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News   Remember, remember the 5th November – and pray for the Persecuted Church Time to pray for the Persecuted Church IRAQ – UN Security Council agrees to investigate genocide by Islamic State Open Doors asks UK churches to pray and petition for Christians in Iraq and Syria Christian Aid launches Rohingya Crisis Appeal Number...

Prayers & Poems   Forgiveness Prayer to remind us to remember WE REMEMBER Some thoughts on remembering Enigma Noah   **   Forgiveness (Mt 18:35)   Unless you forgive, from your heart…   Forgiveness, a gift, a setting free for the one forgiven and for me.   Forgiveness, received and known, enables heart grace we...

Quotes With All Saints day in mind: Who can imagine by a stretch of fancy the feelings of those who, having died in faith, wake up to enjoyment!   Cardinal John Henry Newman Those who live in the Lord never see each other for the last time.  Anon Death is but a physical incident in an...

Reviews   Under the Thorn Tree:  when Revival comes The Recovery of Joy Writes of the Church Does The Bible Really Say That?   Forgotten Bible Stories Grace of Waiting Breathing Under Water   Under the Thorn Tree:  when Revival comes by Richard Bewes, Christian Focus, £9.99 This is a heart-warming book of stories of...

Smiles   Those amazing Children of Israel In Sunday School one morning young Joseph raised his hand and proceeded to ask a question that had perplexed him for some time.  ‘There’s something I can’t figure out. According to the Bible, the Children of Israel crossed the Red Sea, right?’   ‘Right,’ said his teacher. ‘And the...

Letter from St James the Least of All –   Happily, the Church of England still retains some singular parish clergy.  Take the parish of St James-the-Least in the county of C- for example.  Here the elderly Anglo-Catholic vicar, Eustace, continues his correspondence to Darren, his nephew, a low-church curate recently ordained…    Did St Paul...

CRE goes back for the future Christmas HOPE – order some now! Christian Aid responds to those suffering in South Asia floods Religious Studies can lead to a ‘very bright’ future Bishops’ concern over benefits freeze Homelessness:  a growing problem Continued concern over gambling machines Rapid response of chaplains to Hurricane Harvey Celebrate Harvest with...

This month the Revd Michael Burgess considers Duccio's depiction of Peter denying Jesus. Outstanding people in great stories of the Bible - as depicted in painting or sculpture – that is the theme of God in the Arts this year.

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1 Remigius 1 Theresa of Lisieux 2 Your Guardian Angel 3 Hewald the Black and Hewald the White 4 St Francis of Assisi *6 NEW William Tyndale, Bible translator and Reformation martyr 8 Demetrius of Sirmium 9 Luis Bertran (1526-81) 9 Denys of Paris 10 Francis Borgia 13 Edward the Confessor 14 Donation 18 Thank...

The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation From the Vicar God’s Story-teller  Luke:  beloved physician and historian The Bible in 50 words Looking for God?  Just open the Bible… Acts for Everyone Reap a good harvest THE WAY I SEE IT:  Well, why Do the Nations?  The Twilight Years   **   Editor:  Paul Hardingham considers...