Church In Society

 

Church In Society Advocate

Mr Chris Wright

e-mail: christopher.wright830@ntlworld.com
 

The Forum relates closely to the URC Secretary for Church and Society and the Joint Public Issues Team and it includes the Synod advocates for Commitment for Life and Racial Justice in its active membership.  It seeks to present matters of concern to the formal meetings of the Synod and give links to websites which can provide further information.  Through those with specific knowledge, we seek to keep well informed on local issues, such as farming and rural life,  asylum seekers, Post Office closure, criminal justice and support of prisoners, poverty and homelessness, and on wider issues of justice, fair trade, development and support for those on the margins of society as well as climate change and the ecology.

Church in Society Forum 

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives

and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,

and announce that the time has come when the Lord will save his people.”.

                                                St Luke ch 4 vv 18-19 (GNB)

 

The words which Jesus read from the prophet Isaiah in the synagogue in Nazareth sum up the agenda of the Church in Society Forum.  All who worship in the churches of the Eastern Synod are members of the Forum as all who seek to follow Jesus are called “to love your neighbour as you love yourself.”  This is not an optional extra.

 

The next Church In Society Forum meeting will be on Saturday 25th September 2010 at 10.00 am till 12.45 at the
Synod Office Whittlesford

 

 All are welcome please let us know if you are coming  

Email  Chris Wright, Advocate for Church in Society

 christopher.wright830@ntlworld.com  Tel:  01223 501355

Eastern Synod of the United Reformed Church
Church in Society Issues to March 2010 Meeting of Synod

Many areas of social concern are just touched on in this leaflet, which gives you links to further information.  Churches cannot run with all of them but if every church takes action on at least one and includes such issues regularly in prayers, we will make a difference.

  Forum Topics  Click on Topic for further Information

View Stories for Change 53 June 2010 - it is produced
by Commitment for Life: it seeks to inform and inspire
Views expressed are not necessarily those of the URC.

 

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