--- title: Joanna Sopylo-Firrisa date: 2019-03-13T11:12:33+00:00 author: Tim Coysh canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/author/joanna-sopylo-firrisa-1" section: People --- [ ![Canal boat](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Canal boat](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/a-struggle-to-stay-afloat-amid-the-pandemic "A struggle to stay afloat amid the pandemic") ### [A struggle to stay afloat amid the pandemic](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/a-struggle-to-stay-afloat-amid-the-pandemic) 12 August 2020Churches around the UK have been doing an amazing job helping the most vulnerable groups during the pandemic, but might one community they’d never thought be in need? [Read more...](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/a-struggle-to-stay-afloat-amid-the-pandemic) --- [ ![Student sitting with laptop](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Student sitting with laptop](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/students-on-an-online-mission "Students on an (online) mission") ### [Students on an (online) mission](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/students-on-an-online-mission) 29 June 2020We need more people like Josh to be the hopeful, encouraging and non-anxious presence that university students and graduates need [Read more...](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/students-on-an-online-mission) --- [ ![Nuclear weapons test 67557 1920](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Nuclear weapons test 67557 1920](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/ccnd-lets-unite-and-say-no-to-nuclear "CCND: “Let's unite and say no to nuclear”") ### [CCND: “Let's unite and say no to nuclear”](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/ccnd-lets-unite-and-say-no-to-nuclear) 23 September 2019“I’d like other evangelicals to back our push for nuclear disarmament,” says CCND’s Russell Whiting [Read more...](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/ccnd-lets-unite-and-say-no-to-nuclear) --- [ ![Lyzabelle Awor Compassion UK](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Lyzabelle Awor Compassion UK](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/compassion-uk-campaigns-that-change-lives "Compassion UK: campaigns that change lives") ### [Compassion UK: campaigns that change lives](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/compassion-uk-campaigns-that-change-lives) 10 June 2019“Life would have been completely different if Compassion UK hadn't stepped in,” says Lyzabelle Awor [Read more...](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/compassion-uk-campaigns-that-change-lives) --- [ ![Mental health The church needs to talk about mental health](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Mental health The church needs to talk about mental health](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/mental-health-the-church-needs-to-talk-about-mental-health "Mental health: The church needs to talk about mental health") ### [Mental health: The church needs to talk about mental health](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/mental-health-the-church-needs-to-talk-about-mental-health) 8 May 2019My mental health condition exposed gaps in the church, says NOUS founder Lade Olugbemi [Read more...](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/mental-health-the-church-needs-to-talk-about-mental-health) --- [ ![Neil Douglas All](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Neil Douglas All](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/my-paintings-are-a-testimony-and-witness "My paintings are a testimony and witness") ### [My paintings are a testimony and witness](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/my-paintings-are-a-testimony-and-witness) 28 January 2019"The Spirit inspires my work now," says Neil Douglas, whose series Amen captures Christians praying [Read more...](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/my-paintings-are-a-testimony-and-witness) ---