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Monday of Holy Week – The courage to be the only voice (PDF download)
Digital download: A Bible reading and a reflection for the Monday of Holy Week on having courage to stand up and speak out for what is right, with an emphasis on asylum seekers. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 9 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: Reflections, prayers, stories, poems and a hymn addressing the plight of modern-day refugees, who yearn for community and security, who long to be settled and live in peace. 18 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: Shelter, the need to feel safe, is a fundamental human need. Today thousands of people are fleeing into Europe seeking sanctuary - on the run from violence, terror, injustice. We cannot sit comfortably in our own places of shelter and not act to influence the shelter that is offered to those for whom it is a matter of survival. This liturgy offers an opportunity to reflect on shelter and what it means. 5 pages.
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Digital download: It's easy to think of the Crucifixion as something that happened a long time ago. But for some people every day is Good Friday. People forced into poverty, those who are homeless. Those seeking asylum. People crushed by debt and treated with contempt by the powerful. Jesus is crucified today in their suffering. 9 pages.
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Digital download: A liturgy with a special emphasis on asylum seekers and refugees. 3 pages.
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Digital download: A liturgy relating to refugees, in which the congregation is encouraged to enter into the experience of persecution, flight and exile, and to put faith into practice. Taken from the book Holy Ground by Neil Paynter & Helen Boothroyd. 5 pages.