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Kouya Chronicle - Eddie Arthur
Tweet Creed Meme
Memes seem to be like busses, you don’t see one for ages, then two come along at once. Lingamish has tagged me with another meme asking me to produce a basic Christian creed in 140 characters or less. I don’t have time to really explore this ...
11/21/2008 6:16:39 PM
Kouya Chronicle - Eddie Arthur
Memorable Restaurants
Paul has tagged me with a meme asking me to name my five most memorable restaurant experiences, so here goes: The first was at the Melting Pot in Sunderland in 1976. My brother Phil took our family out for dinner to celebrate my 18th birthday. Eating o...
11/21/2008 5:58:18 PM
The CMS Blog
Bulgaria special - mission partners on TV!
This one's for Bulgarian speakers, but you might like to know CMS mission partners Ventzislav and Zlatina Karavaltchev have been on national TV in their homeland this past week.They were interviewed on Bulgarian National Television's Faith and Society pro...
11/21/2008 10:51:04 AM
Mark Berry
Cape Coast Harbour
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11/21/2008 2:17:53 AM
Mark Berry
Welcome!
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11/21/2008 1:28:10 AM
Jonny Baker
a shadow of my former self
a shadow of my former self, originally uploaded by jonnybaker.
11/20/2008 8:56:15 PM
Jonny Baker
same sex marriage blogalogue
tony jones is blogging a conversation with rod on same sex marriage... no doubt people will get wound up but it's an important conversation in the church. tony's view that he will be supporting is that I now believe that...
11/20/2008 9:17:18 AM
The CMS Blog
Congo Archbishop backs Day of Prayer
Archbishop Dirokpa of the Anglican Church of Congo has issued a statement commending the Day of Prayer and Fasting to be held this Saturday Nov 22: "This is a laudable initiative for which we thank [Congo Church Association and CMS] most sincerely and wit...
11/20/2008 12:20:00 AM
tallskinnykiwi
London
I am in London. somehow. I was viewing a motorhome conversion yesterday which didnt work out and am about to get back up to Scotland. Had an enjoyable brekkie with Jonny Baker this morning at St John Bread and Wine...
11/19/2008 2:23:21 AM
tallskinnykiwi
Interesting:
Blind Beggar: NT Wright on the future of the church in Western society Steve Knight on stopping Google becoming evil David Brenham on Seminary emergency Internet Monk presents Iain Murray
11/17/2008 8:05:48 PM
Matt Freer
Christmas is coming
  the leaves are all but gone, and the mistletoe is nearly out… Christmas is coming, originally uploaded by mattfreer. Posted in Uncategorized      
11/15/2008 3:41:19 PM
Distinctly Welcoming by Richard Sudworth
Archbishop Rowan in Birmingham
Yes, he looks surprised too, doesn't he? Well, after weeks of preparation, tomorrow we welcome Archbishop Rowan Williams to formally open our church-based Childrens Centre and speak at a short service of worship. It's one of those events when we...
11/14/2008 9:07:36 AM
Matt Freer
Ban the [plastic] bag
One of the things that struck us all whilst in Bangladesh was the high importance given to the environment and climate change, and in particular the high practical response to mitigating against it. Bangladesh is low-lying and one of the most at risk cou...
11/13/2008 7:45:57 AM
Bill and Wanda Lovett
Being Job’s Apprecntices
Wanda back in UK.  It is with regret to say that Wanda is back in London.  She flew back on the 24th Oct. Bill remains in Kisiizi.  The reason for this was a serious condition in one of Wanda’s ears.  She had had something similar before.  She had ...
11/9/2008 12:31:39 PM
Distinctly Welcoming by Richard Sudworth
God Bless America!
Too many of us Brits (and in the church too!) display a casual and lazy racism about Americans. It's probably part of adjusting to having no empire anymore; but whatever the reasons, yesterday was a time to rejoice. I'm aware...
11/6/2008 7:07:11 AM
Dream Network
Dream Away Day - report back
Last Saturday around 30 adults and children from across the Dream network spent the day together. We explored what it means to go 'deeper' as individuals and as a community.

We then started the process of looking a the possibility of Dream offe...
11/5/2008 1:39:00 PM
Tikhtak Blog (Dave Pollendine)
My Research at The Lift Living Archive
Over the past 5 months I have been doing research at LIFT(London International Festival of Theater) as a placement for my MA studies at Goldsmiths college. The LIFT living archive is a record of Lift's work inviting international theater companies...
11/4/2008 1:02:12 PM
e-trax (trax16 blog)
Young leaders on film.

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Allan and Anne Lacey, Uganda
Hey Jude.....
10/29/2008 7:00:00 PM
Bill and Wanda Lovett
A Protestant Monastery in the jungle.
Is Kisiizi Hospital a protestant monastery in the jungle?  It calls itself a Christian community - with some justification.  We meet daily each morning for Chapel.  We seek to minister to the community around us, to the sick and poor.  There are daily ser...
10/18/2008 3:27:29 PM
Christine and Paul Salaman, Tanzania
videos

Finally managed to upload these. See the previous new post (New university year and Daniel's birthday) for explanation!

10/10/2008 5:47:00 PM

Richard and Sue Kellow, Rwanda
Rwanda - DR Congo Tension
Please pray for Rwanda and DR Congo as tensions mount.

DR Congo is reporting that Rwandan troops have entered their territory.

More information here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7660592.stm
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php...
10/10/2008 2:54:00 AM
Christine and Paul Salaman, Tanzania
New University Year & Daniel's birthday
10/9/2008 7:07:00 PM
Allan and Anne Lacey, Uganda
A Week In The Life Of......... (Part 2)
10/9/2008 10:31:00 AM
e-trax (trax16 blog)
Breaking through walls

10/1/2008 8:40:00 AM

London to Paris cycle ride
Thank you to everyone who sponsored me - Phil

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9/25/2008 11:01:12 AM
London to Paris cycle ride
Peloton
9/22/2008 11:50:12 AM
London to Paris cycle ride
They said this is the last climb!
9/22/2008 11:50:08 AM
London to Paris cycle ride
TeamCMS lunch at Auvers sur Oise.
9/18/2008 4:16:55 PM
London to Paris cycle ride
Catching up after late breakfast - Phil
9/18/2008 3:12:49 PM
London to Paris cycle ride
Friday 9am: Atop first climb of the day
9/17/2008 11:16:28 AM
London to Paris cycle ride
Paul:I'm really enjoying today-beautiful
9/17/2008 9:43:59 AM
London to Paris cycle ride
Sad farewell to France
9/15/2008 7:39:35 PM
London to Paris cycle ride
Paris - we all made it!!!
Jonny holds yellow jersey all the wayTeamCMS celebrates tour victoryThe end is in sight...PelotonArc de TriomphePeloton rolls along Champs ElyseesTeamCMS prepares for final sprint
9/15/2008 7:35:46 PM
Ian and Sheena Whiteford, Rwanda
Murabeho! (Goodbye!)
It is time to end this blog : I have now been back in Scotland and have reflected on my time on Rwanda. There are some still unpublished stories and more than 1000 photos, but they will have to wait. If I continue to blog, it will be somewhere else and ...
9/9/2008 12:31:00 PM
Ian and Sheena Whiteford, Rwanda
Rwanda reflection : last words, first words
As we waited for take off from Entebbe airport the pilot made an announcement apologising for a further delay. “The gas bottle which was brought to inflate the tyre was empty, so we are waiting for another one. This will arrive shortly.” We couldn’t hel...
8/4/2008 6:44:00 AM
Lee Proudlove, Philippines
Peace Deal in the Philippines
The BBC is carrying the following story about a peace deal in the Southern Philippines between the government and the largest rebel group seeking an independent Muslim state. In broad terms this looks like a good thing, any peace deal which results in th...
7/28/2008 9:25:26 AM
Lee Proudlove, Philippines
Back at last…
At long last I’ve managed to make it back onto the Blog! Since leaving the Philippines it has been a little crazy. We left Cebu mid-May and had a few days in Bristol. Then we had a holiday, and then we moved up to West Bridgford. A couple of weeks s...
7/10/2008 10:31:35 PM
Richard and Sue Kellow, Rwanda
Tot's Music Group
7/8/2008 8:26:00 AM
Dream Network
Josh hitchiked to Morocco!
Here's a post from Josh Bennett (of Dream in Haydock)

On 27th March in the Easter holidays I and a uni friend of mine set off on a journey. Our destination? Morocco (NE Africa, south of spain across the straight of gibraltar). Our mean...
4/29/2008 4:31:00 PM
Free For All
Free For All Worcester
What an amazing week we have just had to finish the Free For All tour in Worcester! It's been a long break since Sierra Leone, and we were all a bit rusty on the workshops, but it all came flooding...
2/4/2008 4:37:59 PM
Anglican Cell UK
Job Vacancy
Sally Gaze has been in touch to let us know about a job vacancy for a mission shaped team...
12/6/2007 1:04:01 PM
Free For All
Moyamba, Bo and home
We left early to get to Moyamba in good time. It meant traveling on some rough roads and in all it took us about 4 hours to get there. On the journey we saw many burned out buildings where rebels...
12/6/2007 12:43:46 PM
Anglican Cell UK
cell planting
Laurence Singlehurst shares an emerging vision for cell planting. read more... (component/option,com_jd-wp/Itemid,49/p,34/)
12/5/2007 10:53:36 AM
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