Racial Justice Sunday Racial Justice Sunday will be remembered on Sunday 9th February 2025. What is Racial Justice Sunday? This day is a time to reflect on the importance of racial justice issues. In 2024 the theme explored the movement of people from their homelands to new places, examining the motivations behind their journeys and the reception they received.
Fair trade Fair trade is an arrangement designed to help producers in developing countries achieve sustainable and equitable trade relationships. It started around the end of World War Two and was very much led by religious organisations in its early days. Charities like Oxfam became involved in the movement in the 1960s, but by the early 1980s it was still tiny in relation to the trade market overall. This was despite the morale justification and the way producers were treated including being short changed.
A coat of many colours 'Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.' (Genesis 37:3) I wonder what you imagine the 'ornate robe' that Jacob gifted to Joseph looked like? Is it like the fabulous rainbow-coloured cloak of the famous musical? Or is it all natural colours?
