Love Christmas

Members of Christian Climate Action will be protesting at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool this weekend. They're calling for plans to develop the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea to be scrapped. Rosebank could hold almost 500 million barrels of oil; campaigners are concerned about the environmental impact if this oil is extracted and used. Speaking at a protest in central London last month, one campaigner, the Rev. Helen Burnett, said her Christian faith was central to her political action: (No AI was used in making this podcast) Christian Climate Action

Christian Climate Action supporters joined members of Extinction Rebellion, and others, outside the Treasury in central London on Monday the 17th of August. This was the final day of the public consultation on developing the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea. Rosebank could hold almost 500 million barrels of oil; campaigners are concerned about the environmental impact if this oil is extracted and used. Bill Shaw spoke to people at the demonstration: (No AI was used in making this podcast) extinctionrebellion.uk christianclimateaction.org www.zerohour.uk fossilfreelondon.org parentsforfuture.org.uk  

St Luke's Church in Downham, south-east London, has won an award for being neurodiverse-friendly. Midweek activities, and Sunday services, are organised to be welcoming to autistic, dyslexic, dyspraxic, and other neurodiverse people. The Vicar, the Rev Nick Walsh, is himself neurodiverse. He says that welcoming everyone is an important part of the Christian faith: (The full podcast is below - no AI was used in  making this podcast)

St Luke's Church in Downham, south-east London, has won an award for being neurodiverse-friendly. Midweek activities, and Sunday services, are organised to be welcoming to autistic, dyslexic, dyspraxic, and other neurodiverse people. The Vicar, the Rev. Nick Walsh, has been diagnosed with dyspraxia. Bill Shaw went along to the midweek club, 'The Front Room': No AI was used in making this podcast #binAI https://stlukesdownham.co.uk/ https://growinghope.org.uk/   'This is great - it was interesting to listen to the perspectives of the staff and volunteers too!'  - Rev. Nick Walsh

Former Counter-terrorism officer Jan Wiszniewski speaks about being a police officer, his work in Counter-terrorism, and being a Christian. This interview was recorded over Zoom during lockdown in January 2021. Music: 'Sappy' by Jahzzar on Free Music Archive If you enjoyed this, please buy me a Kofi! ko-fi.com/podcastplus   The best way to listen to podcasts? Use a 'podcatcher', such as QuiteRSS, and put in the RSS feed: https://podcastplus.libsyn.com/rss 

Christians across the country are preparing #Christmas gifts and treats to give away to people who may not otherwise get gifts at Christmas. The project, known as 'Love Christmas', was set up by the Church Revitalisation Trust. 'Love Christmas' grew out of 'Love your Neighbour', when Churches supported people affected by the COVID lockdown. This #podcast #report about 'Love Christmas' features the work of St Nicholas Church in Bristol in 2021: https://www.loveyourneighbour.uk/ https://www.stnicholasbristol.org     Photo by Kira auf der Heide on Unsplash

A '60 second sample' from a podcast documentary about a hackathon, organised by Kingdom Code, in October 2019. Over a hundred Christian coders, designers and web developers gathered to work on projects for 'Christianity Explored Ministries'  (CEM) and 'Christians against Poverty' (CAP). One of the Kingdom Build hosts, Amy, explains what the 'Build' is all about: (The complete podcast is below) 'Expertly produced' (Hackathon coder) 'I think that it is great. Thank you so much for putting so much time into thinking it through and producing it. It captures a great snapshot of the weekend together.' (Hackathon organiser)

A podcast documentary about a hackathon, organised by Kingdom Code, in October 2019. Over a hundred Christian coders, designers and web developers gathered to work on projects for 'Christianity Explored Ministries'  (CEM) and 'Christians against Poverty' (CAP). https://kingdomcode.org.uk/ 'Expertly produced' (Hackathon coder) 'I think that it is great. Thank you so much for putting so much time into thinking it through and producing it. It captures a great snapshot of the weekend together.' (Hackathon organiser)

This is a '60 second sample' of the 'Protest against Rosebank' podcast recorded in London on Saturday the 6th of September 2025. Christian campaigner Judith Russenberger explains why she opposes the development of the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea:   The complete podcast is below Produced by Bill shaw; [email protected]

September is the season of Creation in the Church Calendar.  But we are destroying Creation; average global temperatures have risen by over 1 degree Centigrade over the last two centuries; the summer of 2025 was the hottest summer on record in the UK. There are still plans to drill for more gas and oil, including in the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea. Christian campaign groups, including Christian Climate Action, joined a demonstration against the Rosebank oilfield in London: Produced by Bill Shaw: [email protected]