This year is an important one for racial justice as it marks the 30th anniversary of Racial Justice Sunday (RJS). RJS was established by the Methodist Church in 1995 following the tragic racist murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence in southeast London in April 1993. The Lawrence family attended a local Methodist Church in that part of the capital, and the Methodist Church agreed to support the family’s justice campaign to find young Stephen’s killers.

 A few years later, the Churches’ Commission for Racial Justice (CCRJ), a Churches Together in Britain and Ireland programme, agreed to mainstream the special Sunday so that all the churches could engage with it.

While the materials are created in the UK and Ireland, the themes and resources are very relevant for our churches and communities across the Diocese in Europe.