Blogs

SCM's Guide to a Very Eco Christmas

By PhoebeE on 29 Nov 2024

Happy Advent! The time of getting ready…  

For Christians, Advent is a time of spiritual preparation before celebrating the birth of Jesus at Christmas.  If you’re looking for tips to help with that I can recommend lots of other blogs on the topic that you can find here.  

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Do Not Obey in Advance: Resisting the rise of fascism, and a second Trump term

By SCM on 27 Nov 2024

William shares his response to the recent US election results, and how we can respond to a second Trump term in our own contexts.

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Disability History Month with SCM

By Ruth N on 21 Nov 2024

Disability History Month runs from 14th November to 20th December this year. Find out what we have planned in this latest blog!

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Trans Day of Remembrance Order of Service 2024

By SCM on 20 Nov 2024

An order of service to accompany the Trans Day of Remembrance Service 2024. You can watch the service on YouTube.

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Trans* Rights Campaign: Template Letter for Trans* Day of Remembrance

By SCM on 13 Nov 2024

In August 2024 we wrote to Health Secretary Wes Streeting to express our concern on the proposed indefinite extension of the ban on puberty blockers for trans* young people. It's now November 2024, and we're back again continuing to campaign against the ban of puberty blockers for trans* young people, and in support of trans* people throughout the UK. 

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OCD in Faith Spaces: OCD Awareness Week

By SCM on 17 Oct 2024

How can OCD affect faith, and how can we help those with OCD in faith spaces? Moll reflects for OCD awareness week. 

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James Cone, Gender, and Womanist Critique

By SophDay on 9 Oct 2024

In the UK, October is Black History Month, and to mark this I’d like to shine light onto the foundational work of James Cone, Delores Williams, and Katie G. Cannon. 

 

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SCM's top tips for freshers

By Ruth N on 4 Sep 2024

Here are our top tips you may not have thought of!

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Reflecting On a Year of Protesting Creatively

By PhoebeE on 27 Aug 2024

I can’t believe it has already been a year since my first ‘Creative Protest’ blog. I thought as we come to the end of this series it was worth taking a moment to reflect on what my year protesting creatively has looked like, and what has stood out to me. At first, I thought this would be a quick task, but looking back at the year and all the many different forms of protest we have looked at, I feel this may be a more difficult task than initially expected… 

First a quick summary of the forms of protest we have looked at: 

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