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Lessons this afternoon to year 5 (x2) on the theme of water as a symbol in Christianity, with the emphasis on including christening and Believers Baptism. Then it’s a ‘grill a Christian’ time as the pupils fire away the questions on all things Christian (or related).

‘A Song For the Living!’ – Psalm 23 – sermon by Gordon Curley

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Preaching today…

MORNING:
Where: Duncan Road Church
Time:10.30am
Harvest Service
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AFTERNOON:
Where: Gospel Hall. Standford. Bordon. GU35 8QU
Time:4.00pm

EVENING:
Where: Gospel Hall. Fair Oak. Eastleigh. SO50 8EG
Time: 6.30pm

Looking forward to some good food and good conversation with the folk at WEC.

What: Harvest Supper.
Where: West End Chapel. Fareham. Hants.
What: Giving a short talk/epilogue.

Harvest is from the Anglo-Saxon word hærfest, “Autumn”.
Farmers celebrated the end of the harvest with a big meal called a harvest supper. Some churches and villages still have a Harvest Supper.

The modern British tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches began in 1843, when the Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall. Victorian hymns such as “We plough the fields and scatter”, “Come ye thankful people, come” and “All things bright and beautiful” helped popularise his idea of harvest festival and spread the annual custom of decorating churches with home-grown produce for the Harvest Festival service.

What: Assembly:
Where: Marchwood Infant School. Southampton. Hants.
Theme: courage & overcoming difficulties.
Bible Story: The four friends who took a paralysed man to Jesus.
(Mark chapter 2 verses 3-11)

Marchwood Infant School was first contacted with the Counties ‘Key to Life’ Expo in 2023 and this has opened up a regular opportunity to take assemblies.

‘A River, A Dove & A Voice.’ – Matthew chapter 3 verses 13-17 – sermon by Gordon Curley

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Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

Evangelism @ Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

“Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.” —Nat Turner

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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…

Where: Duncan Road Church
Time:10.30am
Subject: ‘A River, A Dove & A Voice.’
Bible Passage: Matthew chapter 3 verses 13-17
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It’s conference time! This year I will be not be reporting but chairing the afternoon session! Trying to keep evangelists to a 5 or 9 minute time slot!

What: Bristol Evangelists Conference.
Where: Venue: Speedwell Chapel. Bristol. BS5 7SA
(Morning Workers Bible Study 10.30am led by Paul Young)

When: Afternoon Session 3.15pm to 5.15pm.
When: Evening Session 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Everyone Welcome!