EMBRACE seeks to provide information through its Newsletter, annual Information Update and other materials. Hard copies of EMBRACE publications can be obtained from our office, and electronic versions can be selected from the list below:

Building a Welcoming Community, Newsletter

• Newsletter Number 11 Spring 08 [pdf]
• Newsletter Number 10 Autumn/Winter 07 [pdf]
• Newsletter Number 9 Summer 07 [pdf]
• Newsletter Number 8 Spring 07  [pdf]
• Newsletter Number 7 Autumn 06 [pdf]
• Newsletter Number 6 Spring 06 [pdf]
• Newsletter Number 5 Winter 05/06 [pdf]

Embracing Diversity, Information Update Booklet

• Information Update Spring 2008 [pdf]
• Information Update Spring 2007 [pdf]
• Information Update Spring 2006 [pdf]
• Information Update Spring 2005 [pdf]

‘Who’s who? Who’s here?’ leaflet, produced December 2007
‘who’s who? who’s here?’ leaflet [pdf]
 

‘once we were strangers’, CD Rom

EMBRACE has produced a collection of first-hand accounts of the life experiences of immigrants and refugees here. The personal stories are accompanied by 7 Bible studies and other resource material. The study themes include, for example, Recognising Jesus in the Stranger and A Refugee’s story: The Flight to Egypt. To obtain a copy of the CD, or to find out more about this resource please contact the EMBRACE office by email or phone. The materials on the CD can be used for group study, to inspire sermons, addresses and for prayer.

Inter-cultural Insights, Christian Reflections on Racism, Hospitality and Identity from the Island of Ireland 
Produced by the All-Ireland Churches’ Consultative Meeting on Racism/Irish Inter-Church Meeting, this booklet provides 16 short reflections which offer fresh insight into scripture and highlight personal experiences of racism, perspectives on the challenge of identity and difference, and the need to provide hospitality and to ‘welcome the stranger’. Free copies of this resource can be obtained from the EMBRACE office or downloaded in pdf format here

Resource Library

The Embrace Resource Library is housed in our office and can be borrowed from by all Embrace members at no cost. The following are recently produced materials now available from the resource library:

Local People Global Faiths
This book provides an introduction to the origins, beliefs, customs, worship and festivals of the Sikh, Jewish and Hindu faiths, on a local as well as global scale. Written by Stranmillis College lecturers James Nelson and Norman Richardson, in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Inter-Faith Forum and with contributions from members of our local faith communities, it is the first of its nature to be designed and written from a specifically local context. Created especially for Key Stage 3 RE students, relevant classroom activities are also included throughout, enabling students to explore and identify with what they have learnt.
Paperback 64 pages (June 30, 2005)
Publisher: Colourpoint Books
ISBN: 1904242324

A Place of Refuge – a positive approach to asylum seekers and refugees in the UK
This carefully researched report examines the claims made against refugees – that they are lazy, uneducated or involved in criminal activity – and uses statistical evidence to show that these claims are largely unfounded. It explains the legal and factual basis of the asylum system and highlights the positive contribution that refugees make to the UK. The book includes practical suggestions for action at a local and national level along with useful contacts and resources.
Paperback 80 pages (April 4, 2005)
Publisher: Church House Publishing
ISBN: 071514071X

Afraid to Leave, Afraid to Stay
This resource toolkit consists of a dual language booklet and an online toolkit. The booklet contains stories from refugees alongside stories from the life of Jesus. The English text appears below the same stories in the asylum seeker’s own language. It is available in Somali, Farsi, Turkish, and Albanian, and comes with a user guide so that it can be used as an informal counselling tool. In the online toolkit there are fact sheets on the languages used and the countries where they are spoken. There’s information on asylum seekers, the process of seeking asylum, and lots of ideas for getting involved in local asylum communities.
Booklet
Publisher: Lifewords

Entertaining Angels
Based on the theme of hospitality, Geoffrey Duncan’s new book, Entertaining Angels is a wonderful anthology of prayer, poems, stories and anecdotes. Much of the material relates directly to asylum seekers and refugees.
Paperback 304 pages (July 31, 2005)
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1853116424