The Settlers at Centenary

Wednesday 3 July

7.30pm

Conference: ‘A Bright Succession’

from Friday 12 July

This conference entitled ‘A Bright Succession’, referencing the hymn sung at Methodist ordinations, will explore the legacy of Susanna Wesley. It will touch on a range of issues linking gender, heritage and faith. 'A Bright Succession' takes place from 12 to 14 July at the University of Lincoln. Guest speakers include Professor Charles Wallace and the Revd Dr Barbara Glasson. To book your place please visit the Methodist Church website.

https://www.methodist.org.uk/about-us/news/a-bright-succession-conference/

 

'Action for Children'

Afternoon tea in New York

Saturday 13 July

4pm

Celebrate 150 years of Action for Children with afternoon tea in New York; £15 for two; at New York Lecture Hall, LN4 4YD.

For further information, contact Sheila.

Stamford Stompers

Centenary

Wednesday 17 July

7.30pm

The Stamford Stompers are back again (a year older, but not any wiser!) Last year they received a standing ovation (from at least one member of the audience!) for their unique style of Dixieland Jazz. They play tunes with proper melodies from the 20’s and 30’s. Free admission (a collection will be taken).

Dates for your diary: RoadHoG

†  Saturday 27 July, 2pm; Summer BBQ; Fishtoft Playing Field

†  Friday 4 October; 10th Birthday Celebrations; Holy Trinity Church

 

Poster making workshop at Zion

Sunday 28 July

Bring a packed lunch along and there will be a small presentation about poster making before you get to work!  The aim is to produce, between us, enough posters to be able to change the front noticeboard on a regular basis.  Themes and ideas will be given. Card and craft materials will be provided. You do not have to be an artist or creative to join in. It will hopefully be an afternoon of fun and fellowship and hopefully at the end we will have enough posters to last the whole year.  Work together or on your own.

 

‘Holiday @ Home’

from Tuesday 3 September

‘Holiday @ Home’ will have a Scottish theme this year.  Tuesday 3 September to Thursday 5 September. Please put the dates in your diaries and invite your friends and neighbours along.  Programmes will be ready shortly.

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)

Jack and Adrian have posted a few photos on our Facebook page of their time in Sudan working with Mission Aviation Fellowship. This gives an insight into the work they are involved in.

 

Greetings from MAF Uganda:

We are about half way through our 6 weeks as Relief Operations Manager with MAF in Uganda. Adrian is working with the MAF staff at the new airport office. We are organising flights every day. We regularly carry staff for churches, missions and humanitarian organisations working with refugees, churches and hospitals in Northern Uganda, Ebola patients and churches in East DR Congo and churches and missions in South Sudan.

 

This week we had a request for an emergency flight to bring an injured man from Moroto to  Kampala. He had been in a motorcycle accident and was unconscious still after 3 days. He is a driver for a church project working with aids patients and their families. He has a large family who would really value your prayers please for his recovery please. Moroto is a small and remote town of about 15,000 people living in settlements in the Karamoja area of Uganda. This is an area where we fly to several times each week. It takes about an hour and twenty minutes to fly from Kampala. By road it would be around 10 hours.

 

Pray for all the refugees from South Sudan living in Uganda and the people from many churches, missions and other organisations working with them. Many have suffered loss of family members and all have lost their homes when they fled the conflict.

 

Please pray for the situation surrounding the Ebola outbreak in Congo. There has been a lot of conflict and violence in the area causing thousands of people to flee from their homes. This makes it even more difficult for the health staff to prevent the Ebola from spreading. We have already had 3 cases confirmed in the Kasese area of Uganda - about 180 miles from us in Kampala. It has also meant the authorities have have closed Bunia Airport to flights from Uganda. This makes it very difficult for us to get staff and supplies quickly to where they are needed as we have to do indirect flights to get people there. Please pray that there would be a change in the authorities mind to allow us to resume direct flights. Please also pray for the health workers we work with, who are dealing with the very hard situations they face.

 

Please pray for the MAF team who are working with the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority on 2 July when they will be carrying out an annual inspection to renew our licence to fly here. We would ask for a good meeting with them and for us to be able to maintain a good relationship.

 

Pray for all the staff organising our flights and the pilots flying the aircraft to the many remote places where our Christian partners work bringing help and hope to isolated people.

 

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 NIVUK

 

Many thanks for your support and prayers which we appreciate very much. God bless. Adrian - RELIEF MANAGER

 

 

RoadHoG News: June 2019

Please see the noticeboard or online at www.roadhogbus.org.uk for the latest newsletter.

• †  Praise God for the many people (300-350) who visited the bus at Carrington Steam Rally recently and pray that many more will visit at Pinchbeck on 8 June

• †  Pray for the many schools visits that Tony is making this month

• †  Pray for the ongoing work to develop more stops for RoadHoG and other bus ministries in Lincolnshire

 

The RoadHoG BBQ will be held on Saturday 20 July and the next RoadHoG Prayer Meeting will be on Friday 6 September at 7pm – more details to follow nearer the time.