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Church Action on Poverty Sunday: prayers from Sunningwell

Posted on 26 February 2018 by Liam Purcell
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Voices from the Margins logo no straplineSt Leonard’s Church in Sunningwell, Oxfordshire, held a service recently to mark Church Action on Poverty Sunday. They kindly agreed to share their prayers with us here.

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Making ourselves vulnerable

Posted on 19 June 2017 by Liam Purcell
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capsunday2017logo2Meg Raw gave this talk in her church in Chorlton, Manchester on Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2017.  She kindly gave permission for us to share it here.

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Getting alongside those who are suffering

Posted on 13 March 2017 by Liam Purcell
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Our local group in the North East used the opportunity of Church Action on Poverty Sunday to reflect on some big questions, and get involved in the End Hunger campaign. Group secretary Pat Devlin shares some of their thoughts and learning.

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A story that changes us

Posted on 6 March 2017 by Liam Purcell
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capsunday2017logo2Church Action on Poverty supporter Ian Ross preached at Longden Church on Church Action on Poverty  Sunday. He kindly shared with us this sermon on transfiguration and poverty.

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Whom shall I send?

Posted on 15 February 2017 by Liam Purcell
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church-action-on-poverty-sunday-logoSue Whitlock, a Church Action on Poverty supporter from County Durham, is preparing to preach on 26 February, Church Action on Poverty  Sunday. She shared with us these reflections that had occurred to her on the church’s prophetic role.

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Book review: ‘Re-Enchanting the Activist’ by Keith Hebden

Posted on 14 December 2016 by Liam Purcell
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51iwvww3iul-_sx327_bo1204203200_Re-Enchanting the Activist: Spirituality and Social Change is a new book by Keith Hebden, who led the End Hunger Fast in 2014 and is now Director of the Urban Theology Unit. This review is by Sandra Dutson, a member of Church Action on Poverty’s Council of Management.

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A supporting pillar: John Atherton

Posted on 30 June 2016 by Liam Purcell
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johnathertonHilary Russell and John Battle worked alongside John Atherton in the founding of Church Action on Poverty. They have shared these memories and tributes to John, who passed away last week.

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