"Living together means serving one another”
The Dean of St George’s College reflects in an article in the Church Times (2nd August 2024) on the dire reality in the Holy Land today as atrocities continue, reminding us of the enormity of our calling to continue to serve in the face of tragedy. Having spent the last six years working at the Anglican centre for pilgrimages in the Holy Land and living alongside and sharing the experience of the people, he is well placed to comment on the complex history and current realities of the Land.
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/2-august/comment/opinion/str...
We keep the work and witness of St George’s College and all its staff in our prayers together with those of the other diocesan institutions, as they continue to minister among those who suffer the terrible hardships and the daily anxieties for their homes, families and security. We remember especially those in Gaza whose lives have been wrecked beyond description, desperate to find some hope and a way out of the cycle of violence and insecurity. His reflection is in many ways a reminder of how the context is made holy by the presence of the Church and its long lived prayer and thanksgiving in the midst of all the difficulties.
Richard Sewell writes:
"I believe that Christians individually, and the Church corporately, have an important part to play. It is one that the Anglican diocese of Jerusalem is trying to exercise through all of our ministries: our schools, our hospitals, and our care centres."
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