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ALPHA INDIA NEWS VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3 | JULY - SEPTEMBER 2015
THE QUARTERLY NEWSPAPER OF ALPHA INDIA
SUFFRAGAN BISHOP FOR KENSINGTON Alpha influences lives in small groups: Genesis Foundation - a Rehabilitation center runs Alpha and more Alpha stories Page 4-5
Graham Tomlin
Young lives impacted : Youths letting go of their past and letting God in Page 6-7
Trained to run Alpha : Trainings across the nation equips leaders to run Alpha and Marriage Courses Page 8-9 Lives changed for the better: Guests on Alpha have a personal encounter with Jesus Page 10
Leaders endorse Alpha : Leaders find Alpha to be a blessed tool for evangelism Page 11
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Graham Tomlin to the Suffragan See of Kensington in the diocese of London. Dr. Tomlin was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and trained for the ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He served his title at St. Leonard with Holy Trinity Exeter, in the diocese of Exeter from 1986 to 1989. He was ordained priest in 1987 and became Chaplain at Jesus College, Oxford in 1989. He started as a tutor at Wycliffe Hall in 1989 and went on to become Vice-Principal there from 1998 to 2005. He is also the Principal of St Paul’s Theological Centre, which is based at Holy Trinity Brompton, and a constituent member of St. Mellitus College. On 2 July 2015, it was announced that Tomlin would become the area Bishop of Kensington from his consecration in Canterbury on 23 September 2015. Dr. Tomlin is one among the eminent Bishops that Holy Trinity Brompton has brought forth. Dr. Tomlin is married to Janet with two grown up married children. His interests include many forms of music and sport, including football, cricket, golf and rugby, and Middle Eastern politics and history. The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Graham Tomlin MA, Ph.D, Dean of St. Mellitus College in the diocese of London, to the Suffragan See of Kensington in the diocese of London in succession to the Right Reverend Paul Williams MA on his translation to the See of Southwell and Nottingham. Alpha India welcomes Bishop Graham Tomlin. We pray that you will continue to be a blessing
ALPHA DOES WONDERS AT THE GENESIS FOUNDATION The Genesis Foundation Rehabilitation and deaddiction center, is situated in Kolkata, primarily to provide services to drug addicts aiming at mainstreaming. They also work towards the Advocacy and Awareness Programs on Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS. Alpha was introduced at the center last June and since then much transformation has been evident. Contd...Pg 4