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The ‘Faith Encounter Programme’ will run its ‘Faith Guiding Course’ online over six Tuesday evenings in September and October. The training course aims to train ‘Faith Guides’ from different faith backgrounds to lead high-quality educational visits to different places of worship. Since 2007, the ‘Faith Encounter Programme’ has trained over 140 Faith Guides from eight different faith … Read more
On 28 July 2020, the Presidents of Churches Together in England issued a joint statement calling on churches to travel together on the journey of racial justice, addressing injustices both within our church life and in wider society. They write: ‘We as Presidents of Churches Together in England have responded to the killing of George … Read more
‘Father Hudson’s Care’ is the social care agency of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham. Its Community Projects Department collaborates with local partnerships of different types and sizes, which provide services such as social support, information and guidance, practical help and accommodation. The projects reach out to people in need of support – asylum seekers, … Read more
Networkfour is seeking a Finance Trustee to join its board on a voluntary basis. The charity, which was founded in 2008 by Gary Wicker, specialises in working with vulnerable people and rough sleepers, who are referred by the police, Birmingham City Council and other statutory agencies. Networkfour helps the vulnerable with accommodation and referral to … Read more
Following the arrival in March of Professor Jackie Dunne as its Vice-Chancellor, Birmingham’s Newman University is seeking to appoint a new Chancellor. Newman University, which has around 2,700 students, is one of the country’s first Catholic universities since the Reformation It plays a distinctive role in higher education, focusing on the growth and development of … Read more
Birmingham City Mission is an ecumenical Christian ministry, committed to helping the needy and marginalised of the city and to sharing the Christian message. The Mission runs many projects throughout Birmingham where there is need, offering friendship and support to the homeless, elderly, young, poor and marginalised. Though an unashamedly Christian mission, BCM offers its … Read more
For a number of years, the ecumenical ‘Churches and Industry Group Birmingham – Solihull’ (CIGB) has provided chaplaincy for employers such as Birmingham City Council, Solihull Town Centre, Birmingham Airport, Jaguar Land Rover and National Express Bus. In their work, CIGB’s team of chaplains is supported by Development Director Revd Peter Sellick and Secretary Val … Read more
‘Urban Devotion Birmingham’ is seeking a part-time Youth Connector to join the team in September 2020. Urban Devotion began in Perry Common in 2003, when Sam and Hannah Millar moved into Perry Common. Since then, the team has maintained its commitment to community transformation in four of the most disadvantaged areas of north-east Birmingham – … Read more
This Sunday (19 July), thank-you’s will be expressed to three Birmingham Methodist leaders who are moving on from their roles in the Birmingham Circuit to new places of service. Revd Vicki Atkinson (Pastoral responsibility for Earlswood Methodist Church and Trinity Monkspath) will relocate to the Epworth and Scunthorpe Circuit. Revd David Alford (Pastoral responsibility for … Read more
President Erdogan of Turkey has announced that Hagia Sophia in Istanbul will become a mosque, with the first prayers taking place there next Friday, 24 July. The building, which was originally a Christian cathedral, became a mosque in 1453AD following the Ottoman conquest. Since 1934, Hagia Sophia has been a museum. Following the announcement, the … Read more