Lyndon Letter - August 2015

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August 2015

Lyndon Bowring

Team efforts I recently discovered something fascinating about the man in the top left corner on the back of a five pound note – but more of that later! We give thanks that at the General Election so many of our parliamentary friends were returned to the House of Commons. Friends who did not succeed have been very much in our thoughts and prayers. There are now also 183 brand new MPs, a good number of Christians among them, who have already met for a Bible study! Please pray that we will soon find those who will stand with us on issues of major concern. While looking forward to the work ahead, I often reflect on the ways in which God has graciously used CARE since the ‘70s and ‘80s, working alongside parliamentarians. We have played our part in seeing significant Bills become law, like the Video Recordings Act, the Child Protection Act, the Indecent Displays Act, and Bills concerning abortion and sex shop closures. We do pay tribute to the Members of Parliament who championed those Bills in Parliament – Graham Bright, Tim Sainsbury, Cyril Townsend and David Alton. I also remember with affection those at CARE who worked tirelessly behind the scenes, many of them unpaid, to ensure these Bills reached the Statute Book – some of whom are now in heaven reaping their reward! They were part of a great team effort: Raymond Johnston, Eddie Stride, Bruce Marfell, Hugh Bailey, Barry Ecclestone, Edward Shackleton, Nigel Williams, Claire Wilson-Thomas, Roger Smith and Charlie Colchester, to name but a few.


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