Steve Redman did such a good job at reviewing this event on the One Voice website I won’t bother reinventing the wheel and just redirect you there! I have added some text from the City Council website here just to give you a bit of info about the office of Lord Mayor. Enjoy!
“The Lord Mayor is Chairman of City of York Council and the first citizen of the city. It’s an appointment made by the council each year in May, at the same time appointing a Sheriff, the city’s other civic head. York’s Lord Mayor is second only to the Lord Mayor of London in precedence and its Sheriff holds the oldest office of Sheriff in England and Wales.
The Lord Mayor chairs meetings of full council and together with the Sheriff, represents the city on ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people and community groups.
The Lord Mayor also hosts formal and informal functions at the Mansion House which is the Lord Mayor’s residence during their year of office. The Mansion House is also available for tours and private hire.”
Praise God for another fantastic International Church Lunch! I think I speak for all who were there when I say I was blown away by the quality and variety of Indian Cuisine provided by our Indian brothers and sisters. Perhaps we could ask them to do us an Indian Church Lunch every month?? Well maybe not but we’ll look forward to next month’s theme scheduled for the 2nd December, East Asia.
Thank the Lord for providing Soul and Bissy with a new job in Clyde Bank, Glasgow. We pray that He will watch over and bless them both.
On the 3rd of November a few of us got together in St Laurence’s for some toasted marshmallows and bit of a riot with sparklers. What will it be like next year, when we have fireworks?!
This week we had a guest speaker, Alan Hobson, from an organisation that supports persecuted churches around the world, CWS (Christian Solidarity Worldwide).
Is there more to life than this?
Ask big questions in a relaxed environment. Enjoy a coffee and a bite to eat while you’re at it, all this for free!
Where?: FUSE Cafe, Swinegate, York. Next to the Biltmore Bar & Grill.
When?: Every Tuesday from 16th October, 5.30-7.30pm.
For more info telephone (01904) 767283 or 07737 729821 and ask for Graham or Penny, or email: mail@york-epc.org.uk.
Ministering to Muslims - One Day Seminars
- Letchworth - Tuesday 9th October 2007
- Halifax - Tuesday 30th October 2007
- Cheltenham - Thursday 1st November 2007
Star: 9.30am End: 3.30pm
Speaker Biography
Martin [British] lives in Bromley with his wife Jensie [Swedish] and their Swenglish sons . Martin & Jensie have a passion for taking the Good News to Muslims and have worked amongst them for over 25 years, having spent much of that time iun the Middle East.
Martin currently provides support and development for church planting teams, shares the Gospel with Muslim friends, teaches around the world on Muslim evangelism and represents OM on interagency networks. When he can fit it in he works as an independent cultural consultant and executive coach for clients such as GSK, PWC, Motorola, Rolls Royce, GM, Ford and Ericsson.
He has a Masters Degree from Fuller Theological Seminary where he completed a double specialisation in Islam and Christian Leadership Development. In 1997 Martin reveived the Paul Person Award for Innovative Vision and Creativity in the Task of World Evangelism.
Why Attend?
- Feeling equipped and able to share the Gospel with Muslims in your locality.
- Understanding the cultural adaptations needed, where appropriat, to increase trust and respect with Muslims.
- Being able to answer some of the standard Muslim objections to Christianity.
- Knowing some of the basic beliefs and practices of Muslims and be able to use these as bridges when sharing the Gospel.
- Encouraged that God is clearly and powerfully at work in the Muslim world.
- Motivated to increase your prayer for Muslims both here and abroad.
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For most of you unsuspecting graduates who are paying back your student loans, the Inland Revenue takes payments directly from your employer in the same way as they take tax. i.e. the more you earn the more you pay, this includes bonuses etc.
However they are playing a dirty trick on most of you. After taking monthly amounts from you the Inland Revenue does not pay this directly to the student loan company, instead they wait until the end of the financial year in April and then pay the entire year off to student loans.
During the time the Inland Revenue hold on to your monthly payments (for up to a year) they are earning themselves interest. The student loans company have not received these funds so they charge the graduate interest on the outstanding amount even though it has already been paid to the Inland Revenue.
So, to sum up them. For those of you in this position you pay interest to student loans on money which has been taken from your account which the Inland Revenue keeps and earns interest on.
There are others who have become aware of this injustice and have started a petition on the Downing Street website.
If you want to show your distaste for this sharp practice, you can sign the petition at this link, or listed below.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Student-loans/
If your debts get you down, see the helpful article at Care for the Family
Thinking Of Going To Bible College?
Elim’s national training centre, Regents College in Nantwich, Cheshire, will be holding a “Just Looking” weekend from 6th-8th November. It will be a chance to sample lectures and college life. Click here for more details.
James and Vicky Barton brought their son Matthew for dedication to the Lord, on Sunday. Many of their friends and family turned out for this happy occasion which was followed by a lovely buffet at Huntington Community Centre. We pray God’s blessing on them as family.
Just because Fraisthorpe Camp was cancelled that didn’t stop us having our customary middle weekend BBQ! It was held a bit nearer to home on this occasion though, in the gardens of St Laurence’s. St Laurence’s is destined to be our new church home, and currently our office is based there, so we invited the congregation of St Laurence’s to join us. Our invitation was warmly accepted by many of them and it turned out to be a very nice afternoon indeed.
