Martin Tarr
This year the Heriot-Watt University Chaplaincy Annual Public Lecture is on-line, free and open to the public, and so is accessible to everyone!
The speaker, Professor Alister McGrath, is a renowned academic, author and public speaker, who regularly works with national and international media. His lecture on “Science, Faith and the Meaning of Life: Comparing Richard Dawkins and Albert Einstein”, which will be based on his current unpublished research, is to be live-streamed via Microsoft Teams Live at 7.30pm on Monday 8 February.
Please register via Eventbrite to receive access details or, if you are unable to access Eventbrite, please email chaplaincy@hw.ac.uk before Wednesday 3 February.
The latest Church of England newsletter has links to a number of on-line resources that are worth sharing:
- Develop a new daily habit with a free Find Time to Pray app
- Read or listen to their updated mental health reflections
- Use your smart speaker to find out more about faith
- Join with thousands of others in saying today’s prayer each day
- Light a virtual candle to make space to pray
- Sign up to their email reflections
Those without internet access can call 0800 804 8044 (free) for hymns, reflections and prayers.
A prayer for all those affected by coronavirus
Keep us, good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy. Sustain and support the anxious, be with those who care for the sick, and lift up all who are brought low; that we may find comfort knowing that nothing can separate us from your love. In Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
The arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine has brought with it new hope, but also new scams from criminals looking for ways to profit off the pandemic. Sometimes it is hard to identify, as many scams look real and very convincing. This is one that’s going the rounds. If you see a text like this, just delete it.
The link isn’t harmful in itself, but clicking it leads to this page, which looks extremely convincing, and asks for personal identification:
Don’t be a sucker! Remember that:
- The vaccine is offered for free, so NHS will never ask for your bank details or payment in order to offer you a vaccine.
- At this stage, NHS is offering vaccine to the three priority groups identified (residents in a care home for older adults and their carers, people aged 80 and over, and frontline health and social care workers). If you do not fall into one of these groups, and someone offers you an early access to the vaccine, it is likely to be a scam. More information about the vaccination schedule can be found from the NHS Inform website.
