{"id":778,"date":"2021-06-14T10:25:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T10:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3840-blackburn-crcw-reflects-on-lessons-from-lockdown.html"},"modified":"2021-06-14T10:25:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T10:25:01","slug":"blackburn-crcw-reflects-on-lessons-from-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=778","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn CRCW reflects on lessons from lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/In_lifting_others_brett-jordan_unsplash.jpeg\" alt=\"In lifting others brett jordan unsplash\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" \/><strong>Lockdown has been hard on many communities and households but as we move beyond our restricted lives, what needs to change and what needs to remain? Mal Breeze, a Church Related Community Worker from Blackburn, reflects on this question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The words of the song and album <em>The Times They Are a-Changin<\/em>, written by Bob Dylan in 1964, must have felt as true then as they feel now, 57 years on. Perhaps even more applicable given the last 18 months of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>As individuals we have changed, families have changed, our communities have changed. So too have our churches, and many of us have had to rethink how to carry out our ministry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"feed-readmore\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/latest-news\/3840-blackburn-crcw-reflects-on-lessons-from-lockdown.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lockdown has been hard on many communities and households but as we move beyond our restricted lives, what needs to change and what needs to remain? Mal Breeze, a Church Related Community Worker from Blackburn, reflects on this question: The words of the song and album The Times They Are a-Changin, written by Bob Dylan in 1964, must have felt as true then as they feel now, 57 years on. Perhaps even more applicable given the last 18 months of Covid-19. As individuals we have changed, families have changed, our communities have changed. 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