Hertfordshire branch of Christian Police Association @uk_cpa. Reaching out, building bridges. Supporting and encouraging Christians in the Police Service.
Joint statement from UK faith leaders.
We salute the many people working to restore their neighbourhoods and pledge to work with government and all sections of society towards a constructive and compassionate dialogue on immigration and social cohesion.
https://t.co/yyI3Dfl4F4
Following the sad death of Sgt Reece Buckeham @HertsPolice we have now included him in the United Kingdom’s Police Roll of Honour.
We will ensure he is never forgotten.
You can view his entry online at https://t.co/tb1jolOsPF
Tributes have been paid to ‘super hero’ Dad following a road traffic collision on the A10 on Saturday (29 June).
Read more on our website: https://t.co/EBn3RlevJ9
Day 4 of #ThyKingdomCome - The God who creates 🙏
Today, why not try drawing and/or writing your prayers for your five people? What is the Lord saying? What scriptures come to mind?
Watch the accompanying video from @RevDuffett here: https://t.co/WLWLVz1mDn
Day 1 of #ThyKingdomCome - Ascension Day 🙏
Today, ask God to help the five people you are praying for to open their hearts and hands to receive His love through hearing His voice.
Watch the accompanying video from Archbishop @JustinWelby here: https://t.co/w7GoAJlCbY
Alleluia, Christ is risen!
Throughout the world, these words will resonate in many languages, from churches to homes to makeshift shelters and refugee camps.
‘Christ is risen’ proclaims that whatever the circumstances of our world today, God is ever transforming it, reshaping it, and that the shape of things to come will be infinitely more glorious than anything we know right now.
On this Easter Day, we are filled with joy at what God brings, yet we remember all those for whom joy is hard won, and overshadowed by the realities of war, conflict and death.
We remember that to proclaim the Christ who died and rose again is to proclaim a radically different reality that challenges all the powers of this world, and all the forces that work for death instead of life.
And so today, in solidarity with all for whom this day is difficult, we proclaim:
Christ is risen!
“‘Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’” — Luke 24:5-7
CHRIST IS RISEN, ALLELUIA !
CHRISTUS SURREXIT, ALLELUIA !
Please see the attached which includes a message from our National Chaplain @barry0358#ChristIsRisen#Easter
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Easter is a time of stark contrast, with Good Friday a time for quiet reflection on Christ’s anguish and cruel death on the cross at Calvary. This followed by Easter Sunday, a time to celebrate Christ’s resurrection, and new birth into a living hope. Believe the Good News!
We often talk of Christmas as a time of hope fulfilled. In the birth of Christ, as the famous carol goes, ‘the hope and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.’
But Advent is the time before that hope is fulfilled – the time when our hopes have not yet been answered, and yet we are challenged to continue hoping.
During the talks on Northern Ireland at the time of the Troubles, a British Minister involved was asked, ‘Minister, are you optimistic?’
‘No,’ he replied, ‘but I am hopeful.’
Vaclav Havel, the former President of then Czechoslovakia, said, ‘Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.’
Hope is the quiet certainty that, in Christ, all things will, one day, be made right, even if we don’t know how yet.
Optimism depends on ourselves. It looks inwards. It believes that we can fix things. But when things don’t turn out exactly how we want, it can lead to despair.
Hope looks to God alone. In him, all our hopes will be fulfilled.
This time of year can be particularly tough for missing loved ones who have died.
During #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek, please know that if you are grieving you don’t have to suffer alone. There are charities, communities and people you can talk to.
I’m especially proud to be patron of @AtaLossCharity, which is helping thousands of people work through the pain of bereavement. And I’m particularly grateful for churches across the country that are providing great comfort, offering ways to mark loss and remember loved ones.
I pray that you may find the comfort, hope, and peace of the Christ Child this season.
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