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“Life is too short for bland food – embrace the spice!” And se we did, well 24 of us did (apart from Ed – lol – hope his tongue has stopped tingling!).

Thanks to the staff at Highlands Tandoori for great food and fast service.
Thanks to Paul Woodman for sharing something about the Christian faith.
Thanks also to the gang for coming along!

Next ‘The Net’ (men’s event).
Face to Face with Steve Cowles*
Date: Tuesday March 10th 2026
Venue: Locks Heath Working Men’s Club Duncan Road, Park Gate, Swanwick SO31 (Parking opposite at Duncan Road Church)
Time: 8.00pm to 10.00pm

Steve will share about his life & faith.
Steve Cowles grew up in the Arizona desert. He have lived in Texas, Germany, and Guatemala, Central America, where he did construction work for Wycliffe Bible Translators. He has been in the UK for 30 years and Steve is the volunteer lead chaplain with Lancashire’s Constabulary.
He enjoys hiking, camping, shooting, and bushcraft. He loves the outdoors and enjoy teaching people about it.
(‘The Net’ is a MEN’S event run by Counties Hants, it is open to all men, it is a good night to enjoy good company and hear something of the Christian faith)

It was great to have 21 residents and staff at today’s service at Hawthorne Court. Southampton.

The order of service will be:

Hymn: Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Prayer.
Collective Prayer: The Lord’s Prayer (traditional).
Short Talk 1:
Penny Solo: : The Lord’s my Shepherd
Short talk #2:
Hymn: What a friend we have in Jesus
Closing Prayer.

Hawthorne Court specialises in dementia care.

busy, busy, busy in the park today, with a chain of conversations starting with two Moslem men, then a Catholic, followed by an atheist and concluding with another Moslem!
The highlight was a conversation with a Sher Moslem (normally I speak to Suni’s) called Saeed, after initially saying he didn’t really want to talk we ended up discussing Islam/Christianity for over an hour.

Evangelism at Speakers Corner.

“You can’t be heard if you’re not communicating.” —Gary Vaynerchuk

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Speakers Corner in London’s Hyde Park is the oldest free speech platform in the world. People won the right to speak in mass protests in the 1860s and early 1870s. Some people believe the tradition is connected to the right of the condemned to a last speech before being hung at the Tyburn gallows, a practice that stopped at the end of the 18th century. Every Sunday people from all sorts of convictions come to Hyde Park in the afternoon to spread their message or to have fun.

Preaching today…

Activity: Morning Service
Venue: Methodist Church. High Street, Shirrell Heath SO32 2JN
Time: 10.30am
Subject: ‘Curiosity Satisfied’ – The Queen of Sheba
Bible Passage: 1 Kings 10:1-13

What: Assemblies x2
Where: Sarisbury Green Junior School. Southampton
Theme: Compassion
Bible Story: The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

Today at Speakers Corner a heavy drizzle may have kept some people at home but there was more than enough people gathered to argue, chat, argue, debate, argue, preach & did I mention argue?
An OK day the highlight being a conversation with a young Moslem called Cahil, he came confident and ready to put Chris and myself in our placer, but soon he was leaning on the Moslem default saying, “I can’t answer that, I am no scholar.” Oft repeated words in the park when the ‘dawah’ script breaks down. Our prayer is that something from the chatting will stick and cause him to reflect on the truth of Jesus Christ!

Evangelism @ Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

I expect at some stage today I will be saying, “He is a total mumpsimus!”

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Speakers Corner in London’s Hyde Park is the oldest free speech platform in the world. People won the right to speak in mass protests in the 1860s and early 1870s. Some people believe the tradition is connected to the right of the condemned to a last speech before being hung at the Tyburn gallows, a practice that stopped at the end of the 18th century. Every Sunday people from all sorts of convictions come to Hyde Park in the afternoon to spread their message or to have fun.

Preaching today…

Activity: Morning Service (Child Dedication)
Venue: West End Chapel. Fareham PO14 1JX
Time: 10.00am
Subject: ‘Born Twice!’
Bible Passage: John chapter 3 verses 1-17.

Final day of the FEW (Fellowship of Evangelistic Workers) Conference. Good teaching and networking especially from Roger Carswell and Stuart Burgess.
If you are an evangelist then this Conference is a very good investment of your time!