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My funeral plan killed by Tesco’s
10:00am Saturday 4th September 2010
Many of us express where we would like our funeral to take place after we pass away, but few anticipate that the building could have been transformed from a church to a supermarket!
Just a thought
10:00am Saturday 4th September 2010
The 33 miners entombed in Chile are in contact with the surface at ‘Camp Hope’ by two boreholes. But it could take three-and-a-half months before an escape shaft can be constructed. We pray for their survival until then.
Pope's visit is for everyone, says Poole councillor
9:00am Saturday 28th August 2010
THE forthcoming Papal visit will have a unifying and inspirational influence, say local Catholics.
Just a thought
9:00am Saturday 21st August 2010
ARE you enjoying your summer holidays? I do hope so! Holidays are times for rest and relaxation, and an opportunity to restore our body, mind and spirit in order to cope with the daily pressures of life. However, we can enjoy holidays or “holy” days all the year round. Setting apart a time each week and each day to renew our souls is a good activity throughout the year that can bring about physical and spiritual benefits to us. Jesus says: “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11 v 28).
The organists will entertain
9:00am Saturday 21st August 2010
MUSIC on an organ is “like a piece of impressionist art”, according to Daniel Campbell.
Ramadhan: our spiritual tune-up
9:00am Saturday 14th August 2010
A SENSE of “inner cleansing” that springs from an annual “spiritual tune-up”... not a punishment but a chance to reflect.
Bishop welcomed into our region…
8:00am Saturday 7th August 2010
Faith leaders in Bournemouth have extended a warm welcome to the new Bishop of Southampton, the Reverand Canon Jonathan Frost, and are optimistic that the young bishop (who is aged just 45 years old) will prove to be in touch with the youth and also understanding of the various faith groups here.
50-year milestone for Christadelphians
9:00am Saturday 31st July 2010
AMONG the bric-a-brac and antiques at Wimborne Market, I was delighted to find a stall where nobody was actually selling anything... but giving things away!
Civic service marks a Reform milestone
8:00am Saturday 24th July 2010
ON July 17, 1810, in Seesen, Lower Saxony in north-west Germany, philanthropist Israel Jackobson held the first Reform service in the Temple in his school. Some 200 years on, Reform Judaism is flourishing. Bournemouth Reform Synagogue marked this special anniversary last Saturday with a civic service, attended by the Mayor of Bournemouth, Cllr Barry Goldbart, MPs and representatives from various faith communities.
Reaction as French MPs vote to ban full face veil
9:30am Sunday 18th July 2010
FRENCH MPs voted this week to approve overwhelmingly a bill to ban the wearing of the Islamic full veil in public. Berengere Poletti, an MP from President Sarkozy’s UMP party, said women in full veils wore “a sign of alienation on their faces” and had to be “liberated”.
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