A MOTION calling for the Welsh Government to address poverty and the effects of recession will be put to church members at a key meeting next week. Members of the Church in Wales’ Governing Body will also be asked to affirm church initiatives to combat austerity, such as job clubs, food banks, night shelters and credit unions.
The Governing Body, made up of 144 clergy and lay people from across Wales, will meet at the Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, on April 15-16. The meeting will begin at 1.30pm with an address by the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan. The six-part motion will follow a report on church action on poverty which will also outline the Churches’ Mutual Credit Union, which was launched earlier this year, the Church’s progress towards becoming a Fair Trade Province and its revised ethical investment policy.
The motion asks that the Governing Body “call upon the Welsh Government to do all that it can to minimise the impact of poverty, austerity and recession on the people of Wales”. Also on the Governing Body agenda will be new ways for churches to engage with young people and families – from “messy church” to summer camps. Teenagers from a youth forum in St Asaph Diocese will give a presentation on their views of church life while a co-ordinator of Messy Church will describe that hugely successful initiative for young families. There will also be a presentation about a new form of ministry being developed in Bangor Diocese. Its four “Cyfmes” – fulltime Children, Youth and Family Ministry Enables – will outline their ground-breaking ministry.
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