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Tag: asylum seeker project

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November 30, 2006Cheryl3 Commentsblogasylum seeker project, grief, memorial service

Sometimes i think i should just work with people outside the church. They convert me every time. The thing about being invited to participate in people’s ‘thin places’ in life, in their moments of greatest fragility and pain, is that there is a yearning for a moment of grace which is almost palpable. There’s a…

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to celebrate and mourn

November 28, 2006Cherylblogasylum seeker project, death, grief, memorial service

i’m off in a minute to meet with some of the asylum seekers and refugees who are wanting to participate in Pat’s memorial service on Thursday. It’s forecast to be 36 degrees on Thursday. The hall isn’t airconditioned, and they’re anticipating around 400 people will come… this is the gathering: We remember when we thought…

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fragility and resilience

November 21, 2006Cherylblogasylum seeker project, death, memorial service

[the relaxed re-entry back from holidays predictably lasted until i picked up my voicemail messages… and i wouldn’t have it any other way] i’ve been asked to be involved in creating a memorial service for Pat. Pat worked at the asylum seekers’ resource centre, and the community of people from the centre who are mourning…

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