TEA AND CHAT - FRIDAYS @ 4PM - FOR HEALTHCARE CHAPLAINS!

There’s a lot going on for us all at the moment and finding space to chat and relax together can be challenging. Rev Meg Burton invites you to have a get together with herself and other chaplains, so bring a cuppa …

Join us if you can!

Meg, the Free Churches Secretary for Healthcare invites you each Friday at 4pm through Zoom. Healthcare chaplains welcome!

Zoom Meeting ID:870 5327 8978  Password: 669993

Meg says, “I will be there between 4pm and 5pm if anyone would like to join me

for an informal chat about anything;

a chance to get together and chew over the week before you go home.”

You can find out more about the work the Free Churches does in the field of healthcare and download helpful resources HERE.

(photo courtesy of Annie Spratt at Unsplash)

Every school a prayed for school...

Every school a prayed for school - that’s the mission and vision of Pray for Schools

They have designed an inspiring range of prayers accompanied by passages from the Bible, to support our prayers for school, called Ten Ways to Pray for Schools.

You can download, share and pray through this HERE.

At FCG, we have been an active and passionate member for the Pray for Schools steering group for many years. We have written and published a range of reports and resources about schools which you can read here.

(photo below from PFS website, cover photo courtesy of Adam Winger at Unsplash)

Today is a BIG day!

The 13th of August is a big day for all Year 13 students as it is A level results day!

Festive, the Christian education charity for sxith forms and further education invite us to pray today…

Big decisions will be made about the next few years. Some students will be elated and others bitterly disappointed.

Pray for Christian students to handle their results well, and to know how to support their non-Christian friends. Amen

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We pray for those in our families, communities and churches who are getting their results today…

May they be upheld and guided by God’s grace and mercy… Amen

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Over the last few years, FCG has researched, written and published a number of interesting and helpful reports and resources linked to churches and further education which you may be interested in exploring…

• The Free Churches and Further Education (FE): a report - Serving from the Margins

• The Free Churches and FE: Vision and Policy Statement

• The Free Churches and Chaplaincy in FE: a report - A Neglected Opportunity?

• Serving local communities - reaching out to further education providers

(photo courtesy of Ilya Somin at Unsplash)

Inter Faith Week in November

Inter Faith Week is coming up and is taking place between 8th and 15th November.

Growing inter faith understanding and co-operation….

Building good relationships and working partnerships between people of different faiths and beliefs is part of the year-round work of many people and organisations across the UK.

Having a special Week provides a focal point, helping to open inter faith activity up to a wider audience so that more and more people are made aware of the importance of this vital work and are able to participate in it.

There’s plenty of further information on their website and ways you can get involved with your wider community HERE.

(cover photo and image below from Inter Faith Week website)

Global Day of Prayer for Prison Ministry coming up on 25th August - join us

There will be a Global Day of Prayer for Prison Ministry on 25th August.

For the last 12 years the IPCA Steering Committee has invited all those involved in prison ministry around the world to come together in a special day of prayer on 25 August, the birthday of IPCA. Each year one of the regions prepare the prayer day program. Here’s the link to liturgy resources for the Global Day of Prayer for Prison Ministry in a variety of different languages. You are encouraged to share the resources among your colleagues and church networks. The theme for this year is: the Grace of God

Please encourage your church fellowships to get involved by praying in your homes or by safely physically distanced in your churches (as appropriate). Join with the Free Churches Group and many other ecumenical partners across the globe for the International Prison Chaplains Association (IPCA).

The Free Churches Faith Adviser to the Prison Service, Revd Bob Wilson, serves as the Vice Chair to the International Prison Chaplains Association (IPCA).

IPCA’s mission is: Uniting, encouraging and equipping... a global network of prison chaplains as they share God’s love and restoring justice.

(image courtesy of IPCA website)