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After a two week break it was good to be back at the corner.
The sunshine and the blossom on the trees suggest Spring is very much here but the cold wind is a reminder that it is to early for the summer clothing!
It was an OK day at the corner, lots of small conversations, nothing really memorable or outstanding, there seemed to be lots of people wanting to watch the debates taking place rather than engage in conversation.
A visit to the Corner from Libyano, known on YouTube as, ‘The Orthodox Muslim’ he has a good following and where he went his crowd of supporters followed. Glad to say he left his ‘heavies’ behind, recently at Leicester square one of his entourage violently punched Chris (from Speakers Corner) in the face, blood everywhere! As expected, he fled and all of a sudden nobody knew who he was – you can see the sad incident on YouTube: CLICK HERE
Thanks for your prayers, look forward to returning next Sunday.

Evangelism @ Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

“A Muslim is someone who believes in the Quran.
An ex-Muslim is someone who understands it!”

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Speakers Corner in London’s Hyde Park is the oldest free speech platform in the world. People won the right to speak in mass protests in the 1860s and early 1870s. Some people believe the tradition is connected to the right of the condemned to a last speech before being hung at the Tyburn gallows, a practice that stopped at the end of the 18th century. Every Sunday people from all sorts of convictions come to Hyde Park in the afternoon to spread their message or to have fun.

Preaching today…

Activity: All-Age Service
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Duncan Road Church. SO31 1BD
Subject: Palm Sunday: “See What a Morning!”
Bible Passage: Luke chapter 24 verses 13-33
Speaker: Gordon Curley
YouTube Livestream: CLICK HERE

Day 4 – the place was packed to the rafters today with children, junior helpers. senior helpers and a parents who sat in to enjoy the finale.
One boy and his dad were on their way to the train station when they saw the children entering the building and the banner outside on the wall advertising the event, they stopped, came in and they stayed for most of the club, only leaving near the end as they had to catch their train.

All in all, a great week!

‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club! is a 4-day fun event for children (school years Reception to Year 5) run by volunteers from Duncan Road Church. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon. It’s fun! it’s free!

On Good Friday we will find time to reflect but we will also be sharing the greatest message the world has ever heard with a room full of children, teenagers and parents!

‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club final day, 2 hours of fun games and gospel.

” I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures; that he was buried and that he was raised to life three days later, as written in the Scriptures;”

(The Bible: 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 3-4)

Day 3 – Laughter, singing & plenty of cheering contributed to another energetic morning!
Today we went Bananas with the throw & catch trampoline game.
Craft time was making a parrot and today we learnt the stories of Zacchaeus, who went ‘bananas’ by giving his money away! We also thought about the cross of Jesus, the children were gripped as they listened to the story of Barabbas the first person who could say about Jesus, “He died for me!”

Tomorrow we all have a day off due to a family funeral, but we will all be back for Friday!

‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club! is a 4-day fun event for children (school years Reception to Year 5) run by volunteers from Duncan Road Church. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon. It’s fun! it’s free!

Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!
An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thin

Day 2 – More fun and madness!
Today we went Bananas as we spun the wheel, swatted the mozzies (bubbles), made a board game, sang some great songs and learnt about Gideon from the Bible and the story of Sam, a boy who made mistakes but found forgiveness at the cross.
Looking forward to doing it all again tomorrow.

‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club! is a 4-day fun event for children (school years Reception to Year 5) run by volunteers from Duncan Road Church. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon. It’s fun! it’s free!
Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!
An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thing that anyone can do.

Day 1 – Up * running! A great start to an energetic day.
A lovely bunch of children cared for and entertained by a great bunch of helpers (My orange people – junior helpers were immense & the oldies – blue people – weren’t bad either).
Looking forward to doing it all again tomorrow.

‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club! is a 4-day fun event for children (school years Reception to Year 5) run by volunteers from Duncan Road Church. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon. It’s fun! it’s free!

Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!
An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thing that anyone can do.

‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club is a 4-day fun event for children (school years Reception to Year 5) run by volunteers from Duncan Road Church. Southampton We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon. It’s fun! it’s free!

Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!

An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thing that anyone can do.

No Speakers Corner today as we get ready for tomorrows ‘Go Bananas’ Holiday Club.
I have decided to dig out my brushes and paints and do a daily sketch board talk as part of the teaching (VVG eat you heart out!)
It must be 10+ years since I last used them and I will be a little bit nervous as I try to fill in the circles. In case you are wondering, each circle turns into a key point in the story of the Prodigal Son – e.g. circle one will turn into a coin, circle 2 will turn into a face etc.
Due to pride and lack of artistic ability you won’t get to see the final masterpiece just this prepared board – lol
If you want the whole talk to use sometime, message me and I will send you the full set of pictures.

As VVG once said,
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced”.