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13/07/25

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El Roi: The God who sees me

This Sunday our thoughts are turning to our understanding and response to those who have found themselves in a refugee situation, as next week is designated Refugee Week.

The Salvation Army is passionate about reaching out to support those who find themselves in dire situations, and we also have some personal ‘on the ground’ experience of this here at Regent Hall.

The title or theme for our meeting comes from Genesis 16:13 and the story of Hagar. Having suffered in a foreign land and been mistreated and used - knowing no kindness or love, she comes to realise that God sees her deep pain and suffering. She names him ‘the God who sees me.’ How we all need to know the ‘God who sees me,’ and to share that knowledge with those who are outcast, marginalised and frightened.

Emma Neill, our Community Engagement Lead, will be joining me in leading this Sunday’s meeting and sharing with us her thoughts and experiences around this subject and how Scripture can help shape our thinking, praying and response. She will speak from her own deep faith and Christian experience.

We are told that there are more displaced people in the world today than at any other point in history and that the Bible is clear in its expression of God’s loving concern for the stranger and refugee. Today is a reminder of the need to welcome the stranger, the alien, and the sojourner and to see in all people our common humanity. We are all created in the image of God, and all deserve dignity and worth.

We will all have an opportunity to respond to the message of knowing that we are never alone, God is with us, and to consider how we can share that with others.

This Sunday is also Father’s Day – so there will be a little something extra after the meeting to celebrate this!

God bless you this week.

Liz

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