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Category: Social Justice Notices
Climate Emergency Meeting
A small group of parishioners from St Anne’s Church Kew met on Friday June 7th with their MP, Zac Goldsmith, to follow up a letter signed by over 100 constituents, expressing their concerns about climate change. The letter addressed climate change in the context of Brexit, air pollution and flooding. We prepared for the meeting...
Background Notes on the Challenge of Affluence Lecture
Dr Rowan Williams We are honoured to welcome as our speaker on Friday, 12 July Dr Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge and Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. Rowan Williams is a poet, theologian and author. His numerous academic and popular books include Christ: The Heart of Creation (Bloomsbury 2018) and God with Us:...
Statement of intent in relation to climate justice
Statement of intent in relation to climate justice. “We are a Christ-centred, faithful, outward looking, inclusive Church seeking not only to serve our local church but also to address, through the pursuit of Social Justice and Peace, the challenges that face the wider community”. (2020 Vision – A Mission Worth Living) The fifth mark...
SOCIAL JUSTICE FORUM, final report. February 2019
The Social Justice Forum: history and purpose. The first meeting of the Social Justice Forum was held in December 2015, following consultation and preparation. By social justice, we understand how all that we have been given is from God and is shared between us (the social element), and how fair or unfair these shares are...
Helping Refugees
How can we help refugees? A brief guide (updated February 2019) ‘Overall the best way to help a newly arrived refugee is to befriend them. Many will have lost friends and family before arriving here. Rather than being ‘helped’, socialising can really help a refugee move on from what they’ve lost and rebuild their lives...
DECLARATION OF FELLOWSHIP
DECLARATION BY THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANNE KEW Our congregation is: Christ Centred + Faithful + Inclusive + Outward Looking. As a witness to these guiding principles, we are glad to adopt this Declaration by the Bishop of Southwark, the Mayor of London and many faith leaders: • “We pledge our determination as Londoners to...
Food Bank
We are supporting the work of Richmond Food bank with a collection box at the back of the church for the donation of non perishable food items. A list of what they currently need is displayed on the box.