Wednesday 20 October 2010

More TV Vicar

Revd. Peter Owen Jones presenter of Extreme Pilgrim, Around The World In Eighty Faiths and How To Live A Simple Life speaks candidly about life in front of the camera, the new spiritual ethic and how it really feels to spend time alone in a cave in the desert. His message is both challenging and uplifting and presents a very different view on how society needs to change and why.

Sale Waterside, cost £15
Booking via; http://www.watersideartscentre.co.uk/Dec.asp or 0161 912 5616

Plight of Pakistan



The worst floods in Pakistan's history continue to cause chaos and suffering. The area affected is vast, over 600 miles from north Pakistan down to Sindh in the south.

Donate here: http://www.wer-uk.org/donate/donate-to-pakistan

It's been a while but.......

I saw this on the TV last night.

Tormented Lives;

In a revealing and moving documentary, disability rights campaigner and confidante of the late Princess Diana, Rosa Monckton, exposes the reality of life for people with learning disabilities facing hate crime.

With daily headline-grabbing accounts of attacks on disabled people that have even led to murder and suicide, Rosa admits she is deeply concerned about the future that awaits her own teenage daughter, Domenica, who has Down's syndrome. What will life be like for her once Rosa and her husband Dominic Lawson are no longer around to protect her?

In this, Rosa's second documentary, we see people literally driven from their homes, individuals facing abuse and daily torment just because they have a disability. Rosa meets families under siege in their own homes, and shows how the authorities often fail to respond effectively to the abuse they face. And she tries to help one tormented man, Christopher, in his battle to live independently as a respected and useful member of society.

In the two years up until the end of March 2009, 576 peopleulting in a co were prosecuted for disability hate crimes with 76% of the completed cases resnviction.

Have a look - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhls2

Tuesday 12 October 2010

Describe your ideal Church

Moira's Sermon Script Sunday 10th October 2010

http://www.allsaintsstretford.org.uk/worship/service-notes-october-2010.php

How would you describe your ideal church?

My Church is - a Growing church, a Loving church, a Warm church, a Friendly church, a Prayerful church, a church Centered on worshiping God, a place to Study, somewhere to Develop me as a person.