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A great holiday in Mallorca has given us time to relax and recharge for the next few weeks & months.

Now it’s back to work and mainly office work. The key word for the next two weeks is preparation! “Service of any type requires preparation.” – Russell M. Nelson.

Sermon preparation for Camp:

6 main talks & 4 evening epilogues.
Those talks are contained in 10 sessions that also need prepared content.

Sermon preparation for preaching on Sunday’s either side of Camp:

10th: Morning Service – Manor Road Evangelical Church. Guildford. Surrey.
24th: Morning Service – United Reformed Church. Hayling Island. Hants.

Administration for Camp:

Praise God that most of Camp is sorted,
But there is still lots to organise, in fact we will be on the go right up to the time Camp starts.

Thank you for your prayers!

Somewhere hot & sunny back on August 5th

Plenty of people. plenty of conversations and plenty of things to pray about!

Great to meet Japheth from Mexico and talk through a possible project he is hoping to do at the the Corner. Best conversation of the day was with George (Eastern Orthodox) & Saeed (Moslem), a chance to discuss a whole range of things relating to the Christian faith.
Please pray also for the Moslem man who took a copy of John’s gospel, in previous weeks he refused to take a copy but today he accepted it!

Evangelism @ Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.” – Roy T. Bennett

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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
Time: 10.30am
Subject: ‘Peace to the disturbed’
Bible Passage: Matthew chapter 8 verse 23 to chapter 9 verses 17
YouTube Livestream: CLICK HERE

Thank you so much for your prayers regarding Camp, so much has happened this week.

Praise God for:

*Campers Quiet Time Booklets – written & printed.
*Leaders Camp Handbook – updated and emailed out.
*Parents will have had their child’s final information regarding GNC.

Prayer for:

*Unity & balance in the team – we have a variety of helpers with different backgrounds and experience– please pray that we will all complement each other in our various roles.
* For Gordon as he prepares talks from Luke’s gospel for this year’s Camp.
*For a good time spiritually – that the week will be marked with conversions and spiritual growth.
*Health & safety – accidents do happen – pray with us that any accident/health issue will be insignificant and handled well!

We have are able to run camp with the team that we have, but it would be helpful to have (must be DBS checked on time):

*We still need 1 Sports assistant.
*We could do with 1 more duties helper.
*We could do with 1 more person in the crèche.

“Prayer puts God’s work in his hands-and keeps it there.” – E.M. Bounds

Good News Camp Leadership meeting tonight!
Hoping to ‘tie-up’ those loose ends! We would value your prayers for the decision’s we have to make.

Good News Camp
Lockerley Water Farm, Hampshire SO51 0LW
Sunday August 17th to Friday August 22nd 2025

Where: Marchwood C of E Infant School
What: Assembly (2.30pm)
Theme: Moving On (Time for change)
Bible story: Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)

Preaching today…

MORNING:
Activity: Morning Service
Time: 10.30am
Subject: ‘Grace to the outcasts’
Bible Passage: Matthew chapter 8 verses 1-22
YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/8xhBsvhNiRg?si=ugNypK0PRGLjxK53

AFTERNOON:
DRC Church BBQ

EVENING:
Activity: Gospel Service
Time: 6.30pm
Where: Bethany Christian Fellowship. Holbury. SO45 1HB
Subject: ‘He did what?’
Bible Passage: Titus chapter 3 verse 5.

Where: Sarisbury Junior School – Assemblies (x2).
Theme: Patience
Bible story: Abraham’s Promise for a Son (Genesis chapters 12-21)