by Sarah Maguire | Jan 10, 2024 | News
Although the Christmas season has passed, I thought it was worth linking to the video of Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac’s Christmas sermon delivered in Bethlehem before the heartbreaking tableau of the infant Jesus, lying in the rubble. In this powerful sermon, Rev. Dr....
by Sarah Maguire | Jan 1, 2024 | News
For many years, APF along with other Christian Peace Organisations held a special service at St. Martin-in-the-Fields and then at the memorial to the Innocent Victims of War at Westminster Abbey. On 28th December 2023 APF hosted an online gathering for prayer. There...
by Sarah Maguire | Dec 20, 2023 | News
If you missed our online Advent Prayers on the 14th December, you can now catch up via our YouTube Channel. Sue Claydon, APF Chair, introduces the prayers by explaining that Advent is traditionally a time of waiting with a focus on the Bethlehem of 2,000 years but...
by Sarah Maguire | Dec 7, 2023 | News
APF have added our signature to a petition coordinated by Quakers in Britain, Fellowship of Reconciliation and War Resisters’ International, calling on both Russia and Ukraine to honour the right of Conscientious Objection. The petition was delivered to both the...
by Sarah Maguire | Nov 30, 2023 | News
This week, the 27th November until the 1st December is the Second Meeting of State Parties, happening at the UN in New York this week to uphold the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. A global interfaith group of organisations including the Anglican...
by Sarah Maguire | Nov 28, 2023 | News
In the face of a world gripped by multiple, interlocking crises, the World Council of Churches is seeking to engage proactively by furthering the organisation’s links with the United Nations and its key agencies as well as partner NGO’s to promote peace,...