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Rebecca (Bex) Chapman
@rebeccabexchapman.bsky.social
270 followers 110 following 200 posts
Mum to 3 boys.
Fan of @churchofengland.org General Synod member. Comms/journalism. Vice-Chair of Christians in Media. NED @The Tablet. https://rebeccabexchapman.wordpress.com/writing/
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‘This life we have is God’s gift and it is not for us to take away'

@bpblackburn.bsky.social highlights the essence of what it is to be human & the impossibility of knowing when someone has 6 months left to live

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July 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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'The UK is an increasingly unsafe place to be a disabled person'

@jpuddlegoose.bsky.social highlighting rise in hate crime against those who are disabled - & how Government has undermined disabled peoples autonomy & rights

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July 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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'Our Saviour couldn’t even carry his own cross – & in doing so he showed his own dependency…

dependency is not a threat to our dignity but an invitation to love'

Deeply moving personal speech from Martin Davy on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill #synod

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July 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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This Bill is 'man playing at being God'

Bradley Smith speaks on immense value of chaplains, especially those caring for those at end of life & highlights future of hospices with clear Christian ethos will be seriously at risk

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July 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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‘I told my mother ‘You are banned from the b word' but my life is on hold while I care for her…

We are burdens to one another… we are all part of an interconnected web of relationships’

Prudence Dailey on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

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July 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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'How could this ever be put into practice in a way which would be safe for those to whom we owe the most – the most vulnerable in society… This change to the law changes who we are as a society'

@charliebelllive.bsky.social #synod speaking on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

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July 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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'You can't treat people like that, especially ones without a voice'

Jonathan Macy speaking powerful on assisted dying following his experience working in care home pre-ordination #synod

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July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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'As a society we don’t talk about death enough'

The Bishop of London moves #GeneralSynod response to Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill highlighting that Scripture is clear that our value is not linked to economic productivity or care costs

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July 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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'The proposal which will be amended gives us an opportunity to change the tone of this debate & come together to support something we can surely all get behind'

Vaughan Roberts speaking on Issues in Human Sexuality and vocations at #synod

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July 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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‘What’s needed here is a replacement – a transplant – not just a removal… we need a theologically rich replacement’

Mike Tufnell speaking at #synod on Issues in Human Sexuality and vocations motion process

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July 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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‘Seeks to supersede one document – Issues – with something to fill gap on interim basis… a bridge into the package that will follow’

Jenny Bridgman brings her amendment on Issues in Human Sexuality to #synod

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July 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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'Sometimes the sofa of bemusement becomes the sofa of tears, and sometimes vocations fall before they even reach the sofa of a DDO'

Dean of Women's ministry @stalbansdiocese.org Lucy Davis speaking on the issues created by Issues in Human Sexuality

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July 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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‘No canons were harmed in the making of this motion’

Paul Waddell gets a good laugh from #synod as he moves motion on Issues in Human Sexuality

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July 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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'We all know that the things we can’t yet agree on may take a while to solve – which is why it’s important to deal with this little bit now'

Paul Waddell moving the motion to remove Issues in Human Sexuality from the vocations process
July 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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And the Armed Forces Chaplains (Licensing) Measure sails through final approval

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July 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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'With the best of luck we manage to survive – this amendment matters for the rural church'

@PinkPaulRonson speaking on the Church Representation Rules #synod

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July 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Back onto the Church Representation Rules #synod

Clive Scowen takes us through it - in a rather more restrained shirt than yesterday👕

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July 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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'The major question to address is what it means to be a church in a time of war?

We are battered and bruised but we are not defeated or crushed’

The Archbishop of Jerusalem speaking #synod
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July 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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'It looks for me like Hunger Games'

The Archbishop of Jerusalem describes how Ahli Hospital has been attacked 6 times during war but ‘has shown remarkable resilience as we continue to be committed to the healing ministry in Gaza’

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July 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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'I am grateful for every single prayer & message of support...

and grateful for the House of Bishops statements that have been taking our story as Christians in the Middle East very seriously'

The Archbishop of Jerusalem speaking #synod
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July 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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...And #synod moves onto Church Representation Rules, with Clive Scowen moving the motion in a very vivid yellow shirt

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July 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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'Engagement on Clergy Pensions means we have been able to come up with an excellent solution'

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Lovely to hear the Clergy Pensions work I've been part of held up as a great example of working together by the Chair of the Abps' Finance Committee😊
July 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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'Trustee due diligence is a gospel imperative'

Rachel Jepson suggests that before a SMIIB bid is submitted the bid and strategy should should be debated and submitted by that diocesan synod

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July 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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'Working to address vocations... with a simpler, clearer and more consistent process'

Archbishops' Council Annual Report being presented #synod

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July 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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'Significant support for frontline mission and ministry'

Carl Hughes presenting Abps' Council Budget #synod

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July 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM