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Chapter 1 - Introduction
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The British Red Cross Society Equal Opportunities Policy Statement of 15.7.91 (Ref: P 2/91: UK/BS/HV/SGA says of Religious Services:
'It is fundamental to the Principles of the Red Cross that members of all faiths, and of none, are equally welcome. Also that the Society provides its services on an equally impartial basis. It is important that no official single faith Red Cross service should be initiated and held which could give rise to any other public perception. Where such services currently exist, Branches should seek alternative celebrations.
Red Cross members, friends and and other officials should not, however, be discouraged from representing the Society at religious services of any faith, if invited to attend by other organisations: or from attending Remembrance services; or from organising events such as carol concerts for members of Red Cross clubs'.
Chapter 2 A History of the Development of Interfaith Services
and the Discussion About Them
H. Barrows, The World's Parliament of Religions, p.67. Ibid, p.155 and p. 186. M.K. Gandhi, Ashram Observances in Action, Navajivan Publication, Ahmedabad 1955, p.23. Will Hayes, Every Nation Kneeling, The Order of the Great Companions, Meopham Green, Kent, 1954. Resolution of British Council of Churches at the 1968 Spring meeting, quoted in InterFaith Worship, Ed Marcus Braybrooke, Galliard/Stainer and Bell 1974, p.5. Report to BCC, quoted Inter-Faith Worship, pp. 5-6. Interfaith Worship, Ed Marcus Braybrooke. See note 5 Peter R Akenhurst and RWF Wootton, Interfaith Worship? Grove Booklet No 52, Bramcote, Notts. 1977. Ends and Odds, Newsletter Ed by Peter Schneider, No. 22, March 1980. Can We Pray Together?, Committee for Relations with People of Other Faiths, British Council of Churches, 1983. David Bookless, Interfaith Worship and Christian Truth, Grove Worship Booklet No 117, Bramcote, Notts, 1991. Multi-Faith Worship? Church House Publishing, 1992. The Marriage of Adherents of Other Faiths in Anglican Churches, Board of Mission Occasional Paper 1, 1992 and Guidelines for the Celebration of Mixed-Faith Marriages in Church, Board of Mission Occasional Paper No 2., 1992. 'Multi-faith Worship? Guidance on the Situations which arise. GS Misc. 411. Church House Bookshop, 1993. 'The Open Letter' was produced by the 'Open Letter Group', PO Box 448, London SW19 6SD. The letter asking clergy to sign the letter is dated 20.9.91. The Times, 1.10.91 and The Bath Chronicle Oct 1991. Brother Daniel Le Faivre, Creation, Westminster Interfaith Programme, Prayer of Hope of an Interfaith Man. BFSS National RE Centre, 1989 and Resources for Multifaith Celebrations, Westminster Interfaith 1997. For example, the Methodist Church and the United Reform Church.
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