Website of the Week
Chicks in Pointy Hats
Blog spot supporting the full acceptance of women Bishops in the Anglican community and celebrating women bishops. Makes its "point" without getting "too hot under the collar"!
Previous Sites of the Week
Love Life, Live Lent
"Love Life Live Lent" is an initiative by the Church to encourage more people to take seriously the Christian season of Lent as a time to transform our lives and our world.
Haiti Appeal
Link to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal website. The DEC acts as an umbrella organsiation for all the main development charities during major emergencies.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland website for the week of prayer for Christian unity
Kingston Street Pastors
Youtube video showing the work of Kingston Street Pastors over Christmas. The Street Pastors are a group of trained church volunteers who provide care and support late at night on the streets of Kingston working with clubbers, street dwellers and night time workers. A great exampleof local, practical faith in action.
Get in the Picture
All over the country churches are inviting people to have their photo taken in a Christmas nativity scene. You can see the pictures on this site with more information about the Christmas story
World Aids Day
Tuesday December 1st is World Aids Day. Website with information, stories and opportunities to show support
Faith in England
Podcast from the BBC giving a round up of the week's religious news
Inter Faith Week
The first national inter faith week is 15th -21st November with events promnting greater inter faith understanding taking place all over the country. For activity in Kingston see:
Kingston Inter Faith Week Poster
Remembrance Day in Britain
A wonderfully simple, clear and balanced explanation for Remembrance Day from a school website. If you are unfamiliar with British culture this is a very good place to go for information on Remembrance.
The Brick Testament
Bible stories from the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures told and illustrated with lego figures! It's fun and it's certainly very different
Inform
"Most people have an opinion about religious movements - Inform has the facts" An independent charity based at LSE, Inform provides carefully researched unbiased views about new religious movements. If you need to know more about an unfamiliar religious group Inform can help.
Yom Kippur: BBC Schools and Reflection from Rabbi Brawer
Yom Kippur - the Jewish Day of Atonement falls this week. The BBC schools webpages offers a clear introduction, whilst there is a fuller more reflective article in the Guardian from Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer.
The Forgiveness Project - Magdeline Makola
Truly amazing story of forgiveness from Magdeline Makola, the Scotich nurse who was kidnapped and left in the boot of a car for 10 days last Christmas
The Methodist Collection of Modern Christian Art
On line gallery of modern Christian Art colelcted by the Methodist Church. Gives copyright permission to dowload for personal use
Faith News - The Times
News, articles, views and blogs at the religion and faith section of The Times online
Voice of Hibakusha: Hiroshima Eyewitnesses
Transcriptions of eyewitnesses testimonies to the dropping of the Atomic boomb on Hiroshima 64 years ago this week.
Inter Faith Week
Website for the new national Inter Faith Week 15th - 21st November 2009
Scriptural Reasoning
"Scriptural Reasoning is the shared study by Jews, Christians, Muslims and others of their sacred texts". The site includes sample selections of texts on various themes. Scriptural Reasoning has proved particularly sucessful as a form of inter-fatih conversation in universities.rejesus - holy week
Great collection of resources for Holy Week and Easter on the rejesus website - pictues, film clips, faqs, and don't miss "chocolate theology"!
The Olive Tree Project
Listen to the voices of Israeli and Palestinian students talking about the Olive Tree Project which enables them to study together for three years at an British University whilst taking part in reconciliation work (MP3 file). For a written story click here
World Prayers
Visually attractive website featuring prayers from several different traditions of faith
Diwali Recipies
A wonderful selection of traditional recipes to celebrate Diwali which begans on 28th October..
Signs and Blunders (Ship of Fools)
Great fun on the Ship of Fools Website - crazy signs seen outside churches. Not for those who can't see the funny side of faith!
Want A Church
"Want a Church" is a group of local churches working in partnership with the chaplaincy to help students find churches and Christian groups in Kingston
ALIF ALEPH
"Alif" and "Aleph" are the first letters of the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets. The organisation is: "A group of British Muslims and British Jews committed to develop positive contacts between our communities as a “good practice model” for all communities in the UK who find themselves divided, usually by conflicts from abroad spilling over to divide us in this country." Some good quality documents which can be downloaded from the site for anyone interested in dialogue in general or Jewish-Muslim relationships in particular.
FAITHBOOK on FACEBOOK
A place for facebook users to share learn and build inter faith relationship. You need to be a member of facebok to access this.
Holocaust Memorial Day
Light a candle for Holocaust Memorial Day
Muslim Youth Net
Guidance, community campaign, counselling, support services and events. Run by young muslims for young muslims this website offers on line community and support. The site is not afraid of controversy, but is open to a variety of Islamic views.
Free Rice
Fun charity website - play the vocabulary game and for every word you get right 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Programme - it's amazing how adictive this game is and how quickly your total builds up to a day's worth of food. Each word you get right moves you up the degree of difficulty from 1 to 50, each word you get wrong moves you back down the scale. Go on - have a go!
Inter Faith Marriage Network
Resource for anyone who is in or considering an inter faith relationship
National Hindu Students Forum
A Hindu Society has recently been formed at Kingston University - this web site has information and links for Hindu students nationally
The Forgiveness Project
Wonderful site full of the personal stories of people who have struggled to forgive.
Christian Motorcyclists' Association
"As Christians we know there is little as exciting as riding a motorcycle, as bikers we have discovered that there is nothing as fulfilling as being a Christian"
The title and the strap line just about sum it up. If you happen to be a Christian who likes motorbikes this is a fun site. If both Christianity and motorbikes have passed you by them maybe this site isn't for you.
Greenbelt Festival
Christian music/arts festival at Cheltenham over the August Bank Holiday Weekend: music, visual and performing arts, comedy, teaching, worship - you name it, they've got it. Go to a music festival with a difference this summer!
British Library Turning Pages™
British Library's Online Turning Page™ offer users to leaf through thier great books and magnify the details.
