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All
Saints Church fosters friendships across religious lines.
All of our community projects have strong (but often understated)
interfaith components. We work closely with the leaders
and members of Jamah Masjid Gulshane Baghdad Mosque, Jamia
Masjid Hanfia Ghousia Mosque, and Guru Nanak Gurdwara.
We coordinate school visits to our church, the mosque and the gurdwara.
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Karamat Hussain
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Thanks to funding from the Bedford Charity and the Big
Lottery’s Reaching Communities programme, Neslyn Pearson
and Karamat Hussain work out of All Saints Parish Church as
faith-based community workers. Both Karamat and Neslyn
grew up in Queen’s Park and draw on a wealth of local
experience and community contacts. They support our existing
community projects and respond quickly and creatively to local
needs in order to develop new initiatives. |
Neslyn Pearson
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The Rev’d Jay MacLeod is both Parish Priest of Queens Park and Interfaith Adviser to the Bishop and Diocese of St. Albans. As Interfaith Adviser, Jay does the following:
- Builds up relationships with Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Jewish, Jain, and Bahai leaders in Bedford
- Supports interfaith work in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Barnet
- Acts as a source of advice for clergy and lay leaders
- Represents the Diocese at regular meetings of the East of England Faiths Council
- Helps to develop the work of the Bedford Council of Faiths (www.bcof.org.uk)
- Seeks to educate and enthuse church groups about interfaith work (congregations, Mothers’ Union chapters, CME year groups, deanery groups, etc)
- Liaises locally with teachers, councillors, health professionals, and other secular staff to foster undertanding and co-operation across religious and racial lines
- Tries to set aside time for serious study of the scriptures and history of other faith communities
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