The 129 shoeboxes have been collected by Dave and Steve Cooke of Teams4U and are at the warehouse in Wrexham. They will be sorted by age and gender, ready for loading onto lorries bound for Romania, Belarus or Moldova. A few more pictures of the busy packers added on 20th November.
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A campaign for a biblical Debt Jubilee for people who have been swept into debt by the effects of Covid-19, to relieve low-income households from the burden of unavoidable debt that many were forced to take on during lockdown.
Creative offerings from members of our church community.
At our latest Sunday morning online chat time we enjoyed looking at the fish created as craft work during our online service. The service was based on the story of Jonah and the whale. And the fish pictures have kept arriving since then. You can see them in full technicolour detail, along with other works of art, on the Photos page.
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The Church has a unique opportunity to be a hopeful presence in a traumatised nation, but this needs to include speaking and listening.
A new Baptist network that will connect people with a passion for the environment and climate change is to launch on 6 September Â
Not having a secure home means not being able to set roots in a place, become part of a community and flourish in the ways that we are meant to. As churches there are many things that we can do to help prevent people falling into the sort of situations that I found myself in. (written by Revd Grace Thomas, Anglican vicar with lived experiences of homelessness.)
Baptists Together hold a common value; that we are a Movement which shares a hunger for God’s coming Kingdom and seeks to confront evil, injustice and hypocrisy and challenges worldly attitudes to power, wealth, status and security both within and beyond our Union.
The Baptists Together Faith and Society team tell us how they are drawn into the disciples' story as they walked with Jesus and watched him pray.
If you’ve been missing those conversations after church, this is a chance to catch up! We are going to get together on Zoom. we can see each other and talk to each other through a PC, tablet, or smart phone. You can even join by telephone if you don’t want the pictures!
A response in solidarity with people experiencing racial injustice.
Inspiring stories of kindness and compassion from Church Action on Poverty
As Christians we are called to link our faith with all aspects of our lives and to engage with contemporary issues which affect our society in general. We want to encourage Baptists to hear the call of the gospel to work for freedom, peace and justice. The Faith and Society Team, alongside the Joint Public Issues Team and others, engages in theological reflection and research to provide information and study resources on a variety of social and political issues as well as topics for prayer.
We are urged to pray for Lebanon. The pandemic has worsened their economic crisis and their currency has now plummeted to a record low, leading to nationwide mass protests. We pray for peace and for end to the hunger and poverty experienced across the nation.
The Baptist community in the UK has responded in solidarity and protest in the face of the injustice revealed in the brutal death of George Floyd in the USA.
Introducing a survey that's assessing responses to the Covid-19 crisis among churchgoers in the UK - and is seeking responses from Baptists
Three gifted listeners share what they are hearing during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Joint Public Issues team encourages us to pray for a different justice issue each day during the Coronavirus pandemic. You can sign up for daily email reminders.
Christian Aid Week With no doorstep collections or community events, Sandbach Christian Aid Group has raised over £2300 through a virtual concert and a sponsored bike ride.
You’ve not seen him since last July and he doesn’t want you to forget about him! How Video Dave is coping during lockdown.
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