Sixty second sample - Lent Vigil for Climate Justice
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Christians held a vigil outside Parliament for the first ten days of Lent to call for action about Climate Change. Starting on Ash Wednesday, people prayed at the entrance to Parliament for twenty-four hours a day, until Saturday the 24th of February. Some of the campaigners taking part explained why they were involved.....
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60 second sample - Street Pastors
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This is a 'Sixty Second Sample' of the Street Pastors podcast. Street Pastors are members of local Churches who go out at night to help people who've had too much to drink, homeless people, and anyone else who may need a hand. 'Fantastic - everyone was really impressed' (Greenwich Street Pastors) 'Great podcast' (Essex Street Pastor)
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Demonstration for Ukraine
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Thousands of people marched in London on the 24th of February to protest about the Russian invasion of Ukraine two years ago. They started at Hyde Park, and marched to Trafalgar Square. Bill Shaw spoke to some of those taking part:
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Lent Vigil for Climate Justice
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Christians are holding a vigil outside Parliament to call for action about Climate Change. The 'Lent Vigil for Climate Justice' has been organised by Churches, charities and campaign groups; people will be praying at the entrance to Parliament for twenty-four hours a day until Saturday the 24th of February. The vigil started with a service at St John's Church in Waterloo: Bill Shaw was there....
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Love Christmas
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Christians across the country are preparing #Christmas gifts and treats to give away to people who may not otherwise get gifts at Christmas. This year is the fourth year of 'Love Christmas', run by the Church Revitalisation Trust. The project, known as 'Love Christmas', grew out of 'Love your Neighbour', when Churches supported people affected by the COVID lockdown. Here's a #podcast #report about 'Love Christmas', featuring the work of St Nicholas Church in Bristol, in 2021: #bagsofkindness Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay
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Love your Neighbour
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Churches across the country are providing practical support for people in debt, people going hungry, and refugees and asylum seekers. The project, called 'Love your Neighbour', helps people in Crisis, tackles the Causes of poverty, always offering Care to the whole person. Bill Shaw reports on how Churches in Southampton, London, and Gateshead are making a difference:
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Sixty Second Sample - the Church and Football
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With the Lionesses through to the finals of the Women's World Cup, here's a Sixty Second Sample of the 'Church and Football' podcast. The podcast was made in 2021; Becky Jane, of Charlton Athletic Women's Team, starts by commenting on the profile that women's football was getting then: Photo by on
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Sixty second sample - Christians against Climate Change
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This is a 60 second sample of the 'Christians against Climate Change' podcast. 'Christians against Climate Change' was recorded at 'The Big One' Climate Change protest in London on the 22nd of April, and includes interviews and extracts from a Church service held that day. This is a sample of the podcast - the complete podcast is below:
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Christians against Climate Change
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Christians have been taking part in 'The Big One' Climate Change protest in London. The protest takes place over four days; the organisers say that 50,000 people will take part. Groups such as Christian Climate Action, Green Christian and Christian Aid have been joining in; a Church Service led by Black Majority Churches has been held outside Parliament. Bill Shaw has been at the protest: More information:
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March to COP26
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Hundreds of young Christians took part in a national relay walk to COP26 to protest about climate change. Members of the Young Christian Climate Network (YCCN) took it in turns to walk from St Ives in Cornwall, and Swansea in Wales, to Glasgow, for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) in October 2021. The Church of England is committed to being carbon neutral by 2030, and is supporting initiatives such as Eco-Churches, lobbying Parliament, and the relay walk Bill Shaw reports….
info_outlineThe Church of England is actively involved in a wide range of sports, both by providing Chaplains, and running sports projects.
Eight areas - Birmingham, Blackburn, Ely, Gloucester, Guildford, Kensington in London, Norwich, and Rochester- are 'Sport and Wellbeing' Diocese, where the Church aims to promote physical, emotional and spiritual well-being through sport.
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