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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)

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.

Within 10 minutes of arriving at SC there was a punch up, a Somali Moslem slapped one of the cameras filming a debate and it was fisticuffs all around him! Glad to say it only lasted a few minutes before others intervened and broke up the scuffle. The police came and the guilty man was asked to leave the park.

An ok day the highlight was speaking to, ‘Tiger’ (that’s his musical Rap name). he is a good listener and asks intelligent questions but is hindered by a spiritual experience which has taken him down a New Age spiritual dead end, I hope to chat to him again next week.