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Safe Families for Children Has your heart ever been warmed when you have heard someone talk about an act of kindness that they have witnessed? I recently heard about a young mum thousands of miles away from her family, ready to give birth to her second child, anxious about who could care for her toddler. Being part of a church community meant the need was quickly met by people she knew and trusted who looked after her child whilst she stayed in hospital. What could have been a crisis became an opportunity for the love of Christ to be lived out. The situation I’ve described might sound familiar within your church, but what about Lisa, a single mum living a few streets away, struggling with depression, desperately isolated and unable to cope with her fourteen month old baby who doesn’t sleep too well. If you knew about Lisa would you want to help? Many families today find themselves with no one to turn to when a crisis arises. Wouldn’t it be great if the Church could step in and do what an extended family does! Well, let me introduce to you ‘Safe Families for Children’ (SFFC) which offers a fantastic opportunity for churches of all denominations to extend support and care for families in our communities who are experiencing very difficult situations and feeling alone. SFFC, founded in Chicago ten years ago, has facilitated Christian people in helping tens of thousands of families throughout fifteen states in the USA. What has worked in the USA is being thoughtfully adapted to be consistent with the laws and procedures here in the UK. The Local Authority in Middlesbrough has agreed that a three year pilot of SFFC can take place here in Middlesbrough and Sir Peter Vardy has brought together a team to make this happen by setting up a new UK Safe Families for Children charity. What we need to get this initiative under way are volunteers, people like you who can make a difference in our communities. Volunteer Host Families, Family Friends, Case Coaches and Resource Friends are all vital roles within Safe Families for Children. There is something that each of us can do and contribute. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you would like to know more, on 07506703429 or trevorbirtle@safefamiliesforchildren.com Trevor Birtle, Churchwarden for All Saints Church, Low Worsall 4
The Orb York Minster’s Great East Window has been described as the English equivalent of the Sistine Chapel, and you can now see some of the newly conserved panels up close in The Orb - a new contemporary gallery in the Minster’s East End. The Orb is a metallic 10 metre wide, 3 metre tall dome that has been installed in the Lady Chapel, directly below the Great East Window. Visitors will walk inside The Orb to see displays of five newly-conserved panels taken from the Great East Window – four permanently on display and one which will change each month during the Orb’s three year tenancy of the space. The Acting Dean of York, Canon Glyn Webster said, "It is too easy for us to take for granted the amazing architecture and painting of the Great East Window. It is almost impossible to imagine the effect of this astonishing wall of glass must have had when it was first unveiled to the medieval public. It is my hope that the superb restoration of the glass, undertaken by the York Glaziers Trust, will reveal anew the marvels of the window, designed and painted between 1405 and 1408 by John Thornton of Coventry.” Entry into The Orb is included in admission to York Minster: for more information, please visit www.yorkminster.org. 5
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