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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!

A chance to ‘take in’ some good teaching, do some networking and catch up with friends!
Venue: Yarnfield Park Training and Conference Centre. Stone. Staffordshire.