staff Writer: Claire Brine Editorial Assistant: Linda McTurk Graphic Designer: Rodney Kingston Graphic Designer: Mark Knight War Cry office: 020 7367 4900 Email: warcry@salvationarmy.org.uk The Salvation Army UK Territory with the Republic of Ireland 101 Newington Causeway London SE1 6BN Tel: 0845 634 0101 Helpline: 020 7367 4888

Contents FEATURES 3

A question of identity David Copperfield is discovering who he is in new film

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Responding to the bushfires How The Salvation Army is working in devastated communities

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It’s all good Singer on being nominated for a Grammy

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A life of sacrifice The school matron who sought to protect Jewish girls during the Holocaust

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Not too young to care Why Young Carers Awareness Day matters

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The charity number in England and Wales is 214779, in Scotland SC009359 and in the Republic of Ireland CHY6399.

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REGULARS 4

News and media

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Browsing the Bible

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Now, There’s a Thought!

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Puzzles

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FILM Lionsgate

David adapts his identiy to fit in with his environment

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N idyllic childhood spent enjoying summers on a houseboat with his housekeeper comes to a brutal end when David Copperfield returns home and discovers that his widowed mother has married the monstrous Mr Murdstone.

So begins A Personal History of David Copperfield, a film version of Charles Dickens’s novel, which was released in cinemas yesterday (Friday 24 January).

When he is struck by his stepfather, David (Dev Patel) retaliates, which results in his banishment from the family home. He works in poor conditions at a bottling factory and takes up residency nearby with the genial but destitute Micawber family.

One day, Murdstone (Darren Boyd) and his cruel sister visit the factory to deliver some devastating news. As a result, David has to forge a new path for himself. He meets new friends and reunites with old ones as he seeks to scale the heights of society and live a life of prosperity.

Wherever he goes, David eagerly chronicles the most memorable phrases, quirks and qualities of the people he encounters. Through this process, he adapts his identity to fit in with every new environment.

David Copperfield wants to turn over a new leaf in his life, writes Emily Bright David wants to reinvent himself.

Understandably, he is desperate to leave the most painful parts of his past behind him. But his contradictory experiences of poverty after his upbringing as a gentleman leave him

A person’s status can rapidly fluctuate wondering where his true identity lies.

When he meets the mother of his schoolfriend, Mrs Steerforth (Nikki Amuka-Bird), she interrogates him on his past, demanding: ‘What is your background, Mr Copperfield, who are your people? Your family, are they anyone?’

He baulks at this, fearing that he’ll have to reveal his past of poverty and family separation. But as his life progresses, David learns that a person’s status can rapidly fluctuate and it’s the relationships that endure

through the hardest times that shape identity.

Throughout the centuries, many people have sought to carve out their identity on the basis of material wealth, status or relationships. When the adverse circumstances of life hit, such as when we experience bereavement, redundancy or mental or physical health problems, it can make us dwell on what we value the most.

In such times, some people can turn to their faith to sustain them and help them through. Christians believe that, no matter how bad life gets, there is one thing on which they can rely: the unconditional love and compassion of God, our heavenly Father.

Bible writer John says: ‘Consider the kind of extravagant love the Father has lavished on us – he calls us children of God!’ (1 John 3:1 The Voice). God offers us all the opportunity to root our identity in him, and receive the compassion, hope and peace he provides.

If we make the decision to put our trust in God, we can write a new chapter of our lives.

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Salvation Army supplies food to flood victims VICTIMS of flooding in Indonesia have received food and medical attention from The Salvation Army.

Almost 2,000 meals and hot drinks were distributed in the Jelambar area and out of the church and charity’s training college in Jakarta.

The Salvation Army’s medical services treated 154 people in partnership with the Indonesian Christian Association for Health Services.

At least 43 people were killed and more than 190,000 people were evacuated after floods hit the capital city.

Although conditions have improved in the area, The Salvation Army remains on standby as more rain has been forecast.

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CHRISTIANITY is shown to provide ‘the antidote of light’ to Dracula’s darkness, wrote the Times columnist Melanie Phillips when she reflected on the BBC’s dramatisation of Bram Stoker’s novel.

Commenting on the TV series, starring Claes Bang as the vampire (pictured below), she noted that it ‘kept faith’ with the original text through its promotion of the idea that ‘Christianity wards off the devil in an endless battle between good and evil’. She added that the programme’s writers, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, who describe themselves as atheists, made a ‘conscious decision to respect the Christian themes of the book’.

Speaking about the faith of one of the characters, Sister Agatha, Moffat is quoted as saying: ‘Every Christian I know struggles with their faith … and I know very, very clever Christians, so it’s not right to slag that stuff off.’

Phillips wrote that it was ‘unusual and refreshing’ to find a television drama which makes such a ‘candid acknowledgment of the debt western society owes to Christianity, and the complexities of faith’.

‘Day of happiness’ as new Bible translation distributed THE Samburu, a semi-nomadic people in Kenya, now have access to the New Testament and an accompanying dictionary in their own language thanks to the work of Wycliffe Bible Translators and its partners.

Up to 3,000 people attended the launch of the texts at the Maralal Stadium in the Rift Valley.

All 5,000 printed copies of the New Testament were sold, as well as 162 SD cards containing the audio version, with more SD cards set to be distributed.

Previously, the Samburu have used the Masai

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SCREENWRITER Heidi Thomas revealed on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that she finds ‘great consolation’ in listening to sacred music.

The writer behind the BBC series Call the Midwife selected the ‘Agnus Dei’ from Fauré’s Requiem as one of her favourite pieces of music, explaining: ‘I haven’t attended church or a place of worship consistently over the years, but somehow faith in something greater than ourselves has always been there for me. It’s sustained me through difficult times, and it’s intensified my joy in happier times.’

She went on to tell presenter Lauren Laverne: ‘I do love sacred music, often just as a backdrop to ordinary, mundane things, but I think that’s the essence of religion isn’t it? Sometimes it’s the backdrop to ordinary, mundane things. And there are other times when I have wanted to stop everything I’m doing and just listen to what can sound like angels singing, and I find great consolation in that.

‘So certainly the desert island would not be complete for me unless I had some sacred music to listen to.’

Vital supplies are distributed in the floodwater

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translation of the Bible, but the translation poses problems with comprehension, and some phrases are offensive or derogatory to the Samburu.

Julia Leaduma, a Samburu who attended the launch, said: ‘Today is a day of happiness because we now have our own Bible.’

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AS AUSTRALIA DAY APPROACHES, THE COUNTRY HAS A ‘MIX OF EMOTIONS’

Teams provide food, financial help and ‘friendly banter’ as bushfires burn on BY mid-January, there were about 400 firefighters battling blazes on Kangaroo Island off the southern coast of Australia.

Working in 12-hour shifts, they were living in a tent city on the edge of the island’s airport. Tackling the bushfires alongside them were about 600 military personnel as well as state emergency services, police and paramedics. And while the military had their own cooks, the other emergency workers were being fed by a Salvation Army team.

Alan Stevens, who was leading the church and charity’s response on Kangaroo Island, notes that it was feeding about 400 people a meal – which meant ‘an awful lot of bacon at breakfast’.

Supplies arrived every three days from Adelaide, a five-hour journey away.

Fires have destroyed more than half the island, consuming the national park and spreading to farmland.

The Salvation Army has also been serving firefighters in other parts of Australia, where bushfires have been burning for months.

‘I saw a few fire crews that did some really hard yards, and when they came in they felt exhausted,’ says Lieutenant Andrew Webb of the Salvation Army church in Sunbury, Victoria, where volunteers were helping to staff a staging area for those tackling a nearby fire.

Mark Foyle, a Salvation Army public relations secretary based in South Australia, tells the War Cry: ‘The firefighters and emergency services personnel are so grateful for the hot meal, cold drink, good coffee and friendly banter they get from “the Salvos” – The Salvation Army.’

As well as supporting the emergency services and volunteers – who, Mark notes, have been tackling the crisis ‘for weeks on end’ – Salvation Army teams have been assisting people driven from their homes.

They have helped to staff evacuation centres around Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales.

To meet the needs of thousands of people, supermarkets have been donating food and water, and Salvos Stores – Salvation Army charity shops – have been supplying beds.

As well as dealing with the initial emergency through its support of firefighters and work in evacuation centres, The Salvation Army has begun assessing the longer-term needs of people affected.

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CLASSIC FM’s chart of the century included an album from The Salvation Army.

The list, which counted down the bestselling classical albums since 2000, featured the church and charity’s International Staff Band.

‘Together’ was released in 2008 on Universal Music as The Salvation Army’s first mainstream brass band album, and features guest performances from Songs of Praise presenter and performer Aled Jones and opera singer Lesley Garrett.

Christian singer Katherine Jenkins topped the chart with 2.6 million albums sold to date.

Firefighters find refreshment at a Salvation Army canteen on Kangaroo Island

‘We are providing grants to people who have lost their homes,’ says Major Sue Hopper, ‘as well as offering a listening ear, support and hope.’

The Salvation Army emphasises that it is in it for the long haul.

Tomorrow (Sunday 26 January) the country will be marking Australia Day, its annual day to reflect on and celebrate its identity.

Mark thinks that this year Australians are approaching the day with ‘a mix of emotions’.

He says: ‘There will be sadness and grief as they think about the loss and devastation, but also pride about the way Aussies band together and support each other in a crisis.’

And he adds: ‘There will be thankfulness too for the support and prayers of people around the world, who have sent donations and messages of encouragement.

‘The mood at the moment is of sadness about the loss of lives and property as well as, at times, despair about when and how we will get the fires under control. But Australians are tenacious and won’t let these things stop us – there is a resolve to rebuild and restore.’

More Christians at risk of persecution MILLIONS more Christians are now at risk across the globe as religious persecution continues to rise, according to a new report from Christian charity Open Doors.

Up to 260 million Christians now live in countries featured in the charity’s World Watch List top 50, where they face high or extreme levels of persecution, an increase of 15 million since last year.

North Korea experienced the most extreme levels of religious persecution, followed by Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya and Pakistan.

The increased number at risk of persecution was attributed to the growth of Islamist jihadist groups in the subSaharan region of Africa and in the Middle East, the Turkish incursion into northeastern Syria and intimidation from Iranian-backed Shia militias. Senior Christian leaders fear that the faith could be wiped out in the Middle East within a matter of years.

Henrietta Blyth, CEO of Open Doors UK, said: ‘If we want the world to be a more tolerant, inclusive place, we simply can’t ignore the plight of these men, women and children.’

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Tomorrow (Sunday 26 January) the music industry’s Grammy awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles. JOSH GRIMMETT, nominated as part of the group Goodboys, talks to Sarah Olowofoyeku about his sudden rise to fame

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WAS in the studio, working on a song, and my phone was on silent.

When I checked it there were about 50 messages and 10 missed calls,’ says Josh Grimmett of Goodboys. ‘I knew either somebody was unwell or we’d been nominated for a Grammy.’

Josh describes the moment he found out that Goodboys had been nominated for a Grammy award as ‘pretty surreal’.

The duo, who formed only last year, are in the running for one of the music industry’s most prestigious awards. ‘It’s totally crazy. Last year was so much above

and beyond what we could have imagined it was going to be.’

Goodboys, made up of Josh and Ethan Shore, are nominated in the best dance song category for ‘Piece of Your Heart’, a track by Italian production trio Meduza, on which they feature. Released in March last year, the song reached No 1 in the UK chart, and has been streamed on Spotify more than 400 million times and viewed 30 million times on Youtube.

‘Life has gone from zero to one hundred,’ Josh tells me over the phone.

‘I’ve just flown back from Atlanta this

morning, I’m going to a session this afternoon, and then I fly back to Norway tomorrow at 5 am.

‘It can become challenging. Jumping off a plane and going straight into something high pressure – like DJ’ing to thousands of people or a writing session with someone who six weeks ago I wouldn’t have dreamt of being able to associate with – is definitely taxing on you mentally.

‘If I was doing this on my own, I’d probably be hating it by now,’ he admits.

‘But I get to travel and make music with my best mate, so it’s awesome.’

Before the Grammynominated song was written, the then unnamed Goodboys were friends and were working for their church, Hillsong Central London, in the kids, worship and creative departments.

Everything changed at a staff retreat, when a church leader said God had told him something of what lay ahead for the boys.

‘The pastor told us we were going to start writing chart songs and that God was going to bless us with success,’ says Josh. ‘So we wrote a bunch of songs, and sent them to one of our friends. He loved them. Then we wrote some more songs with him, and he sent them to one of his friends, a DJ. ‘The DJ and two others came to London from Italy for a week, and we worked on a couple of songs together. At the end of the week, we wrote “Piece of Your Heart” and they decided to

If I was doing this on my own, I’d probably be hating it by now. But I get to travel and make music with my best mate, so it’s awesome Ethan Shore and Josh Grimmett

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the boys Josh performing at Capital’s Summertime Ball at Wembley last year

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release it under this new project, Meduza.

‘We were just trying to write something that would be catchy. We weren’t going to be a group. As a writer, I often sing for the demo versions of songs, then they get the actual singer to sing the song. But the people we were working with said, “We’d love to keep your vocals on the track”, and they asked what our artist name was.

We didn’t have one, but I texted my friend asking if we should make it happen, and here we are.’

Before the chart success, Josh and Ethan had been writing songs for their church for about six years. Though the church and the charts are two different worlds, Josh says that his approach to writing for both is similar.

‘A lot of pop songs are designed simply to be listened to. But coming from a church background where songs are designed for people to sing together, I want to make music that people can sing.

We craft our DJ sets so that people can be engaged, whether that’s clapping or singing.’

His experience of being part of a big church has also prepared him in some ways for the platforms that Goodboys are stepping on to.

‘My church background has given me confidence,’ he says. ‘I’ve spent my entire adult life leading worship in front of thousands of people every Sunday, and I’ve been fortunate to lead at Wembley Arena and the O2 for Hillsong Conference.

So when it came to our fifth Goodboys gig being at Wembley Stadium for Capital’s Summertime Ball, I could step out in confidence.’

While they are now also creating music for audiences outside the church, Josh believes that God is still a part of what they do.

‘This rise from nothing to where we are now doesn’t happen without God,’ he says.

And Josh’s faith and music are closely

linked. ‘I grew up in a Christian household and when I was 14, I got plugged into a local youth group and joined the youth band. I fell in love with worship music and leading worship.

‘Music is what kept me in church.

People are people and there are the stresses of church life, but music and worshipping God are what I’ve always loved.’

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‘Her story and bravery mustn’t be forgotten’ To mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January, PAM MITCHELL tells Emily Bright about the courageous actions of Scottish missionary Jane Haining, who sought to protect Jewish schoolgirls in Hungary from the Nazis

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N estimated 11 million people, including Jews, political opponents, minority groups and members of the resistance, were slaughtered by the Nazis during the Holocaust from 1941 to 1945.

To ensure the tragedy would not be forgotten, representatives from 46 governments met in Stockholm on 27 January 2000, where they signed a declaration to ‘share a commitment to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to honour those who stood against it’.

Holocaust Memorial Day was born.

This year the day is particularly marking

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the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

And next week an exhibition set to run at Glasgow City Chambers focuses on the life of a matron at the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, Jane Haining, who sought to protect Jewish girls under her care during the Nazi occupation of Hungary and who died at Auschwitz. The exhibition features photographs, documents, letters and artefacts from her life.

Pam Mitchell, a member of the parish church in Dunscore, the village where Jane was born, tells me more about the matron’s life.

‘Jane had a great love of books and a hunger for education,’ she says. ‘When she was 18, she moved from Dunscore to Glasgow with her two sisters.

‘In 1932, she saw an ad in the Church of Scotland magazine Life and Work for a post in the church’s mission among Jews in Budapest, and she applied.’

Her application was successful, and after quickly learning Hungarian, she joined the Scottish Mission School as a matron.

‘Jane had a strong Christian faith and a sympathetic heart for vulnerable children,’ says Pam. ‘She saw them all as God’s children, needing her love and care.

‘She lived out her faith, and the children would have seen that. She loved the Book of Psalms and told them Bible stories in the evening. I think she had a great influence on those in her care.’

But by November 1940, Hungary had

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signed a pact to join the Nazi’s Axis Alliance and stepped up its antisemitic policies. In 1941, the Hungarian government deported approximately 20,000 non-Hungarian Jews to Ukraine, where they were killed by the

If the children need me in days of sunshine, how much more do they need me in days of darkness?

Einsatzgruppen Nazi SS killing squads.

As Hungarian antisemitism worsened, the Church of Scotland implored Jane to return home for her own safety, but she refused.

‘She once said: “If the children need me in days of sunshine, how much more do they need me in days of darkness?”

She knew where she needed to be,’ Pam says.

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Jane with the schoolgirls

She was prepared to give the ultimate sacrifice for what she believed ‘Jane kept the running of the place stable and the girls were certainly sheltered. I guess the older ones were probably very aware of what was going on, but she maintained the sense of peace and calm and helped them to get on with their education.’

While at the Scottish Mission, Jane also taught the Hungarian Jews the skills of domestic service in order to help them get out of the country and find work in Britain.

In March 1944, the Nazis occupied Hungary. Soon after, Jews were forced to wear a Star of David on their clothing, their movements were strictly controlled, and Jewish property and businesses were confiscated.

Pam describes Jane’s reaction: ‘When they had to identify the Jewish girls by sewing the Star of David on their clothes, she cried while she was doing it. She was fearful and did not know what was ahead.’

Within weeks of the Nazis occupying

the country, Jane was arrested by the Gestapo. ‘She reassured the girls she’d be back by lunchtime, but she wasn’t,’ Pam explains. ‘She was charged with crimes such as visiting British prisoners and crying when she sewed the stars on. Jane was taken to a holding prison in Budapest, but was suddenly gone from that place.

‘The school later received a letter from Auschwitz, telling them that she had died of intestinal catarrh, but nobody actually knows what happened. I suspect that she was eventually gassed like millions of others.

‘I’m sure she must have been a tremendous influence to people in Auschwitz at the time of her death in 1944 because of the strength of her faith and her

life experience. I think she would have helped a lot of people, right to the end.’

Jane’s sacrifice was commemorated when in 1997 she became the only Scot to receive the accolade of being named as one of the Righteous Among the Nations by the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Yad Vashem, in Israel. In 2010, she was also awarded a Hero of the Holocaust medal by the British government.

Reflecting on Jane’s legacy, Pam says: ‘It was in her nature I think, a life lived in service. She was prepared to give the ultimate sacrifice for what she believed.

‘Her story and bravery mustn’t be forgotten. Holocaust Memorial Day is a time to remember what people went through and what they were prepared to give.’

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CROSS time and cultures, families have come in all shapes and sizes. Next Thursday (30 January), Carers Trust is highlighting those in which someone under the age of 18 helps to look after a family member who is living with a chronic illness, disability or addiction.

The charity estimates that one in five children across the UK is a young carer. The annual Young Carers Awareness Day, organised

by Carers Trust, aims to raise awareness of the challenges faced by young carers and to campaign for greater support for them.

Another charity focusing on young carers is the YMCA. Owain Dexter, of the organisation, explains that a young carer can sometimes be hard to identify.

‘Lots of people don’t realise that they’re caring for someone,’ he says. ‘So part of the YMCA’s young carers project is about raising awareness.

‘A young carer wouldn’t have to be the sole carer, but they would be doing a significant amount of emotional support or taking the weight of some chores. They could be doing the washing-up, getting medication ready for their family member, accompanying them to hospital appointments, preparing their meals or being a listening ear.

‘We go into school assemblies or lunch clubs, so we can identify those who are caring.

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Ahead of Young Carers Awareness Day, Sarah Olowofoyeku learns about young people who care for family members and an organisation that is looking after them someone could be a carer are that they’re constantly tired, late for school, lack concentration or have trouble completing homework.

‘We educate the professionals so that they can identify carers and put support in place for them. If a young carer is constantly late, it may not be their behaviour, it may just be that they have to take siblings to school, or make the food for whoever they’re caring for.’

The YMCA’s project is called Time for Me, and it allows young carers time away from the family home to have a break from their responsibility. The project has been running for 11 years in Cardiff.

The young people who attend the project benefit from having respite in their week. They may go to the cinema or bowling or take part in outdoor pursuits with other young carers.

They can also go on residential trips throughout the year. There is practical help on offer too.

‘We teach life skills, such as money or stress management. And we’re available for mentoring on a one-to-one basis.’

The YMCA is a Christian movement, and the mission at YMCA Cardiff is to enable people to develop their full potential in mind, body and spirit.

Owain says: ‘Everyone here wants to see people flourish, thrive and be the best that they can be. I’m a Christian, so I see it as what Jesus says in the Bible: “I’ve come that they can have life to the full.”’

The Christian faith has made a personal difference to Owain’s work.

‘It helps me not to lose hope when things seem hopeless,’ he says. ‘Often the young person presents issues that are beyond what I’m capable of

dealing with – suicidal thoughts, for example.

Prayer is important for me. It is helpful to know I can give those issues to God.’ One of the young people who is part of YMCA Cardiff’s young carers project is 16-year-old Delyth. She lives at home with her parents and two of her four siblings.

Delyth is considered a young carer because she helps to take care of one of her older sisters, who has Down’s syndrome.

‘My sister is not independent,’ says Delyth.

‘She needs help getting dressed, and with reading. She struggles with understanding

Lots of people don’t realise they’re caring for someone certain situations, so we simplify them for her.

We cook for her, and she enjoys cleaning so we help her to do that.

‘We do have a normal sibling relationship – sometimes we love each other and sometimes we don’t like each other very much.’

While Delyth says she wouldn’t describe being a young carer as difficult, because it is her ‘version of normal’, she does benefit from the activities offered by the young carers project.

‘It gives us a little space from home to go to the cinema or swimming, or to build skills. I’ve completed a first-aid course, and I went on a retreat once where I made so many friends and came back with loads of memories.’

In addition to the support from the YMCA, Delyth found the Christian faith to be valuable

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when she was experiencing tough times.

‘I didn’t become a churchgoer until a few years ago when I was going through some mental health struggles,’ she says. ‘Because of those, I started praying more frequently and going to church every Sunday, which helped me get into a healthier mind state.’

Today, as she studies for her GCSEs and continues to take care of her sister, her faith still makes a difference.

She says: ‘My faith gives me strength, hope and courage, and it helps me to be patient with others.’

Praying more frequently helped me get into a healthier mind state

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EXPLORE Prayerlink THE War Cry invites readers to send in requests for prayer, including the first names of individuals and details of their circumstances. Send your requests to Prayerlink, War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN. Mark your envelope ‘Confidential’.

Becoming a Christian There is no set formula to becoming a Christian, but many people have found saying this prayer to be a helpful first step to a relationship with God Lord Jesus Christ, I am truly sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Please forgive me. I now turn from everything that I know is wrong.

Thank you that you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free.

Thank you that you offer me forgiveness and the gift of your Holy Spirit.

Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me for ever.

Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Amen Extract from Why Jesus? by Nicky Gumbel published by Alpha International, 2011. Used by kind permission of Alpha International

Galatians

Nigel Bovey gives chapter and verse on each book in the Scriptures

AVING visited the region during his H first evangelistic tour (see Acts chapters 13 and 14), the apostle Paul wrote this

words of this Law by carrying them out’ (see Deuteronomy 27:26).

Because the Law can only condemn and not cure, Paul argues, salvation is not a legal process; it is a spiritual transaction.

Paul goes on to explain that God sends his Spirit into our hearts and we become his

circular letter to congregations in Galatia, in modern-day Turkey.

He writes it because some believers are ‘turning to a different gospel’ (1:6). Some Galatian church leaders are insisting that non-Jewish converts follow the Law, which Paul’s argument is about God had given to the Jewish people centuries earlier, to the extent of being circumcised as a salvation. Are we saved mark of their new-found faith in Jesus Christ.

Paul reminds them that he was a traditional by doing good or by faith?

Jew who, having encountered Jesus, had become a Christian (1:14–16). Essentially, children (4:4–7). Such a relationship brings his argument is about salvation. Are we saved freedom. The law that counts is the rule of by doing good works, he asked, by being reli- love (5:6). The letter explains that the presgious or by faith in Jesus Christ? ence of God’s Spirit within a Christian is the Paul frequently uses the word ‘justified’. dynamic that empowers them to fulfil the Theologically, it means to be made right intention of the Law. Because God releases with God. the fruit of his holy nature within them, they Paul is clear: a person ‘is not justified by are able to resist the temptations of their sinthe works of the Law, but by faith in Jesus ful nature (chapter 5).

Christ’, because ‘by the works of the Law no Ultimately, what counts is not whether a one will be justified’ (2:16). person has gone through a religious ritual, To support his argument, Paul quotes the but whether they are a new creation – one of Jewish Scriptures.

God’s reborn children – through putting their He highlights the founding father of faith in Christ (6:15).

Judaism, Abraham, who, although circumcised, did not live under the regime of the Law but by faith, and yet was considered righteous by God. Paul refers to the teaching of an Old Testament s prophet that ‘the righteous will r uncircumcision mean ‘Neither circumcision no ’ live by faith’ (3:11). He cites on ati cre is the new anything; what counts the Law itself: ‘Cursed is anyernational Version) Int w Ne one who does not uphold the (Galatians 6:15

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NOW, THERE’S A THOUGHT!

by Jim Burns

QUICK QUIZ 1. Who played racing car driver Ken Miles in the recent film Le Mans 66?

2. What natural structure in the US state of Arizona has an average depth of 4,000ft?

3. Who wrote the play Long Day’s Journey into Night?

4. In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated by the English navy?

5. In which town is Antony Gormley’s structure Angel of the North?

6. Who plays the title role in the TV crime drama Vera?

ANSWERS 1. Christian Bale. 2. The Grand Canyon. 3. Eugene O’Neill.

4. 1588. 5. Gateshead. 6. Brenda Blethyn.

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Still a fitting resolution is usually the time when people resolve to lose weight, get JtheANUARY fitter or both. So enrolments at slimming clubs and gyms increase at start of the month. I know some people who attend a slimming club

and from what they tell me, I get the impression that there are similarities between being a member of one and going to church.

Each slimming club meeting begins with the weigh-in to see how much weight each member has lost (or gained) that week. If someone has shed unwanted pounds, they are congratulated by other members, and if someone has put on weight, there is plenty of encouragement for them to do better the next week.

Then, the club leader will give a pep talk about diets that work and how to deal with any temptations that arise in the following week. The members can buy a booklet of recipes after the talk and, of course, there is the weekly membership fee to pay.

In the same way, a good church will Enrolments at welcome new members, provide plenty of slimming clubs support, whether things are going well or not, and provide talks, based on the Bible, increase at the on how to live a better life, according to the start of the month example of Jesus.

People who attend church services will be encouraged to read the Bible so they can see for themselves what can be applied in their particular circumstances.

And yes, church members are invited, but not obligated, to contribute to the running expenses of the church and to enable it to support those in the community who need help.

It is good to look after our bodies, and God supports us in that – after all, the Bible says he made us in his image. But how much better is it to look after our soul, our ‘inner self’, which is with us for ever? Or, as one of the Bible writers puts it: ‘Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and for ever. You can count on this’ (1 Timothy 4:8 The Message).

By now many of us may have ditched our good intentions for another year, but it’s not too late to implement a new one. Perhaps we could try a church.

It could be the best new year’s resolution we’ve ever made.

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RECIPES

Aubergine peanut butter curry 400g basmati rice

100g spinach

3 aubergines, cubed

Salt and pepper

1 tbsp oil

Handful fresh coriander, chopped

1 red pepper, chopped

1 lime, juice

1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced 1 thumb-sized piece ginger, grated ½ tsp turmeric 1½ tsp garam masala

SERVES

4

1tbsp peanut butter 400ml reduced-fat coconut milk 400g can chickpeas

3 red peppers, roughly chopped Olive oil Salt and pepper 3 red onions, finely sliced 1tbsp balsamic vinegar 2tbsp honey 1 lemon, zest grated 225g halloumi, thickly sliced 80g rocket leaves 1 lemon, juice 4 large flat portobello mushrooms, sliced 1 large ciabatta loaf

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/ Gas Mark 4.

Place the peppers on a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil.

Season with salt and pepper and roast for 35 minutes until

Giant halloumi and caramelised onion sandwich soft. Add the onions and a splash of oil.

Cook until soft.

Stir in the vinegar and 1tbsp honey.

Season with salt and pepper and add the lemon zest. Once the onions have caramelised, remove and place them in a bowl. Pour over the remaining 1tbsp honey. Add a drizzle of oil. Mix well.

Cook the rice according to the packet instructions.

Add the aubergines to a pan and cook on a medium heat until brown and shrivelled.

Remove and set aside.

Pour the oil into the pan and add the pepper, onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric and garam masala. Mix well. Once the onions are softened, mix in the peanut butter.

Pour in the coconut milk and the chickpeas with the chickpea water. Mix together, then stir in the aubergines and spinach. Continue to cook for 6 minutes on a medium heat.

Season with salt and pepper.

Garnish with the coriander and lime juice, to serve.

Place the halloumi on a hot griddle pan for 3 minutes or until soft on each side.

Put the rocket leaves in a bowl and squeeze over the lemon juice. Add another drizzle of oil. Season with salt and pepper and mix together. Fry the mushrooms in a little oil in a pan until dark.

Warm the ciabatta under the grill before halving it. Assemble the dish by spooning the onions, rocket, peppers, halloumi and mushrooms on the bottom half of the ciabatta. Place the other half on top and slice the loaf into 4 portions, to serve.

Recipes © Mob Kitchen in partnership with the Vegetarian Society

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