Community Sponsorship nach kanadischem Modell Info-Veranstaltung 18. Juli in Salford

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Community Sponsorship for Refugees

a new practical way for communities to help refugees

Community Sponsorship is based on decades of successful experience in Canada which has seen over 280,000 refugees helped.

This free event will be a chance to be inspired, ask questions, network and connect with others who are keen to support refugees through community sponsorship.

It will be hosted by local leaders and will involve speakers from the UK groups who have started to get involved in sponsorship.

DATE & TIME
Tuesday 18th July 2017
Arrival: 17:30
Panel Discussion: 18:00 –20:30

LOCATION
Audacious Church
Trinity Way
Salford M3 7BD

HOSTED BY
Stuart Keir: Audacious
Sean Ryan: Caritas

Weitere Infos hier (pdf-Datei).

Stellungnahme der EKD zur gleichgeschlechtlichen Ehe

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Stellungnahme des Rats der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) zur gleichgeschlechtlichen Ehe, die heute im Bundestag beschlossen wurde:

Für die Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) sind Vertrauen, Verlässlichkeit und die Übernahme von Verantwortung in der Gestaltung menschlicher Beziehungen von zentraler Bedeutung. Aus Sicht der EKD bietet die Ehe dafür beste Voraussetzung und ist deshalb ein Zukunftsmodell. Sie bildet den rechtlichen Rahmen für ein Zusammenleben von zwei Menschen, das auf lebenslanger Treue beruht. Dass auch für gleichgeschlechtlich liebende Menschen, die den Wunsch nach einer lebenslang verbindlichen Partnerschaft haben, der rechtliche Raum vollständig geöffnet wird, in dem Vertrauen, Verlässlichkeit und Verantwortung durch gesetzliche Regelungen geschützt und unterstützt werden, begrüßt die EKD. Die Bedeutung der Ehe zwischen Mann und Frau wird dadurch keineswegs geschmälert. Im Gegenteil – sie wird noch einmal unterstrichen. Zur Frage der Ausgestaltung eines rechtlichen Rahmens gibt es in den evangelischen Landeskirchen wie in der weltweiten Kirche unterschiedliche Auffassungen, die auch weiterhin ihre Berechtigung haben werden. Die Debatte um die Öffnung der Ehe ist über mehrere Jahre ernsthaft und mit wechselseitigem Respekt geführt worden. …

Brief vom Home Office an EU-Ausländer

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Dear xxxx,

Today, the Government published a paper outlining our offer for EU citizens in the UK, and UK nationals in the EU. You can read more about our offer for EU citizens on GOV.UK: Status of EU citizens in the UK: what you need to know.

You can also read the full policy paper: Safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU

There is no need to do anything now. The UK will remain a member of the EU until March 2019 and there will be no change to the rights and status of EU citizens living in the UK, nor UK nationals living in the EU, during this time. So, EU citizens do not need to apply for documentation confirming their status now.

Our policy paper sets out that we will be asking EU citizens to make an application to the Home Office for a residence document demonstrating their new settled status. We will make the process as streamlined and user-friendly as possible for all individuals, including those who already hold a permanent residence document under current free movement rules. We expect the new application system to be up and running in 2018.

Information is also available on what UK nationals travelling and living in Europe need to know.

Thank you,

Home Office Communications

Anschlag in Manchester/Wahlen: fünf WDR2-Interviews mit einem Gemeindemitglied

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In einer Interview-Reihe mit dem WDR2 erzählt der Deutsch-Brite Stefan Schumacher vom Leben in Manchester.

23.5.2017: Manchester nach dem Anschlag: „Mischung aus Entsetzen und Weitermachen“

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23.5.2017: Arzt in Manchester: „Sehr große Hilfsbereitschaft unter Kollegen“

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30.5.2017: Manchester nach dem Anschlag

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8.6.2017: Wahl in Großbritannien: „Die Bevölkerung ist politisierter“

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9.6.2017: Deutscher Arzt in Manchester: „Eine gute Nacht für die EU“

 

 

Brief von der EKD an die Kirchen in Manchester

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Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland

Dear Bischop David, dear brothers and sisters in Manchester,
…

Please be assured that we as Churches in Germany are with you today in our thoughts and prayers, in our mourning und tears.

Whatever will happen in these our days on earth: let us hold firm together to our worldwide commitment to peace and humanity. Let us hold firm to our dedication for a better world without violence.

…

Rt Revd Petra Bosse-Huber, Bishop for Ecumenical Realtions and Ministries Abroad
Rt. Revd Ralf Meister, Bishop of the Dioces of Hanover and Co-Chair of the Meissen Commission of the EKD and the Church of England

Ein Gemeindemitglied stellt aus: Strange little things …

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… a show of small-scale sculptures of the human/humanoid figure

Bankley Studios & Gallery
Bankley Street
Levenshulme
Manchester
M19 3PP

Preview 26th May 6-9pm
Open to the public: 27 May to 4 June Sat-Sun 12-5 pm

“Strange Little Things” show at Bankley Gallery, 26th May – 4th June.

Conceived, organised and curated by Axel Bottenberg

The human figure has fascinated artists since the beginning of mankind. A lump of clay, fashioned into a human shape, a simple carving from wood or stone. The human figure is without doubt the most recognised form of sculpture in the world.

I have chosen a number of artists who have been making small scale human / humanoid figures to contribute to this show. Each artist has their own approach to using the human figure, but an overriding element is their use of a quirky nature or strange narrative.

Some artists are already fairly established, and I knew their work from within the Manchester art scene, others are less known and were recommended to me by friends, some I stumbled across in art events, some are long term friends whose work I respect and value.

Deutschsprachige Führung in Chethams Library in Manchester 17. Mai 15.00 Uhr

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Chethams Library in Manchester wurde 1653 gegründet und ist älteste öffentliche Bibliothek in Großbritannien. Nun hat das Deutsch Centre eine deutschsprachige Führung organisiert.

In the seventeenth century Humphrey Chetham, a prosperous Manchester merchant, bought medieval buildings close to the Collegiate Church (now the Cathedral) to provide not only a school and accommodation for the education of forty poor but gifted boys, but also a free library for the use of scholars.
Today Chetham’s Library is the oldest surviving public library in Britain where, during a visit to this fascinating building includes the reading room where Marx and Engels studied, the baronial hall and the chained library.

17. Mai, 15.00-16.30 Uhr

Entrance to Chethams Library, Long Millgate, M3 1SB (facing the National Football Museum)

Tickets £12.50 bei EventBrite

In Chetham’s finden regelmäßige Lunchtime-Konzerte der Schüler statt. Am 17. Mai um 13.30 Uhr in der Carole Nash Hall. Auf dem Programm: Schumanns „Frauenliebe und Leben“ (auf Deutsch)!!!

 

 

DIESE WOCHE: Breaking Free … Radio-Serie „Martin Luther’s Revolution“, BBC Radio 3

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30/4: SUNDAY FEATURE: Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution –
A Square Dance in Heaven

44 Minuten

The Protestant Reformation has traditionally been regarded as „the triumph of the word“, marking a decisive shift from a visual and sensual culture to a literary one. But for Martin Luther, music, with its power to move emotions, was an „inexpressible miracle“ second only to Theology. When people engage in music, he said, singing in four or five parts, it is like a „square dance in heaven.“

Luther’s ideas about music were to have a decisive influence on the development of music in Germany …

30/4, THE CHOIR: Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution –
The Genevan Psalter

1 hour

Sara Mohr-Pietsch journeys into the reforming world of John Calvin. As part of BBC Radio 3’s ‚Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution‘ season, The Choir focuses on the Genevan Psalter and its impact upon choral worship including the development of the Anglo-Psalter.…

30/4 THE LISTENING SERVICE: Breaking Free: Martin Luther’s Revolution

30 Minuten

As part of Radio 3’s Breaking Free: Martin Luther’s Revolution, The Listening Service asks where the idea of communal singing, especially in religious contexts, came from in modern Europe….

1/5, RADIO 3 IN CONCERT: Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution –
The Clare Reformation 500 Project

2 1/2 Stunden

For Radio 3’s ‚Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution‘, a concert from St John’s Smith Square celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, given by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, and Clare Baroque, conducted by Graham Ross.
Presented by Martin Handley …

2/5, ARTS AND IDEAS: Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution

45 Minuten

Peter Stanford, Ulinka Rublack and Diarmaid MacCulloch join Anne McElvoy to explore the question Martin Luther – Fundamentalist, Reactionary or Enlightened Creator of the Modern World? …

2/5, FREE THINKING: Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution –
New Research into the Reformation

45 Minuten

Rana Mitter looks at new research into the way daily life changed in Britain after the Reformation for Radio 3’s series of programmes exploring Martin Luther’s Revolution. His guests are: …

7/5, THE EARLY MUSIC SHOW: Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution – Developments in Catholic Music

As part of Radio 3’s Breaking Free: Martin Luther’s Revolution season marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Germany in 1517, Lucie Skeaping looks at music written for the Catholic church as a result of the reforms at the Council of Trent, with music by Palestrina and Giaches de Wert, and…

7/5, THE CHOIR: Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution

1 Stunde

For BBC Radio 3’s ‚Breaking Free – Martin Luther’s Revolution‘ season, Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace to explore how church music and worship in England were affected by the Protestant Reformation. …