Newsletter 1st September 2019

August 31, 2019 in Newsletters

‘There is no time to lose’: voices from the climate strike
TENS of thousands of people flooded on to the streets across the UK on Friday, and across the world, to raise awareness of climate change. Among those taking part in the protest in London was the Revd Helen Burnett, the Vicar of St Peter and St Pa...
Climate emergency: we have no option but to respond, says Welby
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has thanked young people for taking part in climate strikes around the globe on Friday. Responding to the climate emergency was an essential act for Christians, he said. In a Twitter post sent on the eve of the strike,...
World news in brief
First female Maori bishop elected A MAORI woman has been ordained bishop in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, & Polynesia for the first time. She is the Rt Revd Waitohiariki Quayle, who was installed as diocesan Bishop of Te Upok...
UK news in brief
Dr Smith condemns gambling in video games LOOT boxes in video games are de facto gambling, the Bishop of St Albans, Dr Alan Smith, has said. Writing in The Daily Telegraph last week, Dr Smith said: “Without realising the implications, many paren...