A surprise visit to the Corner from AP better known on YouTube as the Apostate Prophet, AP (Ridvan Aydemir) is an Ex-Muslim, Turkish-German YouTuber known for critiquing Islam. I think he got an easy time as many of the top dawah Moslems were absent.
Another particularly good afternoon that started with an influx of Orthodox Jews, all willing to talk and debate, and so Chris and I took up the challenge.
Other conversations took place during the afternoon with Moslem men, these seem to be productive and all was going well, then during my final polite and respectable conversation with a Moslem man another Moslem man decided he would join in, or rather hijack the conversation and turn it into a monologue, as a result it turned into one big mega argument with lots of shouting! Not the best way to finish the day but that is Speakers Corner.

Evangelism @ Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” – Isaac Asimov

Last week, Shalini was kicked and Jason was punched twice by those who belong the religion of peace! The summer period always sees gangs of young Moslem men from Saudi Arabi flooding the Corner and acting as if they own the park and can do what they like. Glad to say that in all the madness there are many sensible Moslems who want to debate and not cause trouble. One thing for sure, it aint gonna be dull!

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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 11.15am.
Venue: Manor Road Evangelical Church, Guildford. GU2 9NR
Subject: The Queen of Sheba: ‘Curiosity Satisfied’
Bible Reading: 1 Kings chapter 10 verses 1-13

A great holiday in Mallorca has given us time to relax and recharge for the next few weeks & months.

Now it’s back to work and mainly office work. The key word for the next two weeks is preparation! “Service of any type requires preparation.” – Russell M. Nelson.

Sermon preparation for Camp:

6 main talks & 4 evening epilogues.
Those talks are contained in 10 sessions that also need prepared content.

Sermon preparation for preaching on Sunday’s either side of Camp:

10th: Morning Service – Manor Road Evangelical Church. Guildford. Surrey.
24th: Morning Service – United Reformed Church. Hayling Island. Hants.

Administration for Camp:

Praise God that most of Camp is sorted,
But there is still lots to organise, in fact we will be on the go right up to the time Camp starts.

Thank you for your prayers!

Somewhere hot & sunny back on August 5th

Plenty of people. plenty of conversations and plenty of things to pray about!

Great to meet Japheth from Mexico and talk through a possible project he is hoping to do at the the Corner. Best conversation of the day was with George (Eastern Orthodox) & Saeed (Moslem), a chance to discuss a whole range of things relating to the Christian faith.
Please pray also for the Moslem man who took a copy of John’s gospel, in previous weeks he refused to take a copy but today he accepted it!

‘Peace to the disturbed’ – Matthew chapter 8 verse 23 to chapter 9 verses 17 – Gordon Curley

(PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

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Evangelism @ Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.” – Roy T. Bennett

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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
Time: 10.30am
Subject: ‘Peace to the disturbed’
Bible Passage: Matthew chapter 8 verse 23 to chapter 9 verses 17
YouTube Livestream: CLICK HERE

Thank you so much for your prayers regarding Camp, so much has happened this week.

Praise God for:

*Campers Quiet Time Booklets – written & printed.
*Leaders Camp Handbook – updated and emailed out.
*Parents will have had their child’s final information regarding GNC.

Prayer for:

*Unity & balance in the team – we have a variety of helpers with different backgrounds and experience– please pray that we will all complement each other in our various roles.
* For Gordon as he prepares talks from Luke’s gospel for this year’s Camp.
*For a good time spiritually – that the week will be marked with conversions and spiritual growth.
*Health & safety – accidents do happen – pray with us that any accident/health issue will be insignificant and handled well!

We have are able to run camp with the team that we have, but it would be helpful to have (must be DBS checked on time):

*We still need 1 Sports assistant.
*We could do with 1 more duties helper.
*We could do with 1 more person in the crèche.

“Prayer puts God’s work in his hands-and keeps it there.” – E.M. Bounds