In all this it good to have a place of refuge and this is being provided by St Albans Anglican Church in Copenhagen, which is open every day during COP15 ‘as a place of welcome, hospitality, prayer, stillness and engagement with the issues…’. The church has put on an imaginative programme supported by a team of Franciscan brothers, sisters and Anglican clergy.
On Sunday 13th December – the half way point of the conference – a Ecumenical Service (to be broadcast) will be held in Copenhagen Cathedral, with representatives of the world’s denominations, including churches in Greenland, the South Pacific and Africa. The Archbishop of Canterbury will preach the sermon and Archbishop Desmond Tutu will participate. The service will end with a symbolic ringing of bells, which will be echoed across the city, the country and the world.
And hopefully then we will all come to our senses! (Scroll down a bit further for Christian Aid's prayer for COP15.)
