Episode 136: with Jacob Dimitriou for Sunday 6th October

2024-10-01

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In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Matt Forsyth, chats to Jacob Dimitriou. They are joined by Roo Stewart, a member of the JPIT team. Jacob Dimitriou is the Director for England at Christian homelessness charity Housing Justice, he has previously worked for the Labour Party and Commonweal Housing. Jacob was closely involved in the Everybody In initiative during the pandemic, supporting rough sleepers to access safe provision which is estimated to have saved more than 200 lives. H...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Matt Forsyth, chats to Jacob Dimitriou. They are joined by Roo Stewart, a member of the JPIT team.

Jacob Dimitriou is the Director for England at Christian homelessness charity Housing Justice, he has previously worked for the Labour Party and Commonweal Housing. Jacob was closely involved in the Everybody In initiative during the pandemic, supporting rough sleepers to access safe provision which is estimated to have saved more than 200 lives. Housing Justice is the membership body for faith and community night shelters, as well as providing a Hosting and Lodgings project for destitute migrants and working to support churches to build affordable housing on their land.

Matt and Jacob discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 6th October, which are:

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12

Mark 10:2-16

Psalm 26

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