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At the start of the evening everyone was talking about how good the pizza was, at the end of the evening everyone was talking about how great God was and is! Thanks to Peter Gladwin for sharing his amazing story and if you haven’t read his book – buy a copy! Out of the Ashes. The Restoration of a Burned Boy. by Jan Greenough, Peter Gladwin
Venue: Locks Heath Working Men’s Club.

Next up at ‘The Net.’
Face to Face with Professor Mel Richardson MBE
Date: Tuesday April 8th
Venue: Locks Heath Working Men’s Club Duncan Road, Park SO31 1BD (additional parking opposite at Duncan Road Church)
Time: 8.00pm to 10.00pm
Cost: FREE
Who: Any man is welcome!
(The Net’ is an inter-church event for MEN)

A service for the residents at Hawthorne Court. Southampton.

Memory Jogger: Spring
Bible Theme: “May God…make his face shine upon us” Psalm 67 verse 1
Today’s service will be:
Hymn: All things bright & beautiful.
Prayer
Collective Prayer: The Lord’s Prayer (traditional)
Short talk #1: Gordon Curley
Solo Penny: Morning has broken.
Sunday School Song: Zacchaeus was a wee little man.
Short talk #2: Gordon Curley
Hymn: Great is Thy faithfulness.
Closing Prayer.

Hawthorne Court specialises in dementia care.

We would value your prayers for tonight as ‘The Committee’ meet to plan out and pray about this years fast approaching ‘BodyBuilders’ Houseparty.
(‘Body Builders’ is an inter-Church youth event for anyone aged 8 to 15 years.)

“Prayer aligns the believer’s heart with God’s purposes, while planning reflects wise stewardship of the resources and opportunities entrusted by God.”

Soaking up the sunshine in Hyde park today, no photos today, instead a quick 5 min walk through Speakers Corner, this is what greeted me when I arrived today! 9/3/25 @ 2.30pm
Highlight of the day was a long conversion on Isaiah chapter 53 with an orthodox Jew called Benjamin. Hoping to see him again next week and pass on some specialist literature.

Evangelism @ Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

““There is no gospel apart from words. Nobody can be saved by watching deeds” – John Piper
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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: Morning Service
Venue: Duncan Road Church. SO31 1BD.
Time: 10.30am
Subject: ‘Love in action’
Bible Passage: Romans chapter 12 verses 9-21
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‘BodyBuilders’ Youth Event (games, world focus, talk & tuck shop) & ‘BodyBuilders’ Extra (Pizza & Bible Study for the oldies).
The noise levels are always high as young (8yr olds) & old (15yr olds) complete in a variety of games and as always, they listened so well to the talk! A real privilege to speak into their lives the things of Christ!
Thanks to the BB team; Beth on ‘World Focus’ and Adam & Penny on ice-breakers and the other leaders who support, get involved and make things happen! All-in-all a jolly good evening!

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What: Assembly:
Where: Marchwood Infant School. Southampton. Hants.
Theme: Shrove Tuesday.
Bible Story: At Home with Martha and Mary (Luke chapter 10 verses 38-42)

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.

Sunshine in the park equals people and lots of them!
Long afternoon/evening with conversations taking place in the dark except for a few camera lights and the one lamppost (you would think they could afford more than one!)
Two highlights, #1: a Moslem man called Ali, after a good chat asked that we might pray, “Jesus would save me from himself!” There in the business of the park it was good to pray with him. Please continue to pray the Lord will make himself known to this open-minded man.
#2: was with another Moslem man (sorry, I could not pronounce his name, never mind spell it!), in London but flying back to Saudi tomorrow. Lots of genuine dialogue and he said he would watch some of my sermons on YouTube, please pray he finds the right ones.