(Christ Church contributed towards to a new building at the Leprosy Clinic in Purulia, near Kolkata (Calcutta). The hospital is still there today) Letter from Rev E. B. Sharpe, Purulia Leper Hospital I am glad to say the Babies building is now complete, and will be occupied by the little ones and their “ Didima...
On 14th November I attended Lichfield Cathedral to hear The Selwyn Lectures 2019. The speaker was Pete Wilcox (Bishop of Sheffield and former Canon Chancellor of Lichfield Cathedral) and the title of the two lectures was “Creatures in Time and Space” Genesis 1 & 2 and the challenge of climate change SPACE & TIME Genesis...
Christmas time wouldn’t be the same without The Salvation Army. More than 700 Salvation Army centres across the UK will be celebrating, with Christmas lunches, carol concerts and present donations. Christmas This Christmas, we will be in local communities ensuring that vulnerable people get the happy Christmas they might otherwise have missed out on. At our lifehouses – our residential...
Let me tell you about a great encouragement we received at the Chaplaincy (SPARC) recently. Just after I arrived at Royal Stoke a few weeks ago, while talking with another volunteer, a student nurse from Keele University arrived to ask about the work of the Chaplaincy Department. This student was a Christian and was excited...
The phrase ‘the word on the street is…’ tells us that there is a rumour, or piece of information, circulating. We might be surprised if people are saying we are pregnant, moved house or fallen out with a friend, when nothing of the sort has happened! We would want to put the truth across quickly...