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Church maybe offers new hope for us facing new year (5,2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

house of prayer

'church maybe' is the definition.
(I know that church building is a type of house of prayer)

'new hope for us facing new year' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'facing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'hope'+'for'+'us'='hopeforus'
'hopeforus' anagrammed gives 'houseofpr'.
'year' with letters rearranged gives 'ayer'.
'houseofpr'+'ayer'='HOUSE OF PRAYER'

'offers' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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