Us encouraging ecumenism around the A30
Justice & Peace
activities in the parish of St
Francis of Assisi in South Ascot UK
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Sorry to anyone disappointed - and thanks
to everyone who gave encouragement
Harvest of Hope
A TIMELY
AND OPEN-TO-ANYONE GET-TOGETHER FOR LOCAL CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUALS
ACROSS THE ASCOT/ SUNNINGDALE/ SUNNINGHILL/ WINDLESHAM/ BAGSHOT AREA
-
AND BEYOND
to share, celebrate, and debate activities and ideas about social justice:
today and tomorrow;
local, national and global
kindly
hosted by St Mary's School, St Mary's Road, Ascot SL5 9JF
9.30am-1pm on Saturday 13th October 2012
It's not really a St Francis-alone J&P activity - though we've played a leading part in encouraging others to get together, resulting in this open-to-all activity.
There's no Churches Together in the Ascot, Sunninghill, Sunningdale, Windlesham, Bagshot or Englefield Green area. So we took the initiative to nudge things a bit. Justice & Peace is the term used by the Catholic Church as a peg for its many works for social justice. But you'll know that many other denominations have their own forms - with many good ideas to air and share.
So we thought it a good idea for St Francis J&P to have some informal meet-up with representatives of other churches (and schools) in and around Ascot - just to compare notes, exchange experience and angles, and perhaps see whether there might perhaps be something on which we might have a united action. We had a very warm response from local CofE churches for a start.
From that, a bigger idea developed.
At St John the Baptist in Windlesham, Rev Jonathan Hillman introduced Hugh Gibbons to a parishioner with a particularly keen interest in social justice issues in the Anglican church - and whose activities had included workshops for new bishops at their annual Conference. She told Hugh that she was also very keen on getting local churches together - and schools!
They then drafted a concept for a larger Saturday meeting on 13th October - set in a school, and being as open as possible to everyone around. And, appropriately, it's a few days before the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
The basics are at www.just1.org.uk/harvestofhope
You can always ask Hugh for updates: hughgibbons@just1.org.uk
The Harvest of Hope programme
includes
Stand Up & Sing Out Against Poverty
Our Harvest of Humanity
Grow Your Own Good Citizens
Fruitful Silence
Faces of Hope Gallery by local schools
New Crops of Questions
Sing Out to Your MP
Visit
www.just1.org.uk/harvestofhope