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Declaration 2023: Lunchtime Theology Session

Declaration: a national week of prayer for the New Year running 9 - 13 January 2023, uniting churches across the UK through five powerful days of prayer, worship, teaching and faith in action.

Do you want to dive deeper into issues that impact our world and discover how you can play your part in God's restoration plan? Then join us for our lunchtime theology sessions where we’ll be engaging creatively with topics such as unity, peace, transformation, liberation and hope. Tearfund staff members will also be sharing how our theology informs our work around the world.

These sessions will be hosted by David Shosanya and Philip Powell, and includes a range of speakers from around the world. They will be running for 90 minutes, 12-1:30pm.

- Monday 9 Jan: Caro Pineda, Kumar Rajagopalan and Romnal Colas speaking into the theme of 'Unity'

- Tuesday 10 Jan: IK Omoigiade, Jessica Bwali and Nims Obunge speaking into the theme of 'Peace'

- Wednesday 11 Jan: Grace Kariuki, Oscar Danladi and Matt Bird speaking into the theme of 'Transformation'

- Thursday 12 Jan: Heidi Damon, Victoria Turner and Elizabeth Henry speaking into the theme of 'Liberate'

- Friday 13 Jan: Mary Thamari, Tim Lornie and Modupe Omideyi speaking into the theme of 'Hope'

We are delighted to have the award-winning Christian Spoken word artist Poetess Jess performing during the week, adding a creative flair to bring theology to life!

This event is presented by The Well, a powerful initiative working with Black Majority Churches and Christians of African and Caribbean Heritage to tackle extreme poverty and injustice. This is part of Tearfund's work: www.tearfund.org