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f FP

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rs w

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pp

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h t

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fun

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f e

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to m

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com

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off

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f th

e F

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, up

to

4 l

ay r

ep

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nta

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s an

d u

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o 4

m

inis

ters

ap

po

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d

by

me

mb

er

chur

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s w

ith

re

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to

app

rop

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nta

tio

n

of

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va

rio

us

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an

trad

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ns

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d

en

om

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m

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be

rsh

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c) m

ay s

et

up w

ork

ing

gro

ups

to e

xplo

re i

ssue

s id

en

tifi

ed

by

the

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rum

or

the

e

nab

lin

g g

roup

/exe

cuti

ve. I

t may

als

o c

om

mis

sio

n a

par

ticu

lar

me

mb

er c

hur

ch

or

bo

dy

to w

ork

on

be

hal

f of a

ll.

FIN

AN

CE

E

ach

me

mb

er c

hur

ch s

hal

l p

ay s

uch

ann

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sub

scri

pti

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to

FP

CT

as

shal

l b

e

agre

ed

at t

he

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nua

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eti

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of t

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rum

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e fi

nan

cial

ye

ar s

hal

l be

fro

m M

ay

to A

pri

l. C

he

que

s w

ill

req

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th

e s

ign

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f tw

o o

f th

e f

our

off

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no

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e a

pp

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ted

at t

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M.

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e C

on

stit

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n a

nd

an

y su

bse

que

nt a

me

nd

me

nt t

o it

sh

all r

eq

uire

the

ap

pro

val

of

75%

of

the

me

mb

er

chur

ches

act

ing

th

roug

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he

ir n

orm

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sio

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akin

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fo

cus

for

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atte

rs o

f so

cial

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spo

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resp

on

din

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van

tag

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reas

of

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d P

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ryn

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of F

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fili

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o C

hu

rch

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her

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nw

all

(C

TC

) w

hic

h i

n t

urn

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affi

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to C

hu

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es T

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in

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gla

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(C

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MB

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be

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to

a c

hur

ch o

r as

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f ch

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full

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er

of

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d Ir

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nd a

nd

w

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road

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pe

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wit

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mak

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pla

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for

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ith

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sty

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of w

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to in

clus

ivit

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ith

in th

is C

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b

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y ch

urch

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asso

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of l

oca

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urch

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ith

in a

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rist

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trad

itio

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hic

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affi

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to p

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f FP

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an

d w

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h h

as

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to m

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r ch

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in t

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CT

gro

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an

y ch

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no

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dal

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fait

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d t

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it f

ully

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asis

pro

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th

at 7

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f th

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be

r ch

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ch

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co

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ake

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r ch

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adin

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usiv

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hin

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CT

gro

up

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all

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inis

ter

of

reli

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n a

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th

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a l

ay p

ers

on

). T

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se

off

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ill c

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t me

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mun

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, re

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qui

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n H

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lus

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inut

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de

sire

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to b

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at t

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nn

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g o

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oru

m. O

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sh

all

serv

e f

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pe

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d o

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d m

ay b

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to

se

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Be

ach

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th –

Ton

y T

hom

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29 |

Op

era

tio

n C

hris

tmas

Ch

ild

– M

ary

Tho

mas

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30 |

Co

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31 |

Ch

urch

es

To

ge

ther

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orn

wal

l – L

esle

y C

hand

ler .

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32 |

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ve

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ank

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for

year

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26

4 |

C

ON

ST

ITU

TIO

N A

ND

CH

AR

ITY

RE

GIS

TR

AT

ION

– R

OG

ER

MIL

LS

In N

ove

mb

er

2014

, FP

CT

agre

ed

, af

ter

8 m

on

ths’

dis

cuss

ion

an

d m

uch

soul

-se

arch

ing

, to

ad

opt

a co

nsti

tuti

on

(se

e A

pp

en

dix

), f

or

the

fir

st t

ime

in

its

e

xist

en

ce.

Th

ere

is

muc

h t

o b

e s

aid

fo

r n

ot

hav

ing

a c

onst

itut

ion

: it

giv

es

gre

at

fre

ed

om

an

d f

lexi

bil

ity,

an

d m

ake

s it

eas

y fo

r a

wid

e r

ang

e o

f ch

urch

es

to

par

tici

pat

e. T

he

cha

ng

e w

as a

gre

ed fo

r tw

o r

eas

ons

: 1)

to p

rovi

de

a w

ritt

en

do

cum

en

t fo

r th

e b

asis

of e

valu

atin

g n

ew

ap

pli

cati

on

s fo

r m

em

be

rsh

ip (

in c

on

jun

ctio

n w

ith

a s

ep

arat

e S

tate

me

nt

of

Fait

h:

at t

he

AG

M i

n

2015

, we

ag

ree

d to

ad

op

t th

at u

sed

by

Ch

urch

es T

og

eth

er

in E

ng

lan

d (

CT

E),

as

all o

ur m

em

ber

chu

rch

es’ p

are

nt b

od

ies

are

me

mb

ers

of C

TE

)

34

wit

h C

TC

so

me

lo

cal

eve

nts

an

d a

ctiv

itie

s b

en

efi

t fr

om

CT

C’s

jo

int

insu

ran

ce

cove

r.

Fin

anci

al s

upp

ort

co

me

s fr

om

par

tici

pat

ing

de

no

min

atio

ns

and

is

pro

po

rtio

nal

to

the

siz

e o

f th

e c

hur

ch m

em

be

rsh

ip in

the

co

unty

. CTC

is a

ch

arit

y. D

avid

Sm

ith

, co

unty

mis

sio

ne

r, o

vers

ees

an

d g

uid

es

the

wo

rk c

arri

ed o

ut in

the

nam

e o

f CT

C.

A w

arm

we

lco

me

has

be

en

ext

en

ded

to

Pe

nte

cost

al a

nd

eva

ng

eli

cal

chur

ches

an

d B

ish

op

Tim

inv

ite

d le

ade

rs o

f th

ose

ch

urch

es to

a s

upp

er

at L

is E

sco

p.

In o

rde

r to

bes

t se

rve

our

co

mm

unit

ies,

‘A

ll w

e d

o m

ust

be

imm

erse

d i

n p

raye

r’ w

as t

he

mai

n r

eco

mm

en

dat

ion

fro

m th

e tw

o c

on

fere

nce

s la

st y

ear

in B

od

min

an

d T

ruro

. O

the

r n

ee

ds

we

re i

de

nti

fie

d r

ang

ing

fro

m i

mp

rove

d

com

mun

icat

ion

to

oth

er

way

s o

f d

oin

g c

hur

ch.

Way

s in

w

hic

h t

o a

ttra

ct (

and

ke

ep

) ch

ild

ren

and

yo

ung

pe

op

le

we

re d

iscu

sse

d a

nd s

har

ed

. T

he

cre

atio

n o

f a

com

mo

n p

raye

r ac

ross

the

de

no

min

atio

ns

was

co

nsi

de

red

. D

em

en

tia

awar

en

ess

feat

ure

d s

ign

ific

antl

y w

ith

a m

uch

pra

ise

d o

ne

day

eve

nt

at th

e c

ath

ed

ral a

nd

the

Me

tho

dis

t ch

urch

. A

s I w

rite

this

, Th

e R

oya

l Cor

nw

all S

how

is ta

kin

g p

lace

an

d th

e r

ole

of t

he

CT

C

ten

t in

re

cen

t ye

ars

(in

te

rms

of

out

reac

h)

go

es

fro

m s

tre

ng

th t

o s

tre

ng

th.

Th

e

ann

ual P

en

teco

st s

erv

ice

at G

we

nn

ap P

it th

is y

ear

had

an

ecu

me

nic

al fo

cus

and

su

nsh

ine

! C

TC

co

nti

nue

s to

be

in

form

ed b

y C

hri

s Ja

vad

ab

out

Ch

rist

ian

Aid

aro

und

th

e

wo

rld

, par

ticu

larl

y in

the

war

zo

ne

s o

f th

e M

idd

le E

ast a

nd

Afr

ica.

We

hav

e a

lso

h

ear

d a

bou

t th

e c

lim

ate

co

alit

ion

lob

by

in p

arli

ame

nt v

ia C

hri

s.

Th

e

CT

C

Ed

ucat

ion

G

roup

w

hic

h su

pp

ort

s th

e

futu

re

of

chap

lain

cie

s in

e

duc

atio

nal

inst

itut

ion

s h

as b

ee

n r

e-e

stab

lish

ed

wit

h Jo

hn K

eas

t OB

E. T

his

gro

up

is k

ee

n to

est

abli

sh a

n a

nn

ual o

ne

day

co

nfe

ren

ce fo

r th

ose

invo

lve

d w

ith

sch

oo

l ch

apla

incy

wo

rk.

CT

C h

as b

ee

n a

bly

sup

po

rte

d th

roug

ho

ut th

e y

ear

by

De

bb

ie C

rouc

he

r an

d L

ois

W

ild

fr

om

T

ran

sfo

rmat

ion

C

orn

wal

l.

Th

ere

is

n

o

do

ubt

that

C

TC

b

en

efi

ts

en

orm

ous

ly

fro

m

the

ir

org

anis

atio

nal

sk

ills

an

d

she

er

har

d

wo

rk.

Th

e co

nfe

ren

ce th

is y

ear

for

the

eas

t of C

orn

wal

l wil

l be

he

ld in

Sal

tash

(Ju

ne

20t

h)

- th

e c

on

fere

nce

in

th

e w

est

wil

l b

e h

eld

lat

er

in t

he

ye

ar.

Th

e C

TC

web

site

an

d

on

lin

e

ne

wsl

ett

er

con

tin

ue

to

attr

act

mo

re

and

m

ore

vi

sits

e

ach

ye

ar

- w

ww

.ch

urch

esto

ge

the

rin

corn

wal

l.or

g.u

k.

32

| T

RA

NS

FO

RM

AT

ION

CO

RN

WA

LL

– D

EB

BIE

CR

OU

CH

ER

Tra

nsf

orm

atio

n C

orn

wal

l is

a p

artn

ers

hip

pro

ject

be

twee

n th

e D

ioce

se o

f Tru

ro,

the

Me

tho

dis

t D

istr

ict

in C

orn

wal

l, C

hur

ches

To

ge

the

r in

Co

rnw

all

and

Ch

urch

U

rban

Fun

d.

Bis

hop

Tim

mee

ts P

ope

Fra

nci

s in

201

5

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33

30

| C

OM

MU

NIC

AT

ION

S –

RO

GE

R M

ILLS

In 2

014

we

dre

w u

p j

ob

de

scri

pti

ons

for

the

po

sts

of W

eb

mas

ter

and

Pre

ss

Off

ice

r to

co

ver

FPC

T’s

co

mm

unic

atio

ns

acti

viti

es.

Un

fort

unat

ely

, w

e w

ere

un

able

to

fil

l e

ith

er

po

st s

o t

he

dut

ies

rem

ain

fo

r th

e t

ime

be

ing

wit

h t

he

Secr

eta

ries

; h

ow

eve

r th

ey

are

qui

te t

ime

-co

nsu

min

g a

nd

it

is i

mp

ort

ant

that

in

d

ue c

our

se th

e p

lan

ne

d p

osi

tio

ns

are

fill

ed

. A

ne

w w

ebsi

te w

as s

et

up i

n J

uly

2015

usi

ng

Wo

rdp

ress

so

ftw

are

whi

ch i

s re

lati

vely

eas

y to

use

an

d th

us, h

op

efu

lly,

to tr

ansf

er

to a

ne

w W

eb

mas

ter

wh

en

n

ece

ssar

y! T

he

new

sit

e p

rovi

de

s b

oth

‘sta

tic’

info

rmat

ion

ab

out

FPC

T a

nd

ne

ws

ite

ms

on

Chr

isti

an a

ctiv

itie

s ar

oun

d o

ur a

rea,

the

num

ber

of w

hic

h is

re

ally

qui

te

stag

ge

rin

g a

nd

con

tin

ues

to g

row

. The

ne

ws

ite

ms

are

als

o d

istr

ibut

ed

by

e-m

ail

in t

he

we

ek

ly F

PCT

Mes

sag

es,

ori

gin

ally

se

nt

on

ly t

o F

oru

m m

em

ber

s b

ut n

ow

av

aila

ble

to

an

yon

e w

ho

car

es

to s

ign

up

, us

ing

a f

orm

on

th

e w

eb

site

. T

he

cu

rre

nt c

ircu

lati

on

is 1

12. T

his

too

has

ad

op

ted

ne

w s

oft

war

e (

Mai

lch

imp

) ag

ain

to

im

pro

ve t

ran

sfer

abil

ity.

Our

Fac

ebo

ok

pag

e i

s g

rad

uall

y g

row

ing

an

d n

ow

h

as s

om

e 1

82 ‘

lik

es’

, an

d o

ur ‘

pos

t re

ach

’, i

.e.

the

num

be

r o

f p

eo

ple

wh

o se

e

ind

ivid

ual p

ost

s, h

as g

on

e u

p to

ab

out

400

at t

ime

s, s

o it

is a

wor

thw

hil

e o

utre

ach

of

incr

eas

ing

im

po

rtan

ce.

Co

nte

nt

is

mai

nly

re

blo

gg

ed

fr

om

o

the

r si

tes,

to

ge

the

r w

ith

an

noun

cem

en

ts o

f FP

CT

act

ivit

ies.

Th

e l

atte

r ar

e a

uto

mat

ical

ly

har

vest

ed

by

Kin

gd

om

Vis

ion

fo

r th

eir

Co

rnw

all-

wid

e w

eb

site

an

d F

aceb

oo

k

pag

e,

and

sim

ilar

ly a

nn

oun

cem

en

ts f

rom

th

eir

site

s fe

ed

in

to o

ur o

wn

co

nte

nt.

O

ur T

wit

ter

acco

unt

has

sh

ow

n r

ath

er l

ess

act

ivit

y, b

ut t

we

ets

are

occ

asio

nal

ly

pic

ke

d u

p b

y th

e lo

cal p

ress

. A

lth

oug

h o

ur e

lect

ron

ic c

om

mun

icat

ion

s ar

e r

eac

hin

g a

gro

win

g a

udie

nce

, th

ere

re

mai

ns d

iffi

cult

y in

en

suri

ng

th

at a

ll i

n o

ur l

oca

l co

ng

reg

atio

ns a

re f

ully

aw

are

of w

hat

FP

CT

is a

nd

do

es,

an

d w

e c

on

tin

ue t

o e

xplo

re w

ays

of d

oin

g t

his

m

ore

eff

ect

ive

ly.

This

Ann

ual

Re

po

rt,

pro

duc

ed

fo

r th

e f

irst

tim

e l

ast

year

, is

a

go

od

way

of

rais

ing

aw

are

nes

s an

d w

e e

nco

urag

e e

very

on

e t

o d

istr

ibut

e i

t w

ide

ly in

our

ch

urch

es

and

loca

l org

anis

atio

ns.

31

| C

HU

RC

HE

S T

OG

ET

HE

R I

N C

OR

NW

AL

L –

LE

SLE

Y C

HA

ND

LER

Ch

urch

es

To

ge

the

r C

orn

wal

l (C

TC)

is m

ade

up

of

DE

Os

(De

no

min

atio

nal

Ecu

me

nic

al O

ffic

ers)

who

re

pre

sen

t th

eir

sp

eci

fic

den

om

inat

ion

s an

d

rep

ort

b

ack

to

th

ose

d

en

om

inat

ion

s th

roug

ho

ut t

he

co

unty

. T

he

CT

C e

xecu

tive

is

the

re t

o o

vers

ee

an

d o

ffe

r g

uid

ance

to

th

e 3

8 C

T g

roup

s (o

f w

hic

h F

PC

T is

on

e) th

roug

ho

ut th

e c

oun

ty. B

y b

ein

g a

ffil

iate

d

8

2) t

o a

llo

w t

he

po

ssib

ilit

y o

f re

gis

teri

ng

as

a ch

arit

y, f

or

wh

ich

a w

ritt

en

con

stit

utio

n i

s re

qui

red

. T

his

wo

uld

a)

allo

w u

s to

acc

ep

t d

on

atio

ns

and

cla

im

Gif

t A

id,

wh

ich

in

cre

ases

th

eir

val

ue b

y 25

%,

and

b)

giv

e u

s th

e o

pp

ort

unit

y to

ap

ply

fo

r g

ran

ts a

vail

able

on

ly t

o re

gis

tere

d c

har

itie

s: t

his

is

no

w t

he

gre

at

maj

ori

ty.

No

te t

hat

FP

CT

has

no

t ye

t d

eci

de

d t

o ap

ply

fo

r ch

arit

y re

gis

trat

ion

, b

ut h

as

inst

ruct

ed

it

s o

ffic

ers

to

in

vest

igat

e

wh

at

this

w

oul

d

en

tail

, an

d

mak

e

reco

mm

en

dat

ions

to th

e F

oru

m o

n th

e v

ario

us o

pti

on

s av

aila

ble

. Th

e F

oru

m w

ill

the

n

de

bat

e

and

vo

te

on

w

he

ther

to

m

ake

ap

pli

cati

on

to

th

e

Cha

rity

C

om

mis

sio

n, w

ho

, on

the

bas

is o

f our

pas

t re

cord

, wil

l de

cid

e w

he

the

r o

r n

ot t

o

app

rove

our

ap

pli

cati

on

. T

o f

acil

itat

e t

his

inv

est

igat

ion

, w

e h

ave

so

ugh

t ad

vice

fro

m C

hur

ches

To

ge

the

r in

Co

rnw

all (

CT

C) a

nd

Tra

nsf

orm

atio

n C

orn

wal

l, w

ho

hav

e b

oth

be

en

ext

rem

ely

h

elp

ful.

Dav

id S

mit

h f

rom

CT

C h

as p

rovi

de

d u

s w

ith

mo

de

l d

ocu

me

nta

tio

n,

bas

ed

o

n

that

su

pp

lie

d

by

Ch

urch

es

To

ge

the

r in

E

ng

lan

d

and

C

hur

ches

T

og

eth

er

in B

rita

in a

nd

Ire

lan

d,

and

sp

ok

en

to

th

e F

oru

m o

n t

he

be

nef

its

of

char

ity

reg

istr

atio

n a

s e

xper

ien

ced

by

Chu

rch

es T

og

eth

er

in th

e P

en

zan

ce A

rea

(CT

IPA

).

Th

e c

on

stit

utio

n w

e h

ave

ad

op

ted

is

bas

ed

on

th

at u

sed

by

CT

IPA

, as

mod

ifie

d

to m

ee

t th

e r

eq

uire

me

nts

of

the

Ch

arit

y C

om

mis

sio

n.

Th

is s

ho

uld

re

duc

e t

he

li

ke

lih

oo

d o

f an

y fu

rth

er

mo

dif

icat

ion

s b

ein

g r

eq

uire

d o

f us

shou

ld w

e a

pp

ly.

Th

e C

har

ity

Co

mm

issi

on

req

uire

s th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

to

se

t up

a s

mal

l g

roup

of

trus

tees

, w

ith

wh

ich

it

wil

l d

eal

; it

is

no

t ab

le t

o d

eal

wit

h a

gro

up a

s la

rge

an

d

amo

rph

ous

as

our

Fo

rum

. O

ur c

ons

titu

tio

n t

hus

re

qui

res

the

cre

atio

n o

f th

is

gro

up o

f fu

ture

tru

ste

es,

giv

ing

it

the

nam

e ‘

FPC

T E

xecu

tive

’. A

t th

e A

GM

in

2015

, we

ag

ree

d to

pro

cee

d w

ith

se

ttin

g th

is u

p. I

nit

ial p

rop

osa

ls w

ere

dis

cuss

ed

in

Se

pt 2

015,

mo

dif

ied

in th

e li

gh

t of d

iscu

ssio

n an

d fi

nal

ize

d a

nd

ag

ree

d in

No

v 20

15.

It i

s ve

ry m

uch

a w

ork

in

pro

gre

ss,

and

we

co

nti

nue

to

exp

eri

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tho

dis

t cat

eri

ng

team

wh

o m

ade

eve

ryo

ne

so

we

lco

me

. In

201

7 it

is p

lan

ne

d th

at th

e W

alk

wil

l pro

cee

d th

roug

h th

e to

wn

to K

CM

.

10

4. I

nte

rvie

ws

we

re c

arri

ed

out

wit

h a

var

iety

of

me

mb

ers

of

the

ge

ne

ral

pub

lic

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ario

us lo

cal N

GO

s (n

on

-go

vern

me

nta

l org

anis

atio

ns)

an

d a

ge

nci

es w

ere

co

nta

cte

d a

nd

vis

ite

d, e

.g.:

i.

B

eac

on

Re

ge

nera

tio

n P

roje

ct

ii.

Sch

oo

ls

iii.

D

raca

en

a C

en

tre

iv.

Foo

db

ank

6. E

me

rgin

g

the

mes

/op

po

rtun

itie

s w

ere

d

raw

n

out

as

the

in

form

atio

n g

arn

ere

d

was

an

alys

ed

an

d

coll

ate

d.

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lica

tio

ns

and

g

aps

we

re

ide

nti

fie

d.

7. F

urth

er w

ork

: sum

mar

y o

f fin

din

gs

and

ide

as fo

r FP

CT

to r

esp

on

d

Wor

king

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up e

xper

ienc

e:

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all

of

us t

his

has

be

en a

ve

ry e

xcit

ing

, fr

uitf

ul a

nd

en

joya

ble

tim

e.

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tin

g

out

, w

e d

id n

ot

kn

ow

wh

at t

o e

xpe

ct.

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hav

e l

ear

ne

d m

uch

fro

m t

ho

se w

ho

h

ave

he

lpe

d u

s in

our

res

ear

chin

g a

nd fr

om

wo

rkin

g to

ge

the

r as

a g

roup

. As

our

fi

nal

de

lib

era

tio

ns

mo

ve to

a c

lose

, we

do

hav

e a

se

nse

of s

atis

fact

ion

at w

hat

has

b

ee

n a

chie

ved

. Our

vis

ion

for

the

futu

re is

that

do

ors

may

op

en

an

d g

oo

d th

ing

s re

sult

, esp

eci

ally

to h

elp

the

lon

ely

an

d m

arg

inal

ise

d in

our

loca

l are

a. W

e th

ank

G

od

for

His

gui

dan

ce th

roug

hou

t; o

ur m

ee

tin

gs

hav

e a

lway

s e

nd

ed w

ith

pra

yer.

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ay H

is k

ing

do

m c

om

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wil

l b

e d

on

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s w

e l

oo

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FPC

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spo

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6 |

P

RA

YE

R F

OR

CH

RIS

TIA

N U

NIT

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RO

GE

R M

ILLS

Dur

ing

the

We

ek

of P

raye

r fo

r C

hris

tian

Un

ity

this

ye

ar (

18-2

5 Ja

nua

ry)

we

he

ld

dai

ly s

erv

ices

at

no

on

in

var

ious

ch

urch

es,

as w

ell

as

the

tra

dit

ion

al p

ulp

it

exc

han

ge

at

Sun

day

mo

rnin

g s

erv

ice

s an

d U

nit

ed

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rvic

e i

n t

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eve

nin

g.

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w

ere

we

ll a

tte

nd

ed

, w

ith

th

e d

aily

se

rvic

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ttra

ctin

g a

roun

d o

ne

hun

dre

d

pe

op

le o

ver

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cour

se o

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po

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senc

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e

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y e

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sire

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r m

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que

nt

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po

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s to

pra

y to

ge

the

r, a

nd

in M

ay w

e w

ere

ab

le to

do

that

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join

ing

wit

h th

e A

ng

lica

n ch

urch

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urin

g t

he

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ps’

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k o

f P

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r th

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f o

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try,

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th

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ead

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nte

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d d

aily

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pra

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nw

all

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7 |

B

EIN

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BO

DY

OF

CH

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AY

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he

me

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th

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as th

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itie

s in

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xplo

rin

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is w

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tud

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9 Ja

nua

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man

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om

e 4

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eo

ple

fro

m 1

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iffe

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urch

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atte

nd

ed

to

exp

lore

wh

at i

t m

ean

s to

‘b

e t

he

bo

dy

of

Ch

rist

’ in

201

6, t

hro

ugh

a

mix

ture

of

talk

s, d

iscu

ssio

n,

wo

rsh

ip a

nd

pra

yer

(and

pas

tie

s!).

Th

e m

ain

ad

dre

ss w

as g

ive

n b

y D

r R

usse

ll B

lack

er

(Nat

ion

al C

aucu

s fo

r th

e P

ers

ecut

ed

C

hur

ch),

sup

por

ted

by

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vd L

ucy

Lark

in (

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h W

este

rn M

inis

try

Tra

inin

g

Co

urse

) an

d P

hil

Mis

selb

roo

k (

Am

bas

sad

ors

for

Ch

rist

)– s

adly

th

e l

ast

tim

e h

e

was

to s

pea

k a

t an

FP

CT

gat

her

ing

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h s

pe

ake

r le

ft u

s w

ith

thre

e q

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s to

d

iscu

ss in

sm

all g

roup

s, w

hic

h p

rove

d b

oth

ch

alle

ngin

g a

nd

illu

min

atin

g. A

full

re

po

rt

of

this

ve

ry

rew

ard

ing

d

ay

can

be

fo

und

on

th

e

FPC

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web

site

at

h

ttp

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ww

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mo

uth

chur

ches

tog

eth

er.o

rg.u

k/s

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y/.

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is w

as th

e fi

rst t

ime

in it

s h

isto

ry th

at F

PCT

had

take

n ti

me

out

to th

ink

in d

ep

th

abo

ut w

hat

we

are

cal

led

to

do

, an

d f

oll

ow

ing

on

fro

m t

he

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ek

of

Pra

yer

for

Ch

rist

ian

Un

ity

left

us

wit

h a

ve

ry c

lear

se

nse

that

we

ne

ed

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Ph

il p

ut it

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“G

o

in H

is n

ame

so

that

oth

ers

wil

l kn

ow

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live

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hai

r, R

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itta

ke

r as

ke

d u

s to

th

ink

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w F

PC

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s g

oin

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ang

e i

n t

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ne

xt 2

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mp

has

ise

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CT

ne

ed

s to

be

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cy c

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len

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kn

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mou

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mun

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off

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nn

ett

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ship

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g

ave

than

ks

for

such

an

insp

irin

g d

ay a

nd

we

re e

nco

urag

ed

to r

eco

gn

ize

Ch

rist

in

eac

h o

the

r an

d in

all

our

ch

urch

es.

8 |

F

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AN

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| F

AL

MO

UT

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TIV

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AN

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RM

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ld o

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er a

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a re

-e

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tme

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hri

stm

as s

tory

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rtin

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Mar

y &

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ph

se

ttin

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ut o

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eir

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re d

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ruar

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nd

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in M

arch

o

n F

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nd s

usta

inab

ilit

y.

Futu

re A

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Futu

re a

ims

incl

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a F

air

Tra

de

Ch

urch

es

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ge

ther

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pla

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co

nta

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hur

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sal

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turn

fro

m t

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rtra

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in

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ro.

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wil

l als

o b

e lo

okin

g a

t th

e fo

llo

win

g;

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ays

to s

upp

ort

a n

ew

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velo

pm

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at e

nab

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go

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sin

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d th

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nvi

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me

nt.

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e i

mp

act

of

slav

ery

on

tra

de

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sda

and

on

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the

r su

pe

rmar

ke

t h

ave

ag

ree

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se

e th

at a

ll th

eir

foo

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our

ces

are

“sl

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im to

sup

por

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r T

rad

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loca

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foo

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we

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hri

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nd

ble

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th

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om

mun

ity

go

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me

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w c

on

tin

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o r

aise

fun

ds

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nal

pay

men

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led

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on

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pw

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lp u

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run

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a y

ear

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ord

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us

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run

by

man

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ed

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d

tho

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n t

he

lo

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com

mun

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pai

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d t

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bta

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d

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re

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ere

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man

y o

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r th

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mp

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re

aso

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is J

anua

ry w

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tart

ed

th

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ub o

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lp a

lon

gsi

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Foo

db

ank

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e

hav

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ther

efo

re

par

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w

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sid

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lpin

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ose

in c

risi

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pra

ctic

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d fu

rnit

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hav

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est

abli

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d a

saf

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pac

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mun

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ver

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umil

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com

mon

goo

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us

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24

| F

AIR

TR

AD

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AL

MO

UT

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PA

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PA

TR

ICK

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trad

e Fo

und

atio

n

Fair

trad

e w

ork

s to

be

ne

fit s

mal

l–sc

ale

farm

ers

an

d w

ork

ers

, w

ho

are

am

on

gst

th

e m

ost

mar

gin

alis

ed

gro

ups

glo

bal

ly,

thro

ugh

trad

e r

athe

r th

an a

id to

en

able

the

m to

mai

nta

in th

eir

li

veli

ho

od

s an

d r

each

th

eir

po

ten

tial

. It

’s a

bou

t su

pp

ort

ing

th

e

de

velo

pm

en

t o

f th

rivi

ng

fa

rmin

g

and

w

ork

ing

co

mm

unit

ies

that

hav

e m

ore

co

ntr

ol

ove

r th

eir

fut

ure

s an

d

pro

tect

ing

the

en

viro

nm

en

t in

wh

ich

the

y li

ve a

nd

wo

rk.

Fair

trad

e Fa

lmou

th

Falm

out

h t

ow

n g

ain

ed

Fai

rtra

de

sta

tus

in 2

005.

Re

ne

wal

of

Fair

trad

e s

tatu

s is

e

very

two

ye

ars.

Th

e n

ext

re

ne

wal

ap

pli

cati

on

is d

ue 2

6 A

pri

l 201

8. M

any

hote

ls

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W

riti

ng

to M

Ps,

cou

nci

llo

rs a

nd o

the

rs

A

tte

nd

ing

pra

yer

serv

ice

for

refu

gee

s at

Tru

ro C

ath

ed

ral

W

riti

ng

lett

ers

to p

riso

ner

s at

ho

me

an

d o

n d

eat

h r

ow

in th

e U

SA

A

tte

nd

ing

me

eti

ng

s o

n s

upp

ort

of r

efu

ge

es

Le

nt l

unch

es

in a

id o

f re

fug

ee

sup

po

rt.

Hop

e in

Our

Hea

rts

– O

ur m

ee

tin

gs

alw

ays

be

gin

wit

h p

raye

r/sc

rip

ture

re

adin

g,

afte

r w

hic

h w

e s

har

e t

he

go

od

th

ing

s th

at a

re h

app

en

ing

wit

h re

gar

d t

o j

usti

ce

and

pe

ace

. Jus

t to

me

nti

on

a fe

w:

R

ed

ucti

on

o

f e

xorb

itan

t ra

tes

of

inte

rest

fo

r ‘p

ayd

ay

len

din

g’

and

g

ove

rnm

en

t re

gul

atio

n o

f lo

an s

har

ks

G

ove

rnm

en

t to

act

ion

Asd

a’s

“wo

nky

ve

g b

oxe

s”.

Cur

ren

tly

1/3

of

all

pro

duc

e i

s w

aste

d a

nd

bin

ned

. A

sda

and

Te

sco

no

w s

ell

ing

im

pe

rfe

ctly

si

zed

or

shap

ed fo

od

s, e

.g.,

tin

y ap

ple

s.

N

ew

hig

he

r m

inim

um w

age

.

Wo

rld

’s l

arg

est

con

sum

er g

oo

ds

& s

upe

rmar

ket

chai

ns

to e

nsu

re s

upp

ly

chai

ns

are

“sl

ave

ry p

roo

f”.

In c

onc

lusi

on w

e a

re th

ank

ful f

or

the

fre

ed

om

to g

ath

er

tog

eth

er

eac

h m

on

th a

nd

b

e a

res

our

ce in

wo

rkin

g fo

r th

e c

om

ing

of t

he

Kin

gd

om

. P

leas

e c

om

e an

d jo

in u

s –

2-3p

m, s

eco

nd

Tue

sday

of t

he

mo

nth

, St M

ary’

s ch

urch

h

all.

All

are

mo

st w

elc

om

e.

Ple

ase

pra

y fo

r o

ur w

orl

d -

for

a fa

ire

r w

orl

d o

f lo

ve, j

usti

ce a

nd

pe

ace

.

23

| P

RA

YE

RS

FO

R P

ER

SE

CU

TE

D C

HR

IST

IAN

S –

MA

RY

BR

AD

LEY

FPC

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h

our

o

f p

raye

r fo

r p

ers

ecu

ted

C

hri

stia

ns

star

ted

th

ree

ye

ars

ago

. M

ee

tin

gs

are

on

the

2nd

Tue

sday

of e

ach

mo

nth

at 3

pm

in S

t Mar

y’s

Ch

urch

Hal

l.

Num

ber

s va

ry; u

sual

ly 6

-8 p

eo

ple

att

en

d.

We

are

we

ll i

nfo

rme

d a

bou

t th

e i

ncr

eas

ing

pe

rse

cuti

on o

f C

hri

stia

ns

and

th

ose

o

f o

the

r fa

ith

s, b

y th

e r

adio

, n

atio

nal

pre

ss a

nd

by

org

anis

atio

ns

wo

rkin

g f

or,

an

d

sup

por

tin

g

pe

rse

cute

d

Ch

rist

ian

s.

It

see

ms

that

d

aily

w

e

he

ar

of:

-

har

assm

en

t, v

iole

nce

, p

hys

ical

to

rtur

e,

rap

e,

and

dea

th,

of

our

bro

ther

s an

d

sist

ers

in

mo

re t

han

65

coun

trie

s no

w.

Our

ow

n g

ove

rnm

en

t’s

resp

ons

e i

s d

esi

gn

ed

to a

ffe

ct r

efu

ge

es

in S

yria

n r

efu

ge

e c

amp

s, b

ut n

ot t

he

man

y C

hris

tian

s w

ho

wo

uld

fe

ar f

or

the

ir l

ive

s in

suc

h c

amp

s an

d h

idd

en

in

ch

urch

es

and

e

lse

wh

ere

. W

e d

o b

eli

eve

th

at n

o p

raye

r e

ver

go

es

unh

ear

d a

nd

th

at p

raye

r m

ove

s m

oun

tain

s an

d it

is w

ith

re

joic

ing

that

ne

ws

som

eti

mes

co

me

s o

f a p

riso

ner

be

ing

re

leas

ed

or

a jo

urne

y to

a s

afe

pla

ce is

arr

ang

ed

. A

ccur

ate

in

form

atio

n

com

es

to

us

mo

nth

ly

thro

ugh

Dr

Rus

sell

B

lack

er’

s n

ew

sle

tte

r an

d

reso

urce

s su

ch

as

Bar

nab

as

Fun

d,

Ch

rist

ian

So

lid

arit

y

14

mo

re e

spe

cial

ly d

urin

g th

e g

reat

er

par

t of t

he

ye

ar w

he

n w

e h

ad to

re

ly o

n lo

cal

trad

e.

Th

e t

eam

als

o c

ons

ide

red

th

ose

wh

o re

gul

arly

he

lpe

d, o

n F

rid

ays,

so

me

eve

ry

Frid

ay w

he

ther

mo

rnin

g o

r af

tern

oon

sh

ift,

an

d a

ll t

he

pro

duc

e p

rovi

der

s; i

t al

l ta

ke

s ti

me

an

d m

on

ey.

We

'd a

lway

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ad a

go

od

se

lect

ion

of p

rod

uce

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in th

e

last

few

mo

nth

s n

ot t

he

num

be

r o

f pe

ople

co

min

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wh

o h

ad p

revi

ous

ly e

njo

yed

o

ur v

arie

ty o

f lig

ht l

unch

es

and

cak

es.

Fr

om

Se

pte

mb

er

2015

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day

s b

eca

me

en

orm

ous

ly d

isap

po

inti

ng

! T

he

pe

rio

d

July

-mid

De

cem

ber

201

5 sa

w a

pro

fit

of £

1485

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r th

e s

ame

pe

rio

d in

201

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e’d

mad

e £

2750

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th

e F

oo

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ps

team

re

gre

tful

ly,

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any

way

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ade

th

e d

eci

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to

ceas

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ng

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co

ffe

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ho

p w

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eff

ect

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m F

rid

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11th

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cem

ber

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t se

eme

d

that

it h

ad r

un it

s co

urse

and

was

no

lon

ge

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had

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en

in e

xist

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ce fo

r 4½

ye

ars

dur

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wh

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tim

e w

e r

eal

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tim

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gre

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unit

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ave

had

.

11

| C

AR

E H

OM

E M

INIS

TR

Y –

P

ET

ER

RIC

HA

RD

S

Just

ove

r te

n y

ear

s ag

o o

ne

or

two

Falm

out

h c

are

ho

mes

ap

pro

ach

ed

Ch

urch

es

To

ge

the

r w

ith

a v

iew

to s

tart

ing

re

gul

ar m

on

thly

se

rvic

es.

Th

is m

inis

try

has

no

w

gro

wn

to

co

ver

eig

ht

ho

me

s -

Ab

bey

fie

ld H

om

e (

Stra

cey

Ro

ad),

Chy

Nam

par

a (s

he

lte

red

fla

ts),

Kin

g C

har

les

Co

urt

Nur

sin

g H

om

e,

Ro

scar

rack

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e H

om

e,

She

ldo

n H

ouse

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sin

g H

om

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tt H

ous

e A

bb

eyf

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Ho

me

(M

awn

an S

mit

h),

T

reve

rn C

are

Ho

me

an

d T

he

Wh

ite

Ho

use

Re

sid

en

tial

Ho

me

.

Th

e a

im fr

om

the

sta

rt h

as b

een

:

to p

rovi

de

op

po

rtun

ity

for

Ch

rist

ian

wo

rsh

ip a

nd

fe

llo

wsh

ip t

o r

esi

de

nts

w

ho

are

oft

en

no

lo

ng

er

able

to

att

end

ch

urch

, an

d t

o h

elp

th

em

co

nn

ect

o

r re

-co

nn

ect

wit

h G

od

;

to o

ffe

r fr

ien

dsh

ip t

o a

ll r

esi

de

nts

an

d s

taff

an

d,

wh

en

re

que

ste

d,

to

pro

vid

e s

pir

itua

l sup

po

rt.

Th

e s

erv

ice

itse

lf la

sts

abo

ut 3

0 m

inut

es

and

wil

l in

clud

e s

ing

ing

of w

ell

-kn

ow

n h

ymn

s, s

ho

rt p

raye

rs,

a B

ible

re

adin

g,

may

be

a p

oe

m,

and

a “

Th

oug

ht

for

the

D

ay”.

Te

ams

con

sist

ing

of a

lead

er/

spe

ake

r, m

usic

ian

an

d tw

o o

r th

ree

sin

ge

rs

are

cur

ren

tly

dra

wn

fro

m 1

1 lo

cal c

hur

che

s. A

fte

r e

ach

se

rvic

e m

em

be

rs o

f th

e

team

sta

y to

ch

at w

ith

re

sid

en

ts a

nd s

om

eti

mes

vis

it a

nd

pra

y w

ith

th

ose

co

nfi

ne

d to

the

ir r

oo

ms.

D

urin

g th

e y

ear

35

pe

op

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ave

be

en

invo

lve

d in

the

car

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om

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ich

in

clud

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7 le

ade

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pe

ake

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pia

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nd 1

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So

me

wh

o

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lead

se

rvic

es a

lso

se

rve

as

sin

ge

rs/b

efr

ien

de

rs o

n o

ther

occ

asio

ns.

So

me

are

com

mit

ted

to o

ne

par

ticu

lar

ho

me

and

en

de

avo

ur to

vis

it o

utsi

de

of t

he

mon

thly

se

rvic

e.

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ld r

ela

tio

nsh

ips

and

pro

vid

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on

tin

uity

wit

h r

esi

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nts

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d s

taff

. T

he

siz

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f th

e te

am fo

r e

ach

se

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e v

arie

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om 3

to 6

, an

d th

e n

umb

er

of r

esi

de

nts

ran

ges

fro

m 5

to 1

7.

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me

/ E

xpen

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re

Dur

ing

th

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ear

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Mar

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Cat

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rch

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ge

ner

ous

do

nat

ion

of

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en

able

pur

chas

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f p

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rds

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de

voti

on

al b

oo

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ive

to

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ts

afte

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ach

se

rvic

e.

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art f

rom

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the

car

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no

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giv

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all

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(suc

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also

pro

vid

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occ

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hom

e-m

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cak

e fo

r o

ne

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two

of t

he

ho

me

s an

d m

ince

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rist

mas

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par

t fro

m th

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urch

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ab

ove

-me

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ly o

the

r it

em

of

noti

on

al e

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ndit

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ph

oto

cop

ying

of

hym

ns

she

ets

, wh

ich

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do

ne

at E

mm

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s th

is c

ost

on

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PCT

as p

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f a g

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for

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agem

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der

ship

T

he

car

e h

om

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inis

try

is c

urre

ntl

y le

d b

y P

ete

r R

ich

ard

s, w

ho

mai

nta

ins

a se

t o

f gui

de

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and

co

de

of c

on

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t, p

rep

are

s th

e r

ota

on

a 6

mo

nth

ly b

asis

, lia

ise

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e h

om

e s

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h s

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very

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pe

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car

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me

et t

og

eth

er to

dis

cuss

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sue

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at h

ave

ari

sen

, pla

n

for

futu

re s

erv

ice

s (p

arti

cula

rly

aro

und

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ter,

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vest

an

d C

hri

stm

as)

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pra

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ff in

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act o

n th

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me

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usic

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ng

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mil

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esp

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ally

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ay h

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ve

ry f

ew

vis

ito

rs a

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th

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on

thly

se

rvic

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we

lcom

e o

pp

ort

unit

y fo

r a

frie

nd

ly c

hat

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ieve

men

ts /

cha

lleng

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r th

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year

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ly 2

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th

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ain

tain

ed

wit

h th

e h

elp

of a

fan

tast

ic te

am o

f tal

en

ted

, com

mit

ted

an

d s

erv

ant-

he

arte

d p

eo

ple

. N

o e

ffo

rt h

as b

een

sp

are

d to

mak

e e

ach

se

rvic

e fr

esh

, in

spir

ing

an

d m

em

ora

ble

. E

spe

cial

ly e

nco

urag

ing

was

the

re

que

st fr

om

on

e h

om

e fo

r tw

o

ext

ra v

isit

s to

sin

g c

aro

ls a

nd

the

n E

aste

r h

ymns

alo

ng

the

co

rrid

ors

for

resi

de

nts

un

able

to

le

ave

the

ir r

oo

ms.

D

urin

g t

he

ye

ar t

he

loan

of

a p

ort

able

ke

ybo

ard

h

as r

ed

uce

d th

e ne

ed

for

shar

ing

am

on

gst

the

pia

nis

ts.

Ch

ang

ing

sta

rt ti

me

s in

26

22

| J

US

TIC

E &

PE

AC

E A

CT

ION

GR

OU

P –

MA

RY

BR

AD

LEY

Th

e g

roup

has

co

ntin

ued

to

me

et

mo

nth

ly t

hro

ugh

out

th

e y

ear

wit

h a

sm

all

but

fa

ith

ful a

tte

nd

ance

: 4-8

in n

umb

er.

It h

as b

een

a b

usy

and

frui

tful

ye

ar. W

e s

ee

k to

wo

rk f

or j

usti

ce a

nd

pe

ace

, “t

hin

kin

g g

lob

ally

an

d a

ctin

g

loca

lly”

. W

e m

ee

t al

way

s w

ith

ho

pe

in

our

he

arts

an

d p

ray

that

th

e L

ord

wil

l us

e u

s in

a m

yria

d o

f w

ays

to b

rin

g a

bo

ut

his

Kin

gd

om

of l

ove

, jus

tice

an

d p

eac

e.

Act

ivit

ies

dur

ing

th

is y

ear

hav

e b

een

var

ied

an

d e

nab

led

us

to r

efl

ect

on

our

Ch

rist

ian

re

spo

nsib

ilit

y o

f st

ew

ard

ship

, sh

arin

g a

nd

wor

kin

g,

ho

pin

g a

nd

pra

yin

g.

Our

pro

gra

mm

e

has

incl

ude

d th

e fo

llo

win

g;

2015

Ju

ly:

- Pr

ison

ers

at

Hom

e an

d

Ab

road

Op

en

D

oor

s,

Chr

isti

an

Soli

dar

ity

Wo

rld

wid

e, B

arn

abas

Fun

d, C

omm

unit

y P

roje

cts.

Se

pte

mb

er:

- R

acia

l Jus

tice

and

dis

crim

inat

ion

Mig

ran

ts in

the

UK

an

d in

our

are

a.

Oct

ob

er:

- R

efug

ees,

The

tru

e St

ory,

wit

h J

oh

n Sh

inn

er

– D

evo

n an

d C

orn

wal

l R

efu

ge

e

Sup

po

rt.

Joh

n

bro

ugh

t w

ith

h

im

a re

fug

ee

(a

Ph

arm

acis

t)

fro

m

Afg

han

ista

n, w

ho

had

to fl

ee

for

his

life

wh

en

he

co

nve

rte

d to

Ch

rist

ian

ity.

N

ove

mb

er:

- T

he B

iblic

al b

asis

of s

tew

ard

ship

and

con

cern

for

the

pla

net,

wit

h D

r E

uan

McP

he

e, e

colo

gis

t an

d c

on

serv

atio

nis

t.

De

cem

ber

: -

Follo

w u

p f

rom

Nov

emb

er,

wit

h D

r E

uan

McP

he

e.

Up

dat

e o

n h

is

cycl

e r

ide

to P

aris

for

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l sum

mit

on

cli

mat

e C

han

ge

. 20

16

Jan

uary

: -

Yea

r’s

Rev

iew

– d

iscu

ssio

n o

f re

cen

t an

d c

urre

nt

issu

es a

nd

pla

ns

for

futu

re a

ctio

n.

Feb

ruar

y: -

Foo

d s

usta

inab

ility

at n

atio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal l

evel

. In

our

wor

ld 1

.7

pe

op

le a

re h

ung

ry w

hil

e1.

5 in

7 i

s o

verw

eig

ht

or

obe

se.

Rea

sons

fo

r w

orl

d

hun

ge

r ar

e m

any

and

fo

od

sus

tain

abil

ity

is a

jus

tice

iss

ue,

incl

udin

g c

lim

ate

ch

ang

e, w

asta

ge

of c

rop

s, o

ver

fish

ing

, ag

ricu

ltur

e r

eli

ance

on

se

ed

, pes

tici

de

s,

me

at c

on

sum

pti

on

etc

., w

ar o

n w

aste

. M

arch

: - C

eleb

ratio

n of

Fai

rtra

de

Fort

nig

ht –

Fai

rtra

de

Big

Bre

akfa

st

Ap

ril:

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he T

hird

Mill

eniu

m –

Em

erg

ing

tre

nd

s an

d c

han

ge

s in

our

wo

rld

tod

ay

and

imp

act o

n th

ese

of M

edic

al M

issi

onar

ies

in th

e w

orl

d to

day

. M

ay:

- W

eek

of P

raye

r fo

r ou

r C

ount

ry –

Pra

yer

tim

e a

t St

Bud

ock

ch

urch

. T

wo

h

our

s o

f pra

yer

for

our

co

untr

y, ju

stic

e a

nd

pe

ace

. O

ther

Act

ivit

ies

hav

e in

clud

ed

;

Att

en

dan

ce a

t stu

dy

day

s

Sig

nin

g p

eti

tio

ns

T

akin

g p

art i

n p

ubli

c d

em

on

stra

tio

ns

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25

3. R

eac

hin

g p

eo

ple

wh

o w

oul

d n

eve

r d

ark

en

th

e d

oo

rs o

f a

chur

ch w

ith

our

g

osp

el o

f ho

pe

and

se

ein

g th

em

ble

sse

d b

y w

hat

yo

u ha

ve s

aid

or

pra

yed

w

ith

the

m. T

he

re a

re m

any

bro

ke

n a

nd g

rie

vin

g p

eo

ple

out

the

re!

4. B

ein

g p

ut o

n th

e s

po

t by

a d

iffi

cult

que

stio

n o

r tw

o, t

his

re

ally

de

ep

en

s yo

ur

fait

h.

5. K

no

win

g t

he

Ho

ly S

pir

it’s

pro

mp

tin

g a

s H

e i

s ri

gh

t th

ere

wit

h y

ou.

We

go

to e

ach

ho

use

as

stra

ng

ers

but

try

to le

ave

the

pe

rso

n a

s fr

ien

ds.

Fo

llo

win

g is

an

ana

lysi

s o

f th

e r

esul

ts:

We

re

ach

ed

: 1.

Ho

me

s vi

site

d

= 6

,797

. 2.

Pe

op

le a

t ho

me

=

3,0

03.

3. P

ack

s g

ive

n

= 1

,805

. 4.

Sur

veys

do

ne

= 1

,391

. T

he

re w

ere

five

que

stio

ns

to th

e s

urve

y w

e u

sed

. 1.

Wh

at d

o y

ou

be

liev

e a

bo

ut G

od

?

31%

sai

d a

forc

e.

25

% s

aid

pe

rso

nal

. 2.

Wh

at d

o y

ou

be

liev

e h

app

en

s at

the

en

d o

f our

live

s?

26

% s

aid

we

die

an

d th

at’s

it.

15

% s

aid

we

all

go

to h

eav

en

.

51%

we

re n

ot s

ure.

3.

Wh

at d

o y

ou

be

liev

e a

bo

ut Je

sus

Ch

rist

?

27%

sai

d h

e w

as a

n o

rdin

ary

man

.

20%

sai

d h

e w

as a

pro

ph

et.

20%

sai

d h

e w

as th

e o

nly

So

n o

f Go

d.

29

% w

ere

no

t sur

e.

4. I

f yo

u co

uld

ask

Go

d o

ne

que

stio

n w

hat

wo

uld

it b

e?

69

% s

aid

wh

y is

the

re s

o m

uch

suf

feri

ng

in th

e w

orl

d?

5.

If y

ou

coul

d k

no

w G

od

pe

rso

nal

ly, w

oul

d y

ou

be

inte

rest

ed

?

7% s

aid

no

.

22%

sai

d th

ey

we

re n

ot s

ure

.

54%

sai

d y

es

the

y w

oul

d b

e i

nte

rest

ed

. M

ind

yo

u n

ot

all

acce

pte

d

that

Je

sus

is t

he

onl

y w

ay. S

adly

man

y th

oug

ht

they

co

uld

kn

ow

/fin

d

Go

d w

ith

out

His

hel

p…

A

ll in

all

, it’

s b

ee

n a

n a

maz

ing

tim

e a

nd

op

po

rtun

ity

and

I w

oul

d li

ke

to th

ank

all

th

ose

wh

o h

ave

pra

yed

fo

r us

as

we

ll a

s al

l w

ho

cam

e o

ut o

n t

he

do

ors

; al

so I

w

ant

to s

ay a

re

al B

IG t

ha

nk

you

to

Fa

lmou

th N

ew L

ife

Ch

urc

h f

or a

ll t

hei

r en

cou

rag

ing

hos

pit

ali

ty.

It’s

no

w o

ver

to th

e Lo

rd a

s H

e is

wat

chin

g o

ver

His

Wor

d to

pe

rfo

rm it

.

16

two

of

the

ho

me

s h

as b

ee

n h

elp

ful

to s

taff

an

d e

nco

urag

ed

mo

re r

esi

den

ts t

o at

ten

d th

e s

erv

ice

s.

Ch

alle

ng

es

hav

e in

clud

ed

th

e r

ece

nt i

lln

ess

es

of t

wo

key

me

mb

ers

of t

he

te

am

and

the

mo

vin

g a

way

of a

fait

hfu

l sup

po

rte

r o

f th

e m

inis

try.

Fu

ture

Pla

ns

Dur

ing

th

e c

om

ing

ye

ar w

e c

an a

nti

cip

ate

the

de

par

ture

fro

m F

alm

out

h o

f tw

o

team

me

mb

ers,

so

the

re w

ill

be

a n

ee

d t

o r

ecr

uit

new

an

d p

ossi

bly

you

ng

er

pe

op

le a

nd

ho

pe

full

y d

raw

on

a w

ide

r sp

ect

rum

of

chur

ches

. W

e s

hal

l al

so

con

tin

ue to

en

cour

age

team

me

mb

ers

to v

isit

ho

me

s b

etw

ee

n m

on

thly

se

rvic

es

and

ke

ep

in

to

uch

wit

h r

esi

de

nts

wh

en

th

ey

are

in

ho

spit

al.

Wit

hin

th

e n

ext

tw

elv

e m

on

ths

it s

ee

ms

lik

ely

the

re w

ill b

e a

re

que

st fo

r th

e s

erv

ice

s at

De

nye

r C

our

t sh

elt

ere

d f

lats

to

be

bro

ugh

t w

ith

in t

he

orb

it o

f th

e F

PC

T ca

re h

om

e m

inis

try.

Th

is w

ill f

urth

er

und

erli

ne

the

ne

ed

for

stre

ngth

en

ing

the

team

.

12

| K

IDZ

KL

UB

S –

ALA

N &

SU

E O

FF

OR

D

Our

fir

st K

idz

Klu

b s

tart

ed

at

Falm

out

h P

rim

ary

sch

oo

l in

Jan

200

4. I

t’s

lik

e a

ho

lid

ay c

lub

but

w

ee

kly

, af

ter

sch

ool,

wit

h a

ctio

n s

ong

s, f

ilm

cli

ps,

d

ram

a,

gam

es,

co

mp

eti

tio

ns

etc

.,

all

pre

sen

ted

fr

om

a C

hri

stia

n p

oin

t of v

iew

. We

als

o h

ave

on

e in

St

Fra

ncis

sch

oo

l an

d f

or

Kin

g C

har

les

sch

oo

l. W

e

star

ted

wit

h a

bo

ut 2

0 vo

lun

tee

rs f

or

the

on

e K

idz

Klu

b i

n 2

004,

but

are

no

w d

ow

n t

o 9

vo

lun

tee

rs f

or t

he

3 K

lub

s an

d s

eve

ral

of

the

se a

re n

ot a

vail

able

in th

e n

ew

sch

oo

l ye

ar.

Th

e K

idz

Klu

bs

are

he

ade

d u

p b

y A

lan

Off

ord

wit

h L

ynd

a M

cke

wan

do

ing

th

e

adm

in a

nd

re

sour

ce g

ath

eri

ng

for

2 cl

ubs

and

Mo

Mis

selb

roo

k fo

r th

e o

the

r cl

ub.

Lyn

da

is n

ow

our

on

ly p

aid

wo

rke

r, a

lth

oug

h w

e h

ave

be

en

ab

le t

o g

ive

th

e

occ

asio

nal

gif

t to

so

me

of o

ur u

np

aid

he

lpe

rs.

It is

dif

ficu

lt to

me

asur

e o

ur im

pac

t in

the

co

mm

unit

y as

Kid

z K

lub

s ar

e v

ery

muc

h a

see

d s

ow

ing

min

istr

y, t

hat

we

ho

pe

wil

l b

ear

fru

it i

n t

he

ye

ars

to c

om

e.

Our

‘o

ld’ b

oys

an

d g

irls

alw

ays

see

m p

leas

ed

to s

ee

us

and

are

ge

ne

rall

y ve

ry h

app

y to

tal

k f

aith

wit

h A

lan

an

d o

the

rs i

n s

en

ior

sch

oo

l o

r w

hen

th

ey

see

him

aro

und

th

e t

ow

n.

Mo

st o

f o

ur c

hil

dre

n h

ave

litt

le o

r n

o c

onn

ect

ion

wit

h c

hur

ch.

In f

act,

o

nly

las

t w

ee

k,

one

par

en

t sh

are

d w

ith

Ala

n t

hat

th

is i

s th

e f

irst

Chr

isti

an e

ven

t th

eir

dau

gh

ter

had

eve

r b

ee

n i

nvo

lve

d i

n.

Sara

h G

ray,

wh

o i

s h

elp

ing

to

run

a

Yo

uth

Alp

ha

cour

se a

t Fal

mo

uth

Sch

oo

l, c

om

me

nte

d th

at m

any

of t

he

tee

nag

ers

w

ho

co

me

had

pre

vio

usly

att

en

de

d K

idz

Klu

b, w

he

re s

eed

s w

ere

so

wn

that

hav

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had

an

imp

act m

any

year

s la

ter.

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Ach

ieve

me

nts

in

th

is y

ear

hav

e b

een

th

e s

har

ing

of

life

an

d f

aith

wit

h a

bo

ut 6

0 ch

ild

ren

eac

h w

eek

an

d,

ge

ne

rall

y, g

oo

d r

ela

tio

nsh

ips

wit

h t

he

re

st o

f th

eir

fa

mil

ies.

C

hal

len

ge

s th

is y

ear

- la

ck o

f fun

din

g a

nd

vo

lun

tee

rs!

We

are

ask

ing

God

for

his

pla

ns

for

the

ne

w s

cho

ol y

ear

as

it lo

ok

s as

tho

ugh

we

ca

nn

ot

con

tin

ue w

ith

out

mo

re i

np

ut o

f vo

lun

tee

rs a

nd

fun

ds.

May

be

oth

er

init

iati

ves

are

go

ing

to

ris

e u

p a

nd

tak

e o

n w

he

re K

idz

Klu

b h

as l

eft

off

? M

ayb

e th

ere

are

unk

no

wn

vo

lun

tee

rs o

ut t

he

re w

ith

a h

ear

t an

d g

ifti

ng

fo

r ch

ild

ren

’s

wo

rk?

Ho

w w

ill t

he

y h

ear

un

less

so

me

one

tell

s th

em

? R

om

ans

10:1

4.

13

| S

CH

OO

LS

CH

AP

LA

INC

Y –

MIC

HA

EL

GR

IFF

ITH

S

I w

as a

pp

oin

ted

a g

ove

rno

r o

f Fa

lmo

uth

Sch

oo

l in

Jan

uary

20

15.

Th

e s

en

ior

lead

ers

hip

te

am w

as d

isap

po

inte

d w

ith

th

e ch

apla

incy

, wh

ich

ap

pe

are

d to

the

m to

lack

imp

act.

I

me

t w

ith

Re

vd.

Ch

arle

s B

lizz

ard

(w

ho

I u

nd

ers

tood

to

be

h

ead

ing

up

FP

CT

’s s

cho

ols

ch

apla

incy

wo

rk):

it s

ee

ms

that

it

was

dif

ficu

lt to

pro

vid

e v

olu

nte

ers

to c

om

mit

to th

e w

ork

. I t

he

n m

et w

ith

Ale

x Y

arle

tt w

ho

is a

qua

lifi

ed

yo

uth

wo

rke

r b

ased

wit

h F

alm

out

h Li

gh

t &

Lif

e C

hurc

h.

He

was

en

thus

iast

ic a

bo

ut t

he

pro

spe

ct o

f p

ulli

ng

to

ge

the

r a

team

of

yout

h l

ead

ers

wit

h a

visi

on

for

sch

oo

ls w

ork

. T

he

Sch

oo

l w

as k

een

to

ap

po

int h

im to

he

ad u

p a

re

vita

lise

d c

hap

lain

cy.

Co

nse

que

ntl

y, i

n D

ece

mb

er 2

015

the

sch

oo

l w

rote

fo

rmal

ly t

o R

evd

. C

harl

es

Bli

zzar

d t

o t

erm

inat

e t

he

ap

po

intm

en

t o

f FP

CT

to

th

e c

hap

lain

cy a

t Fa

lmo

uth

Sc

ho

ol.

Th

e a

pp

oin

tme

nt o

f Ale

x Y

arle

tt a

nd

his

team

sta

rte

d in

the

sp

rin

g te

rm

of

2016

. B

y th

e e

nd

of

that

te

rm,

the

te

am h

ad l

ed

a n

um

be

r o

f as

sem

bli

es,

and

an

ave

rag

e o

f m

ore

th

an 5

0 st

ude

nts

we

re a

tte

nd

ing

a w

ee

kly

dro

p-i

n.

Th

at

num

ber

has

in

crea

sed

an

d t

he

Sch

oo

l is

pro

vid

ing

ad

dit

ion

al f

acil

itie

s fo

r th

e

incr

eas

ing

num

ber

s. D

urin

g t

he

sum

me

r te

rm,

the

ch

apla

incy

sta

rte

d a

Yo

uth

Alp

ha

cour

se, w

ith

mo

re th

an 3

0 st

ude

nts

att

en

din

g. T

he

Sch

oo

l is

de

lig

hte

d w

ith

th

e n

ew

inp

ut a

nd

is k

ee

n to

sup

po

rt in

cre

asin

g a

ctiv

itie

s.

At

the

en

d o

f 20

16,

the

re w

ill

be

a r

evi

ew

of

the

fir

st 1

2 m

on

ths

to s

ee

wh

at

add

itio

nal

re

sour

ces

may

be

re

qui

red

to c

on

tin

ue to

sup

po

rt a

nd

en

cour

age

this

im

po

rtan

t an

d e

xcit

ing

wo

rk.

Th

e S

cho

ol

has

pro

vid

ed

so

me

re

sour

ces

and

o

the

rwis

e t

he

wor

k i

s fu

nd

ed

by

Falm

out

h L

igh

t &

Lif

e C

hur

ch.

It i

s p

rop

ose

d

that

th

e F

alm

out

h S

cho

ol

chap

lain

cy w

ill

ext

en

d t

o i

ts t

wo

fe

ed

er

pri

mar

y sc

ho

ols

, K

ing

Ch

arle

s th

e M

arty

r an

d S

t Fr

anci

s. T

he h

ead

teac

he

r o

f th

ose

sc

ho

ols

has

ind

icat

ed

full

sup

po

rt.

I w

ish

par

ticu

larl

y to

no

te t

hat

Sara

h G

ray

has

be

en

a c

on

sist

en

t an

d f

aith

ful

me

mb

er

of

the

cha

pla

incy

te

am t

hro

ugh

out

th

e p

eri

od

up

to

th

e t

erm

inat

ion

of

24

We

mus

t m

en

tio

n o

ur b

roth

er i

n C

hri

st P

hil

Mis

selb

rook

wh

o w

as a

sta

lwar

t in

o

ur s

tory

tell

ing

. He

is s

ore

ly m

isse

d.

21

| D

OO

R-T

O-D

OO

R V

ISIT

ING

– P

HIL

MIS

SE

LBR

OO

K

The

lat

e Ph

il M

isse

lbro

ok w

rote

thi

s re

por

t in

Dec

emb

er 2

015

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e p

roje

ct t

o vi

sit e

very

hou

se in

Fal

mou

th. I

t sta

nds

as a

tri

but

e to

the

hug

e d

ebt

we

owe

to P

hil,

and

the

hug

e ch

alle

nge

he h

as le

ft u

s to

car

ry o

n th

e w

ork.

Aft

er

just

ove

r fo

ur y

ear

s I

hav

e g

reat

ple

asur

e t

o i

nfo

rm y

ou t

hat

th

e F

PC

T vi

sita

tio

n t

eam

has

no

w r

eac

hed

eve

ry h

om

e i

n th

e t

own

of

Falm

outh

wit

h o

ur

Ch

urch

Ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d P

acks

(al

tho

ugh

th

ere

may

hav

e b

ee

n o

ne o

r tw

o

exc

ep

tio

ns o

f ho

me

s th

at w

e h

ave

mis

sed

).

Eve

r si

nce

bec

om

ing

a C

hri

stia

n (

ove

r th

irty

yea

rs a

go

no

w)

I hav

e lo

ok

ed

at m

y h

om

e to

wn

thin

kin

g a

bo

ut h

ow

we

can

re

ach

eve

ryo

ne

wit

h th

e G

osp

el?

I fi

nd

it

har

d a

t ti

me

s to

sit

en

joyi

ng

th

e w

on

de

rful

lo

ve o

f G

od

in

ch

urch

wh

ile

mo

st o

f th

ose

aro

und

do

no

t un

de

rsta

nd

th

e m

ess

age

of

ho

pe

, fo

rgiv

en

ess

an

d a

fre

sh

star

t fo

und

in Je

sus.

Th

e o

nly

so

luti

on

I ca

me

up w

ith

is to

go

wh

ere

eve

ry p

ers

on

live

s an

d te

ll th

em

, th

us th

e d

oo

r to

do

or

visi

tati

on

min

istr

y.

For

som

e C

hris

tian

s th

e d

oo

r to

doo

r m

inis

try

has

a s

tig

ma

atta

che

d t

o i

t, I

b

eli

eve

this

is b

eca

use

of d

oo

r sa

lesm

en

an

d th

e c

ults

bo

the

rin

g p

eo

ple

etc

. But

th

is k

ind

of o

utre

ach

is a

nd

can

be

ve

ry r

ew

ard

ing

as

the

ove

rwh

elm

ing

maj

ori

ty

of p

eo

ple

are

mo

st p

oli

te a

s th

ey

answ

er

the

do

or

and

wh

en

the

y re

alis

e w

e a

re

just

fro

m th

e lo

cal c

hur

ches

. T

he

low

s o

f th

is k

ind

of m

inis

try

are

: 1.

Th

e w

eat

he

r h

as n

ot

alw

ays

kin

d t

o u

s. P

eo

ple

do

no

t li

ke

to

sta

nd

at

the

d

oo

r in

th

e w

ind

an

d r

ain

, al

so w

e g

et

we

t an

d o

ur l

ite

ratu

re b

eco

me

cr

ump

led

an

d d

amp

. 2.

Th

e r

esp

on

se o

f som

e o

f th

ose

we

hav

e s

po

ke

n w

ith

on

the

do

ors

(n

ot t

hat

th

ey

hav

e b

ee

n n

asty

or

rud

e),

just

that

the

re is

an

ove

rwh

elm

ing

sad

ne

ss

abo

ut t

he

m n

ot

und

ers

tan

din

g o

r w

ish

ing

to

kn

ow

ab

out

th

e L

ord

an

d H

is

off

er

of f

org

ive

ne

ss a

nd

ete

rnal

life

. 3.

We

hav

e n

ot s

ee

n m

any

pe

op

le s

ee

kin

g o

r co

min

g to

ch

urch

thro

ugh

this

m

inis

try

eve

n t

ho

ugh

as

tim

e a

nd

tim

e a

gai

n w

e h

ave

fe

lt t

hat

Go

d r

eal

ly

spo

ke

into

the

ir li

ves.

But

we

hav

e to

ld th

em

so

it’s

no

w o

ut o

f our

han

ds.

T

he

hig

hs

of t

his

kin

d o

f min

istr

y ar

e:

1. F

or

me

on

e o

f th

e j

oys

has

be

en

pe

op

le’s

re

spo

nse

wh

en

man

y as

k t

he

q

uest

ion

, “W

hat

ch

urch

are

yo

u fr

om”?

To

wh

ich

we

re

ply

, “A

ll o

f th

em

”.

Th

is h

as a

re

al im

pac

t on

the

m.

2. T

he

jo

y o

f min

iste

rin

g t

o p

eo

ple

on

the

ir d

oo

rste

ps

is a

maz

ing

as

you

see

th

e L

ord

op

en

ing

the

ir m

ind

s to

the

re

alit

y o

f Him

.

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23

Eac

h 2

-ho

ur s

ess

ion

incl

ude

s th

e s

ame

bas

ic e

lem

en

ts a

lth

oug

h n

ot a

lway

s in

the

sa

me

ord

er.

On

arr

ival

all

att

en

de

es

sig

n i

n a

nd

are

giv

en

a n

ame

bad

ge

, th

en

o

ffe

red

a d

rin

k a

nd b

iscu

it w

hil

e w

e g

ath

er.

Ne

xt w

e h

old

the

ce

leb

rati

on

wh

ich

w

ill i

ncl

ude

so

ng

s, a

Bib

le-b

ase

d s

tory

, p

raye

r an

d m

ore

so

ng

s. T

he

‘Op

en t

he

Bo

ok

’ te

am h

as e

nac

ted

th

e r

ele

van

t B

ible

sto

ry s

eve

ral

tim

es

for

us.

Th

e

acti

viti

es

wh

ich

foll

ow

incl

ude

cra

fts,

gam

es

and

co

nst

ruct

ion

pro

ject

s; d

iffe

ren

t e

ach

mo

nth

to

re

late

to

th

e B

ible

sto

ry, a

nd

de

sig

ne

d t

o su

it t

he

wid

e v

arie

ty o

f ag

es

and

inte

rest

s o

f th

e fa

mil

y m

em

be

rs (

no

t jus

t th

e c

hil

dre

n.)

T

he

fin

al p

art o

f th

e s

ess

ion

is th

e m

eal

wh

ere

eve

ryo

ne

sit

s d

ow

n to

eat

an

d ta

lk

tog

eth

er.

Th

is i

s us

uall

y co

ld f

oo

d a

s w

e d

o n

ot

hav

e t

he

use

of

the

sch

oo

l k

itch

en

, b

ut w

ith

so

man

y sk

ille

d c

ook

s/b

ake

rs i

n t

he

co

ng

reg

atio

n w

e h

ave

m

anag

ed

a w

ide

var

iety

of

de

lici

ous

lig

ht

me

als.

We

hav

e ‘

Tab

le T

alk

’ ca

rds

rela

tin

g to

the

day

’s s

tory

on

eac

h ta

ble

to e

nco

urag

e d

iscu

ssio

n.

Tin

a h

and

ed

ove

r le

ade

rsh

ip o

f M

C i

n F

alm

out

h,

and

it

is n

ow

run

by

a C

ore

te

am w

ho

pla

n e

ach

ses

sio

n a

nd

gat

her

tog

eth

er

the

he

lpe

rs, m

ater

ials

and

foo

d

ne

ed

ed

on

the

day

. Th

e C

ore

team

is c

urre

ntl

y G

eo

ffre

y B

en

ne

tt, M

arcu

s Jo

ne

s,

Ala

n O

ffo

rd,

Jan

Win

slad

e a

nd

Mar

y W

rig

ht.

Mic

hae

l W

rig

ht

was

a m

em

be

r o

f th

e t

eam

fo

r a

whi

le a

nd

we

wo

uld

lik

e t

o t

han

k T

ina

and

Mic

hae

l fo

r th

eir

e

no

rmo

us c

on

trib

utio

ns

to M

C i

n F

alm

out

h.

We

co

uld

no

t m

ake

MC

hap

pe

n w

ith

out

our

loy

al b

and

of

he

lpe

rs,

and

we

wo

uld

be

de

lig

hte

d t

o w

elc

om

e n

ew

m

em

be

rs to

our

team

.

20

| O

PE

N T

HE

BO

OK

– A

LAN

BE

LL

A s

mal

l te

am o

f 10

sig

ne

d u

p t

o j

oin

th

e

Op

en

th

e B

oo

k (

OtB

) tr

ain

ing

an

d t

he

n

reg

iste

red

w

ith

OtB

an

d

had

th

e

ne

cess

ary

DB

S ch

eck

s co

mp

lete

d.

Un

fort

unat

ely

, th

is

num

be

r q

uick

ly

dro

pp

ed

to 8

be

fore

we

we

re a

ble

to g

ive

o

ur f

irst

pe

rfor

man

ces

of

the

Ch

rist

mas

St

ory

at

St F

ran

cis

and

Kin

g C

har

les

sch

oo

ls in

De

cem

be

r 20

15. T

his

was

re

ally

w

ell

re

ceiv

ed

by

the

ch

ild

ren

an

d 2

016

dat

es

we

re a

gre

ed

wit

h th

e s

cho

ols.

B

efo

re E

aste

r 20

16 w

e w

ere

ab

le to

pe

rfo

rm th

e E

aste

r st

ory

at b

oth

sch

ools

an

d

this

was

foll

ow

ed

by

the

sto

rie

s o

f th

e G

ard

en

of E

de

n a

nd N

oah

at K

ing

Cha

rle

s (a

nd

this

wil

l be

rep

eat

ed

at S

t Fra

nci

s in

late

Jun

e).

A

lth

oug

h w

e h

ave

mad

e a

slo

w s

tart

, due

to fi

ttin

g in

wit

h o

the

r sc

ho

ol a

ctiv

itie

s,

our

sto

rie

s h

ave

bee

n r

eal

ly w

ell

re

ceiv

ed

by

the

teac

hin

g s

taff

an

d th

e c

hil

dre

n.

We

are

loo

kin

g fo

rwar

d to

put

tin

g to

ge

the

r a

ne

w p

rog

ram

me

of s

tori

es

star

tin

g

in th

e A

utum

n te

rm a

nd

be

ab

le to

invo

lve

our

3 n

ew

re

crui

ts w

ho

hav

e a

ske

d to

jo

in u

s.

18

FPC

T’s

ap

po

intm

en

t an

d s

he

has

join

ed

the

ne

w te

am w

ith

the

sam

e e

nth

usi

asm

an

d c

om

mit

me

nt.

Par

ticu

lar

than

ks a

re d

ue to

he

r.

14

| U

NIV

ER

SIT

Y C

HA

PL

AIN

CY

– B

EC

KY

BA

RB

ER

Wha

t the

Cha

pla

incy

Doe

s O

ur c

hap

lain

cy te

am p

rovi

de

s p

asto

ral a

nd

sp

irit

ual c

are

for

stud

en

ts

and

st

aff

of

all

fait

hs

and

n

on

e.

We

h

ave

re

spo

nsib

ilit

y fo

r th

e p

rovi

sio

n o

f p

eop

le's

re

lig

ious

nee

ds

and

w

e

are

k

ee

n to

e

ng

age

in

in

terf

aith

d

ialo

gue

an

d

con

vers

atio

n a

bo

ut f

aith

. W

e l

ike

to

ge

t in

volv

ed

in

de

bat

e ab

out

val

ues

and

th

e p

lace

of

fait

h i

n h

igh

er

ed

ucat

ion

an

d

we

hav

e a

pas

sio

n f

or

soci

al j

usti

ce.

We

are

in

volv

ed

in

co

mm

unit

y b

uild

ing

an

d p

rovi

de

le

ade

rsh

ip,

advi

ce a

nd

g

uid

ance

. So

urce

s of

Fun

din

g a

nd M

anag

emen

t/Le

ader

ship

T

he

Ch

apla

incy

’s s

taff

ing

co

sts

are

fun

de

d b

y a

par

tne

rsh

ip

of

the

U

niv

ers

ity

of

Exe

ter,

Fa

lmo

uth

U

niv

ers

ity,

T

ruro

D

ioce

se a

nd

th

e C

orn

wal

l M

eth

od

ist

Dis

tric

t. A

sp

end

able

b

udg

et

is a

llo

cate

d b

y FX

Plu

s (s

erv

ice

de

live

ry p

artn

er

of

bo

th u

niv

ers

itie

s) w

ho

als

o p

rovi

de

ch

apla

incy

fac

ilit

ies

on

bo

th P

en

ryn

an

d

Falm

out

h c

amp

uses

. T

he

Mul

tifa

ith

Ch

apla

incy

has

a p

art-

tim

e a

dm

inis

trat

or

and

on

e f

ull-

tim

e C

o-

ord

inat

ing

C

hap

lain

w

ho

m

anag

es

a te

am

of

frie

nd

ly

volu

nte

ers

w

ho

are

am

bas

sad

ors

for

vari

ous

chu

rch

es a

nd

fai

th c

om

mun

itie

s. T

he

vo

lun

tee

rs a

re

recr

uite

d b

y th

e C

o-O

rdin

atin

g C

hap

lain

an

d a

pp

rove

d b

y th

e C

hap

lain

cy

Ad

viso

ry G

roup

. In

tere

st fr

om

vo

lun

tee

rs is

alw

ays

we

lco

me

. Im

pac

t on

the

Com

mun

ity

Th

e

chap

lain

cy

wo

rks

pri

mar

ily

wit

h

the

st

ude

nts

(c

urre

ntl

y 67

50)

of

the

U

niv

ers

ity

of E

xete

r in

Pe

nry

n, F

alm

outh

Un

ive

rsit

y an

d th

e s

taff

(cu

rren

tly

1594

) o

f bo

th u

niv

ers

itie

s, F

X P

lus

and

our

stu

de

nt u

nio

n F

XU

. A

chie

vem

ents

and

Cha

lleng

es (

July

15-

June

16)

T

his

ye

ar w

e h

ave

re

ally

en

joye

d a

new

ho

me

on

the

Pe

nryn

Cam

pus

, a b

eau

tifu

l o

ld c

ott

age

wh

ich

we

hav

e fo

und

stu

de

nts

an

d s

taff

re

ally

love

, fin

din

g it

to b

e a

re

al s

anct

uary

to

esc

ape

to

am

idst

the

bus

y-n

ess

of

wor

k a

nd

stu

dy.

We

hav

e

be

en

ab

le t

o r

e-s

tart

our

sta

ff b

reak

fast

s an

d w

e a

lso

hav

e a

mo

nth

ly C

hri

stia

n st

aff

gat

he

rin

g o

ver

lun

ch.

We

hav

e al

so b

ee

n w

ork

ing

har

d o

n p

oli

cie

s an

d

pro

ced

ure

s th

at e

mb

ed

the

cha

pla

incy

in th

e u

niv

ersi

ty c

om

mun

ity

and

hel

p u

s to

wo

rk s

afe

ly a

nd

in p

artn

ers

hip

wit

h St

ude

nt S

erv

ice

s.

Fro

m t

he

sta

ined

g

lass

win

dow

in

T

rem

oug

h H

ouse

a

t th

e h

eart

of

the

Pen

ryn

Ca

mp

us

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Futu

re p

lans

N

ext

ye

ar w

e lo

ok

forw

ard

to w

elc

om

ing

a n

ew

ch

apla

in o

nto

the

team

, Pe

te K

ing

fr

om

H

arb

our

C

hurc

h

wh

o

is

par

ticu

larl

y p

assi

on

ate

ab

out

w

ork

ing

w

ith

in

tern

atio

nal

an

d p

ost

gra

dua

te s

tud

en

ts.

We

are

als

o e

xcit

ed

ab

out

wo

rkin

g

eve

r m

ore

clo

sely

wit

h t

he

Ch

rist

ian

Un

ion

on

a n

ew

id

ea

for

he

lpin

g s

tud

en

ts

fin

d a

ch

urch

to c

all h

om

e a

nd

in d

ue c

our

se, o

ur u

niv

ersi

ty c

aro

l se

rvic

e!

15

| B

:BE

AU

TIF

UL

– S

AR

AH

GR

AY

& D

IAN

E E

DW

AR

DS

B:B

eau

tifu

l cam

e o

ut o

f th

e fa

nta

stic

gat

he

rin

g o

f lad

ies

on

the

Lo

go

s sh

ip in

200

7 w

he

re t

he

y ex

pe

cte

d 5

0 w

om

en

an

d 2

00 t

urn

ed

up

an

d s

eve

ral

we

re t

urn

ed

aw

ay.

A g

roup

of

lad

ies

go

t to

ge

ther

an

d m

ade

an

an

noun

cem

en

t ‘i

f yo

u w

ant

this

to

hap

pe

n a

gai

n p

leas

e l

eav

e a

co

nta

ct o

n t

he

pap

ers

on

th

e t

able

s.’

We

cr

eat

ed

a te

am th

at c

on

sist

ed

of s

om

e w

om

en

of C

hri

stia

n in

flue

nce

in C

hur

che

s T

og

eth

er

and

B:B

was

bor

n.

Ch

urch

es

To

ge

the

r in

vest

ed

m

on

ey

into

th

e

lad

ies’

eve

nts

as

w

e

pio

ne

ere

d

our

w

ay

forw

ard

. S

ince

th

en

we

hav

e

self

-fun

de

d

thro

ugh

ti

cke

t sa

les.

We

h

ave

us

ed

lo

cal

ho

tels

an

d b

usin

esse

s b

ecau

se

we

wan

ted

th

e c

omm

unit

y to

kn

ow

ab

out

us

and

we

fo

und

our

no

n-C

hri

stia

n

frie

nd

s w

oul

d c

om

e to

a h

ote

l be

tte

r th

an c

hur

ch.

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wan

t to

than

k a

ll th

e te

am la

die

s, p

ast a

nd

pre

sen

t fo

r al

l th

e h

ard

wo

rk a

nd

su

pp

ort

in h

avin

g fa

ith

, pra

yin

g a

nd

be

lie

vin

g in

a G

od

wh

o p

rovi

de

s e

very

thin

g

we

ne

ed

. B

IG T

HA

NK

S! A

s w

e n

eed

to

ho

no

ur t

he

pe

op

le w

ho

hav

e l

aid

a

foun

dat

ion

for

this

to k

ee

p g

oin

g s

tron

g a

nd

mak

ing

it a

suc

cess

.

Th

e te

am a

t pre

sen

t co

nsi

sts

of J

o C

roo

k, D

ian

e E

dw

ard

s, R

ach

el K

ay a

nd

Sar

ah

Gra

y.

Als

o w

e h

ave

a f

ew

B:B

an

ge

l h

elp

ers

an

d w

e a

re c

urre

ntl

y lo

ok

ing

fo

r m

ore

an

ge

ls, w

e h

op

e to

re

crui

t th

ese

eve

ry ti

me

we

hav

e a

n e

ven

t.

B:B

eau

tifu

l’s

nam

e w

as b

orn

out

of a

scr

iptu

re in

Ecc

lesi

asti

cs 3

:11:

“h

e h

as m

ade

e

very

thin

g b

eau

tifu

l in

its

tim

e”.

Th

e d

esi

re w

as th

at e

ach

wo

man

we

en

coun

ter

wil

l kn

ow

that

the

y ar

e s

pec

ial,

un

ique

an

d a

val

ued

mem

be

r o

f Go

d's

Kin

gd

om

, an

d th

ey

in tu

rn w

ould

tak

e th

e m

ess

age

to th

eir

frie

nd

s an

d w

oul

d c

om

e to

hav

e

a re

lati

on

ship

wit

h G

od

. W

e h

old

thre

e e

ven

ts a

ye

ar o

n a

Sat

urd

ay m

orn

ing

an

d c

an a

cco

mm

od

ate

up

to

100

lad

ies

and

we

pla

n in

the

futu

re fo

r m

ore

.

We

are

ve

ry g

rate

ful t

o a

ll th

e lo

cal h

ote

ls th

at h

ave

hos

ted

us

and

loo

k fo

rwar

d

to th

eir

co

nti

nue

d s

upp

ort

.

22

op

era

te

it.

On

go

ing

e

xpe

nse

s in

clud

e

pay

ing

fo

r co

ffe

e

and

m

uffi

ns

and

sp

eak

ers

’ exp

en

ses,

wh

ich

co

uld

incl

ude

tran

spor

t an

d a

sm

all g

ift.

As

we

hav

e

had

sp

eak

ers

fro

m s

om

e c

on

sid

erab

le d

ista

nce

, o

ur f

und

s w

oul

d b

e s

eve

rely

d

ep

lete

d b

y n

ow

, h

ow

eve

r w

e h

ave

be

en

bo

lste

red

by

som

e v

ery

ge

ne

rous

d

on

atio

ns

wh

ich

me

ans

that

we

sti

ll h

ave

hal

f our

ori

gin

al fu

nd

s.

Th

e o

rgan

isat

ion

of

the

Fal

mo

uth

Fil

lin

g S

tati

on

is

sim

ple

, ju

st t

wo

pe

op

le,

on

e

to o

rgan

ise

sp

eak

ers

an

d o

ne

to

org

anis

e w

ors

hip

mus

ic.

Ho

we

ver

wit

h t

he

pas

sag

e o

f tim

e, t

his

situ

atio

n w

ill c

han

ge

, th

ese

two

role

s w

ill s

pli

t in

to s

eve

ral

par

ts.

Th

ere

are

pe

op

le w

ho

fulf

il im

po

rtan

t ro

les

at th

e v

en

ue, t

he

se in

clud

e th

ose

wh

o

gre

et p

eo

ple

an

d th

ose

wh

o a

re p

raye

r m

inis

ters

. We

hav

e a

pra

yer

me

eti

ng

the

w

ee

k b

efo

re e

very

Fil

lin

g S

tati

on

wh

ere

the

se fu

ture

ro

les

can

be

dis

cuss

ed.

Th

e F

illi

ng

Sta

tio

n h

as p

rove

d v

ery

suc

cess

ful

ecu

men

ical

ly,

we

hav

e a

ttra

cte

d

Ch

rist

ians

of a

ll p

ersu

asio

ns. W

e p

ray

that

the

y ar

e s

o fu

ll o

f th

e H

oly

Sp

irit

that

th

ey

are

mo

re c

on

fid

en

t in

the

ir fa

ith

to b

e a

ble

to s

pre

ad th

e w

ord

. Fo

r th

e fu

ture

, we

hav

e th

e p

oss

ibil

ity

of s

ett

ing

up

an

oth

er

Fill

ing

Sta

tio

n w

he

n w

e h

ave

fil

led

th

e P

en

mo

rvah

. A p

rop

he

cy f

rom

th

e G

lasg

ow

Pro

ph

eti

c C

en

tre

stat

ed

that

we

sh

oul

d g

row

thro

ugh

a h

eal

ing

min

istr

y, s

o e

xcit

ing

tim

es

ahe

ad.

19

| M

ES

SY

CH

UR

CH

– T

HE

ME

SS

Y C

HU

RC

H T

EA

M

Me

ssy

Chu

rch

(M

C)

was

sta

rte

d in

Fal

mo

uth

by

Tin

a M

ead

at

the

be

gin

nin

g o

f 201

5. H

er

en

thus

iasm

an

d

en

erg

y d

rew

tog

eth

er

a te

am to

bri

ng

he

r p

lans

into

ac

tio

n. D

urin

g 2

015

the

re w

ere

eig

ht e

ven

ts, a

nd

so

far

(May

201

6) t

he

re h

ave

be

en

a f

urth

er

five

, w

ith

tw

o m

ore

pla

nn

ed

be

fore

th

e s

umm

er

bre

ak.

On

e M

C w

as h

eld

on

Cas

tle

Be

ach

an

d t

he r

est

hav

e a

ll

be

en

he

ld in

St F

ran

cis

Sch

oo

l, L

on

gfi

eld

, Fal

mo

uth

. T

he

sch

oo

l has

bee

n m

ost

sup

po

rtiv

e, f

or

wh

ich

we

are

ve

ry a

pp

reci

ativ

e.

MC

is a

Fre

sh E

xpre

ssio

n o

f ch

urch

in it

s o

wn

rig

ht,

wh

ich

be

gan

in 2

004

and

has

n

ow

sp

read

all

ove

r th

e U

K; i

t is

pri

mar

ily

for

pe

op

le w

ho d

o n

ot a

lre

ady

be

lon

g

to a

no

the

r fo

rm o

f ch

urch

. M

C i

s a

way

of

be

ing

a C

hri

st-c

en

tre

d c

hur

ch f

or

fam

ilie

s in

volv

ing

fun

, bas

ed o

n c

reat

ivit

y, h

osp

ital

ity

and

ce

leb

rati

on

. Our

MC

is

he

ld b

etw

ee

n 4

an

d 6

pm

on

a S

und

ay, w

hic

h w

e h

op

e is

a ti

me

wh

en

fam

ilie

s ca

n j

oin

us

tog

eth

er.

Ch

ild

ren

un

der

16

mus

t al

way

s b

e a

cco

mp

anie

d b

y a

par

en

t o

r ca

rer,

b

ut

all

age

s ar

e

we

lco

me

. Fo

r m

ore

in

form

atio

n se

e w

ww

.me

ssyc

hur

ch.o

rg.u

k.

It ta

ke

s q

uite

a la

rge

team

(20

-30)

to s

et u

p a

nd

run

a M

C a

nd

we

are

so

gra

tefu

l to

th

e m

any

pe

op

le w

ho

he

lp u

s w

ith

tim

e,

skil

ls,

mat

eri

als

and

mo

ne

y. M

ess

y C

hur

ch i

s fu

nd

ed

by

a co

mb

inat

ion

of

pri

vate

do

nat

ion

s an

d S

t B

udoc

k P

CC

.

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21

but

as

the

me

eti

ng w

as h

eld

irr

egul

arly

on

dif

fere

nt

we

ek

day

s it

may

be

that

m

any

we

re n

ot

able

to

ke

ep

tra

ck o

f it

. So

in

201

6 it

was

ag

ree

d t

o h

old

Uni

ted

Se

rvic

es

qua

rte

rly

and

pre

ced

e e

ach

on

e w

ith

30m

ins

of

pra

yer.

As

the

firs

t se

rvic

e o

f th

e y

ear

was

in th

e W

ee

k o

f Pra

yer

for

Ch

rist

ian

Un

ity

and

the

se

con

d

too

k th

e fo

rm o

f par

tici

pat

ion

in th

e P

en

teco

st G

we

nnap

Pit

se

rvic

e, w

e h

ave

no

t ye

t tr

ied

out

th

is m

od

el,

but

it

wil

l b

e i

ntr

od

uce

d f

or

the

re

mai

nin

g s

erv

ice

s in

20

16. W

e h

ave

ho

we

ver

had

se

vera

l op

po

rtun

itie

s to

pra

y to

ge

the

r, a

s re

po

rte

d

els

ew

he

re, i

ncl

udin

g a

Pra

yer

Vig

il o

n th

e e

ve o

f th

e E

U R

efe

ren

dum

, an

d th

ere

is

a g

row

ing

se

nse

amo

ng

st o

ur c

on

gre

gat

ion

s th

at p

rayi

ng

to

ge

the

r n

eed

s to

b

e o

ur f

irst

pri

ori

ty a

s w

e s

ee

k t

o b

e m

ore

eff

ect

ive

as

the

Bo

dy

of

Ch

rist

in

Fa

lmo

uth

& P

en

ryn;

we

wil

l co

nti

nue

to e

xplo

re w

ays

of d

oin

g th

is.

18

| F

ILL

ING

ST

AT

ION

– C

HA

RLE

S N

EA

TE

Th

e F

illi

ng

Sta

tio

n i

s a

ne

w i

nfo

rmal

way

of

exp

ress

ing

th

e

Ch

rist

ian

fai

th.

Mee

tin

gs

are

he

ld m

on

thly

in

a n

on

-chu

rch

ven

ue.

It o

ffe

rs h

igh

qua

lity

sp

eak

ers,

co

nte

mp

ora

ry s

ung

w

ors

hip

an

d p

ow

erfu

l, a

cce

ssib

le p

raye

r m

inis

try.

Me

eti

ng

s ar

e o

vert

ly s

pir

itua

l b

ut p

rese

nte

d i

n a

man

ner

th

at t

ho

se

out

sid

e t

he

ch

urch

wo

uld

fe

el

com

fort

able

. M

ee

tin

gs

are

sh

ort

, sh

arp

an

d fo

cuse

d, w

e fi

nd

the

Ho

ly S

pir

it is

act

ive

an

d

fait

h i

s b

uilt

up

. M

any

chur

ch l

ead

ers

fin

d t

he

m t

o b

e a

n

exc

ell

en

t ad

dit

iona

l min

istr

y to

ol.

T

he

Fal

mo

uth

Fil

lin

g S

tati

on

has

be

en

go

ing

sin

ce 2

014.

We

me

et o

nce

a m

on

th

(exc

ep

t A

ugus

t an

d D

ece

mb

er)

in t

he P

en

mo

rvah

Man

or

Ho

tel

in B

udo

ck.

We

ch

ose

th

is l

oca

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