Intelligence Magazine October 2020

October 2020

Without a Doubt The love of God is seen in the sending of His Son to be the Saviour of the world (1 Jn. 4:14). God did not spare Him but delivered Him up for us all (Rom. 8:32). The supreme sacrifice of Jesus Christ for saved sinners, by going to the cross at Golgotha, shows without a doubt that He loves us (Gal. 2:20).

For us, the best is yet to come! Heaven with all its glories beckons on. Our future is assured. “Our ci�zenship is in heaven from whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Phil. 3:20). That future being assured is wholly dependant on the once for all completed and finished work of Christ upon the cross. It met the sinner’s need, it also maintained the righteousness of a sinha�ng and holy God. The cross work of Christ is the complete answer to the great sin ques�on. By this, our Lord conquered death, hell and the grave, and brought to nought him that has the power of death, that is, the devil (Heb. 2:14).

The fact that God raised His Son on the third day to live in the power of an endless and glorious life confirms for all eternity the adequacy of the finished work of Christ. This has given saved mankind a certainty beyond any doubt. There is no room for doubt - whatsoever is not of faith is sin (Rom. 14:23).

Our gra�tude is to worship God in His chosen way and place. This is in the spiritual realm, in the heavenly and true tabernacle (Heb. 9:11). Here we can offer the "fruit of lips " (Heb. 13:15). Our carefully prepared and chosen thoughts and words of adora�on through our Great High Priest - the Lord Jesus who presents our worship to the one and only true God. It is God’s divine plan of salva�on that has enabled us to be reconciled to God. This has opened to us the "abundant life" for evermore.

Neville Coomer

Inside this issue

Monday Reflec�ons on Princes Street, Edinburgh, from Alex and Karl 7 August 2014. 7.30 a.m. I was part of a team of four helping to set up the gazebo it was the �me of the annual Gospel effort at the Edinburgh Fes�val, when the city was packed with visitors. By 8.30 a.m. our text was on display to bus passengers and passers-by, WHOEVER BELIEVES MAY IN HIM HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. At 9 a.m. the literature stands and tables were stocked with a variety of Chris�an literature, Scriptures in different languages and material for children. By 9.30 a.m. the first Telit Gospel folder had been handed out.

This was the �me when only one of us was le� in charge of the gazebo while the others met for prayer in a nearby hotel.

At 10.15a.m. reinforcements had arrived. By this �me Princes Street was beginning to buzz with people and the enlarged team went into ac�on - some to surrounding areas, par�cularly Princes Street Gardens and Waverley Bridge. Gospel literature literally flowed out and many conversa�ons ensued.

By 4 p.m. we were all fairly �red. Over three thousand items had been handed out.

Of course we met with many refusals and a few Gospel folders were thrown away. It had been a hard day’s work and, for the Gospel’s sake, it was a good Monday. We had another four days to complete our week.

This work had been going on for a good number of years (it was the vision of our late brother Ian Renfrew of Paisley, who was concerned about the command to take the Gospel to all na�ons). The Edinburgh Fes�val brought all na�ons to the city. Hence the Gospel went out.

7 August 2020. 10.30 a.m. I stand beside the Wellington Monument. Today there is no gazebo. Princes Street is quiet. There is no one in the surrounding area - no visitors, no shoppers, no passers-by. Edinburgh is almost shut-down. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen to that. Today an almost eerie silence exists.

My recollec�on is that Monday was always the best day of our week. We usually distributed over 3,000 folders. Of course we cannot quan�fy the spoken word to those who wished to talk, especially those seated in Princes Street Gardens. A door for the word was certainly opened and for this we must be thankful.

Saturday, 10 August 2018. Today our open air tes�mony has moved to Princes Street Gardens and music/singing/an openair message have replaced the gazebo where literature was our main tool. Karl Smith and others plan to keep this going in future but it will be hard if there is no Fes�val in Edinburgh to a�ract visitors.

What we must never forget is that it is in the foolishness of preaching that God saves them that believe.

Alex Hope; Karl Smith Post-script from Karl. I found the map of Edinburgh I usually use to help lost visitors at the Fes�val outreach in my pocket and felt unusually emo�onal. This week normally gives us an opportunity to help point people from all over the world who are lost, towards the Good Shepherd who is seeking them. It is one of my favourite weeks in the year. In Edinburgh locals seem divided on whether or not they want to return to the mayhem (and money) the Fes�val brings to the city. Even next year, if the Lord has not returned, things will be very different. We'll keep our eyes fixed on the Lord of the harvest to see how he wants us to reach residents of this beau�ful city and its visitors with the Gospel, which is “the power of God for salva�on to everyone who believes” (Rom 1.16).

Spotlight South East Virtual Camp 2020 COVID in the developing world

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Update on the planned Centenary Celebra�on of the Churches of God In Africa

We write to update you on the planned Centenary Celebra�on of the Churches of God in Africa that was scheduled for the Easter weekend 2021.

Regarding our correspondence with you on the planned ac�vi�es just before the global Covid-19 lockdown, obvious fallouts from the pandemic and lockdowns are not favourable to our going ahead as planned. We consulted with stakeholders and agreed to put the celebra�ons on hold for a future date when all condi�ons will be suppor�ve of its hos�ng.

We apologise for the inconvenience of this decision, and seek your understanding and con�nued prayers for our world in the present situa�on.

With love in the Lord On behalf of the Centenary Celebra�on Commi�ee Kayode Adelaja; Eric Sampou

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Treasures from Darkness in Abuja It gives us great joy to report the Lord’s blessings on the Church of God, Kubwa, Abuja. Although the period of the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic was like darkness over the na�ons, we con�nued to keep in touch with our contacts through online studies. Five friends who have been showing the desire to be numbered with us long before the lockdown could not be interviewed un�l the relaxa�on of Government regula�ons with respect to the COVID-19 restric�ons.

Our five friends are made up of two couples with three children each, and a gentleman with a child - a boost to our children’s work. The wife of the gentleman, Chidi, a�ended the bap�sm of her husband, her first �me for being in our hall. She is a poten�al disciple for Christ. Please pray on with us. Hallelujah.

“I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, who call you by your name, am the God of Israel.”

(Isa. 45:3) (NKJV)) Our God is the God of wonders. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” (Heb. 13:8) Tunde Okunola; Ebiemi Amakoromo; Mark Imoukhuede

Allan Wardle “A Good Soldier of Jesus Christ”

then passed to her son, John Hextall, a Salva�on Army musician. When he died in 1998 it passed to his son; its whereabouts today are unknown.

A gi�ed painter, he also produced a number of well-selected, striking texts for the mee�ng room on Park Street. His musical talent was also evident in his singing.

In May 1910 he underwent major surgery at the Birmingham Orthopaedic Hospital, from which he didn’t recover. On 24 May, at the age of 42, the Lord called him home, zealous and earnest to the end. His youngest child was not yet six.

Allan’s daughters remained in the Assembly for a further 79 years. Eliza served the Lord through the loss of two sons and as a pa�ent, suffering widow of 34 years, un�l her 71st year. She was called home, surrounded by her daughters, on 29 December 1944.

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Nellie Bartle� Wardle, born in the Aldershot barracks in 1891, raised in a godly home, receiving Christ as her Saviour.

Bap�sed and added to the Church of God in Newhall aged 12 in 1903. She married Ernest Alfred Hextall on 7 December 1910, but was widowed on 31 October 1918 when her 29-year-old husband was killed. He had enlisted in the Army on 11 December 1915. She was le� with three sons, the eldest being just 6 years old. Nellie passed away in 1983, a kind and gracious sister loved by all who knew her. Ernest’s eldest sister Elizabeth Ann Hextall (1871-1945) was married to Nehemiah Banks (1872-1945), a Newhall overseer from before 1906.

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Emily (known as Aun�e Pem to the Bowler children) was born in Aldershot in 1893. Having received Christ as her Saviour, she was bap�sed and added to the Assembly in 1906. On 15 May 1921 she married Robert Joseph Theodore Ford. She took great delight in helping prepare tea for Newhall’s annual conference. Her daughter Phyllis married Gordon Thorogood in 1945 and had four children. Their eldest daughter, Jane�e, and her husband Roger have assisted with this ar�cle, as has John Bowler.

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Walter John was born in Lichfield in 1895 where his father was sta�oned from August 1894 to July 1896 before returning to Aldershot. Walter joined the Sherwood Foresters regiment during WW1, sta�oned near to Gommecourt, France. On the first day of the ba�le of the Somme, 1 July 1916, (just 26 days a�er his 21st birthday) he was killed in ac�on. His body not recovered, he is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial.

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Rosanna Diana (Dina) married George William Ernest Young in 1924. She was called home aged 88 in 1986 having been in the fellowship for 66 years. George, a deacon in the Assembly, was called home aged 66 in 1968. They had three children; John, Freda and Chris�ne, the daughters having been in the Assembly for a while.

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Allan died in infancy aged 2 in 1903.

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Gertrude May (Aun�e Gert) was born in Church Gresley on 30 July 1904. She was bap�sed and added to the Church of God in Newhall in June 1920. A Sunday school teacher, she cared for her mother un�l 1944. She didn’t marry. She went home to be with the Lord on 5 April 1989 aged 84, ending the Wardle connec�on with the Assembly.

The Church of God in Newhall closed on 25 April 2004, but for nearly 90 of its 110 years it was faithfully sustained, in part, by the Wardle family and Allan’s legacy.

Chris Su�on

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For Prayer Ministering Brethren (October and onwards) Gbenga Fagbenle Our door to door evangelism con�nued despite the effect of COVID-19 and we saw the hands of God as His words reached our friends. Last week (3/9/2020) we visited Swedru town again to see our friends as we reported last �me. Because work has begun in Ghana we were not able to see most of them, but we called them on the phone to greet them and to assure them of our con�nued prayers for them. However, the Lord led us to other young people, namely: (1) Dominic Amoah (2) Frank (3) Ransford Eyiah (3) Emmanuel (4) Mary and (5) Vivian. We request prayers for these people as efforts will be intensified to gather them together in due course.

Brian Johnston Support of overseas work - this entails arranging, authorising and audi�ng all expenses and furnishing spreadsheets and receipts from Philippines, Malawi, Zimbabwe & Mozambique; conduc�ng Internet interviews for addi�on to Fellowship and oversight in Philippines & Malawi respec�vely; providing counsel in support of outreach work, pastoral situa�ons and Covid-19 guidance.

Ongoing home produc�on of Search for Truth (radio programmes & books) and Needed Truth.

Weekly ministry to Leigh and Antwerp.

Local pastoral visits.

SB Khupboih

By God's grace we are able to have a Remembrance in Munlai, Suangphei, Khumnuai and Pyidawtha but not in Insein Assembly. These days, we can only visit Pyidawtha Assembly. Every Saturday for the prayer mee�ng and ministry along with some saints in Munlai I have the privilege of visi�ng Pyidawtha Assembly, and every Lord's Day morning brother James visits them again with some saints. We will have to con�nue this prac�ce for the coming months too.

Along with brother James we have home visits for the saints in our local Assembly �me a�er �me. These days brother James leads the sharing of good news to some children on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. I have started rerecording some ministries from Western brothers. We have a regular zoom mee�ng on Wednesday evening that is a Bible study �me for Elders and Deacons with our brothers Phil, Steve and Tony, and on Lord's Day evening we have a Munlai Assembly Zoom mee�ng. We thank God that brother Tony has given his �me to host the mee�ngs. It is so special that those who Zoom in from other countries like Malaysia, Singapore, China and USA are able to join the mee�ng on Lord's Day evening.

Geralde Magusara I will s�ll be working in my home Church in Davao. There's also a new opportunity that I want to explore in Malabog, Paquibato - a mountainous place in Davao. It's about 40kms from central.

Karl Smith This month's main task is to begin recording a series of twelve video Gospel messages for use by FOC on the Fellowship website and elsewhere. I will be speaking at Zoom mee�ngs for Belfast and Kirkin�lloch and con�nuing to send wri�en ministry to Assemblies where this is not available. I will of course con�nue to reach out to individuals online and where possible in their homes, and put up relevant posts on social media to encourage thought about the Gospel and the relevance of the Scriptures.

Robert Wood My work is pre�y much as before and glad of the opportunity for open air witnessing in my home village and others not too far away. New people are met.

Thomas gave the V, victory sign as he passed. He returned with tears in his eyes.

He suffers from depression which is making him drink. He has a faith but described himself as a doub�ng Thomas, so help for him is needed.’ Lord help my unbelief’ (Mk9:24) I prayed with him. A visit to Birmingham has allowed me and Edna to meet 'in Church' for the first �me since March. A precious and a li�le emo�onal �me with the saints there.

David Woods October travel plans (Philippines) will not be happening. I expect the month will con�nue with Zoom interac�ons with various Churches, and the possibility of some face-to-face group interac�ons with local Manchester contacts.

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Report on the closure of the Church of God in Cullybackey, N.Ireland It is with great sadness that we report the closing of the Church of God in Cullybackey. The Church was planted on 31 May 1925 during the visit of two energe�c Lord’s Servants, William Lewis and Joe Bennison. They held open air Gospel services in the main streets in Ballymena with huge crowds gathering to listen. They also gave teaching ministry mee�ngs in the Cullybackey area. Early brothers Stevely, White and Burns embraced the teaching, and with the influence and fellowship of Armagh and Belfast Overseers the new Church was planted.

The building used at the commencement of the tes�mony in Cullybackey was a portable hall which Lord’s Servant, Edward Coyne, used in his evangelical work around the Province. In 1986 we acquired a building from a company which had outgrown its capacity and our tes�mony moved to the centre of the village in Po�nger Street.

Many special mee�ngs were held over the decades with gi�ed speakers in Gospel and teaching ministry. Lord’s Servants John Drain and John Mawhinney were linked to the Assembly as Overseers and later Bro. David Rea from Belfast. There was a bright tes�mony in the village and elders were well known and employed there.

We had numbers of around 23 during these former years.

However, the main outreach down through the years was Sunday school work and youth work. 35/40 children a�ended the a�ernoon Sunday School and the annual Sunday School ‘treat’ was the best event in the calendar for outreach. We had also a very ac�ve youth work with our minibus picking up kids in the village and surrounding countryside for Friday night youth club where the Gospel message was presented. The youth work generated an enthusiasm for Camp and Cullybackey provided up to 30 young people for our Camp work for many years. The Camp roll book has names of many who put their trust in the Lord Jesus, and many in the village who are now married and have families speak of the great Camp experiences at the Killymoon and Oaklands camp sites in Cookstown. Some are now sending their children to our present camp in Ballycastle. Others were also bap�sed and added to the Church in Cullybackey.

Looking back on these exci�ng �mes in our Assembly’s past makes this report so difficult. As the years passed, circumstances changed and sadly our numbers declined for a variety of reasons, including the impact of university studies on some of our promising younger disciples. Some in our families in the Assembly have gone to other parts of the Fellowship, and we praise God for them being a blessing in the Churches to which they were transferred.

We were delighted to have our young brother Ben Strachan join us for 5 years while he studied for his PhD at Coleraine University. He was a great encouragement and help to us, and indeed to the whole District while he was in Northern Ireland.

As he served with us, we had a real sense that the Lord s�ll had a purpose for us in the Church in Cullybackey. However, Ben gained employment in the North East of England and le� us for Newcastle in September 2019. Over the past 18 months our last two older faithful saints also passed away leaving us with just five in total - two ac�ve brothers and three sisters. We were increasingly of the mind that we were no longer able to func�on effec�vely as a tes�mony in our village, and as a Church seeking to adhere to the principles of Acts 2:41-42 and fulfil the commission of our Lord Jesus in Ma�. 28:18-20.

We are so thankful for the Church in Belfast (a 40-minute drive away) who have supported us for some �me and have welcomed us to their circle and embraced us with enthusiasm and love. The five saints were transferred to the Church in Belfast for their first Remembrance on 9 August 2020, a�er the Covid-19 lockdown. Our prayer is for mutual blessing that, as we “eagerly wait for the revela�on of our Lord Jesus Christ”, God will keep us strong to the end, so that we “will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” (1 Cor.1:7-9) John Hutchinson; Lindsay Woods

We would like to invite you to join us for.....

ARMAGH (ONLINE) CONFERENCE 2020 3 OCTOBER commencing at 2-30pm SPEAKERS:

Ben Strachan (Newcastle)

John Black (Greenock)

Lindsay Woods (Belfast) Plus a special item upda�ng us about the work of the Lord overseas.

Should anyone wish to join us, the link for the Conference is detailed below: Join Zoom Mee�ng h�ps://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 86733801234?pwd=ZXl1VzZ ObytKVlMybVpTNnNFU2hH Zz09 Mee�ng ID: 867 3380 1234 Passcode: 744775 We plan for a small singing group to lead us in singing some hymns from PHSS.

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Spotlight on Lian Za Nang (James) I was born in 1959. I am the third son of five brothers. My father was Ngin Kho Hau who went home to be with the Lord, aged 88, in 2008. My mother, Cingh Man, also went home to the Lord, aged 90, in 2018. I a�ended up to standard 10 of Myanmar Basic Educa�on. I studied my standard 7 to 10 while I was working as housekeeper for Sister Daw Aye Mya's family in Insein Church of God compound.

I was added to the Church of God in Insein in 1981. I was appointed the same year as a deacon in the Church.

From this year I also worked for Every Home Crusade, Yangon, for four years, in Mayangone township. A�er that, I also worked as a Fellowship volunteer. In 1990, I was appointed as an elder.

In 1988 I married sister Cing Khaw Hau. The marriage ceremony was in the Lord, led by Bro. U San Hla, Bro. Go Khaw Hau and Bro. Langh Za Gin. We have one daughter and two sons. My daughter Man Sian Cing (Mary) was born in 1989, my son Hau Suan Lian (Joseph) in 1991, and my son Khual Khan Muang (Benjamin) in 1994. My daughter got married in 2019 to Bro. Isaiah and they have one lovely daughter, Helen.

She is my first granddaughter. I have lived in Munlai, Kalaymyo, since I married and I have been serving the Lord in Munlai Church of God. I was raised in a so-called Chris�an family, but I was born again in 1979 and my parents were also born again and added to the Church of God, so I have lived my Chris�an life for 41 years. I was called to be a full-�me Lord's servant in 1991. As a Lord's servant, reaching the unsaved people of the saints' families, visi�ng District Churches and teaching God's word to edify the saints are my main responsibili�es. God has gi�ed me in sharing the Gospel; feeding the saints spiritual food has also been my enjoyment. It is the Lord who gives me strength through His Word.

Over the years, because of the increasing numbers in the local Church and Church ma�ers, outreach ministry has become less. I know that my �me and mind are more consumed by reaching unsaved family members of the saints, edifying work for the local Church, visi�ng other Churches, and building Church buildings.

One funny experience for me is that once in bap�sing someone I had to push down again into the water for the second �me, because the first �me I did not sink the whole body.

The advice I would like to give to someone who will serve the Lord full-�me is that you should know that though full-�me service is not working without rest, there is no set working �me. The Lord may lead you into different situa�ons and use your �me as the need depends, but being joyful and receiving encouragement in obeying the Lord's command will help you through that �me.

I am very grateful to be in a living Fellowship rela�onship, being connected with each other as in the New Testament Churches.

Brothers and sisters who are reading this, God has given gi�s to each one of us. God knows the importance of your gi�, and the saints are being edified because of your commitment to the Lord and working out your gi�.

Lian Za Nang

Spotlight on SB Khupboih I was born in 1985. I have one elder sister and two younger sisters. We live in Tahan, Kalaymyo, Myanmar. My father is Zam Khan Pau; he works in Mizoram, India, as a high school teacher. My youngest sister Ciin Khan Ciang, aged 14 in 2008, and my mother, Man Za Cing, aged 52 in 2015, have already been called home to be with the Lord. I had a�ended up to standard 10 in Mizoram, India.

A�er high school, I joined a theological college and by God’s grace I completed a Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.) and Bachelor of Divinity (B.Div.) in 2008. Since 2010, by God’s grace, I have had the privilege of working together with Brother James to visit the Churches in Myanmar and I do some transla�ons and interpre�ng whenever we have visi�ng brothers from the West. I also teach in Sunday School.

In 2011 I married sister Ning San Lian (Liannu), The marriage ceremony was in the Lord, led by Bro. Lian Za Nang, Bro. Go Khaw Hau and Bro. Langh Za Gin. We are numbered with the lovely saints in Munlai Assembly by His grace.

I grew up in a Chris�an family going back to my great-grand parents. I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour and Lord in 1996 when I was 11 years old. I have lived my Chris�an life for 24 years now.

I thank God for His wonderful grace in calling me to serve Him as a full-�me servant since 2018. I teach God’s word to edify the saints in the Churches of God, work with young people who are in the Assembly, and share the good news. God has given me joy in His word, and to show love and care for His people. I also visit the Churches in Myanmar country �me a�er �me, accompany visitors from the UK, and translate our literature into the Teddim Chin language. I give help to the Assemblies when there is work to be done on the Church buildings.

It is always refreshing and encouraging to have visitors from the UK. Brother David King and sister Rhoda visited along with brother Steve Seddon.

One day we were going together to visit Khumnuai Assembly. Our elder in Khumnuai, brother Lian Khaw Thawng’s wife, thought that David was the father of brother Steve. She approached brother Steve directly and said, “brother Steve, thank you so much for visi�ng us with your father.”

If anyone desires full-�me service I will thank him for his willingness to serve the Lord, because that is what God intended for us, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Eph. 2:10). I would advise that there will be �mes of difficul�es, but we are never alone for the Holy Spirit dwells in us. Our God is not unjust, He will not forget your work and the love you have shown Him. I have seen that fellowship today in Churches of God is the result of our Lord’s prayer in John 17. Care for each other and support each other as we see in 2 Cor. 8. Our fellowship is the pa�ern for life in God’s house as the New Testament Churches.

I would love to share a few words from Romans 12:12: “Rejoicing in hope, pa�ent in tribula�on, con�nuing steadfastly in prayer”. In our everyday life, there will be �mes of great blessing and great difficul�es. In these days we have experience of so many difficul�es because of the virus that life cannot con�nue normally. It may seem inappropriate to talk about joy or rejoicing, but whatever circumstances we are in today God says to us ‘rejoice in hope’.

It’s good to remember that Paul didn’t say all things will get be�er in our life here on earth; he con�nues in his wri�ng to remind us to be pa�ent in tribula�on and to con�nue steadfastly in prayer.

Thank God that in the midst of tribula�on we have peace. John 14:27: “ Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid”. We thank God that Jesus didn’t leave us alone just as we are, but He le� us with His peace. In this world it is always a big target to have peace between country and country, and in some countries there is never-ending social war. They are figh�ng for peace between each other, but we should know that the real peace comes from God; He is the giver, and we have peace within Him only.

Even though there is uncertainty in this world, let us rejoice con�nually in hope, remain pa�ent in tribula�on, and con�nue steadfastly in prayer. “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13).

What a blessed hope! In the presence of our Saviour there will be no more sin, no more sorrow. We will see the King in His beauty. Our eyes shall behold Him. We will have fullness of joy forever with our Saviour. Let us rejoice in hope.

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South East Virtual Camp 2020 Like many Districts across the world, the South East had to make the decision in April to cancel our Summer Camps given current circumstances. However, the Camp spirit could never be ex�nguished, and the idea of a Virtual Camp was born!

The Ini�al Idea Firstly, in May, we developed a criterion for our Virtual Camp and then emailed all our workers from last year for their thoughts and contribu�ons: • Saturday 25 July - Saturday 1 August: Anyone who can, camp out in their garden in their tent...or in any other crea�ve way in their house!

• We have a series of Camp ac�vi�es that we and our families can all enjoy throughout the week - morning thoughts, Camp food, cra�s, sports, challenges, singing and goodnight talks (and maybe some banter along the way).

• We pre-record all these ac�vi�es and they can then be shared between ourselves - either at our own leisure or we could get together virtually and enjoy some of the ac�vi�es together. This way we will all get a li�le bit of SE Camp enthusiasm even though we cannot be together physically.

• As a lot of these ac�vi�es are pre-recorded, we could then publish them each day to our youth club children in whatever way is best locally - i.e. we might post them on Facebook each day or send a link around on email etc. This could be an effec�ve tool for outreach and reach more children than Camp usually does.

The Three-Fold Plan Subsequently, we had a plan of who we were aiming our Virtual Camp at and how we would do it: • Workers and their families - many of us would really miss not being together for Camp and enjoying all the spiritual encouragement the week gives. We hoped to meet virtually each morning for a morning thought and prayer �me. The Camp cooks would send us a menu and some recipes to make during the week. We would try and re-create Camp ac�vi�es such as walking to Bu�erfly Hill, swimming, and bonfires! We would enjoy quizzes and cra�s as well as a goodnight talk. We hoped to share photos and videos with each other of our Virtual Camp experience and try to put together a whole Camp photo!

• Young People in our local youth groups - many children who have been to Camp in the past would also miss out on a wonderful week's holiday. There is also an opportunity to try to reach out to children who may be old enough to go to Camp next year and we could give them a taste of what that experience will be like. We planned to pre-record a series of quizzes, cra�s, recipes, and goodnight talks to share with them (and ourselves of course). Contac�ng youth groups would be down to local youth workers to contact their young people through their specific local methods such as Facebook or Email.

• Wider Church members – many people in the Churches may feel more able to par�cipate in a Virtual Camp rather than a physical one for a variety of reasons. They may also have friends, family or neighbours who may appreciate the material too.

They would all be invited to access the material via a le�er sent out to Church correspondents.

The Build Up In the week prior to Camp, we sent out to workers and their families past Camp videos from boys’, girls’, and mixed Camps to whet people’s appe�tes. We also sent out some photos of how Camp has changed over the years. It really brought home all the memories of how enjoyable Camp has been and seeing the faces of young people that we have enjoyed camping with over

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South East Virtual Camp 2020 so many years. A conserva�ve es�mate would be that in the past 70 years somewhere in the region of 5,600 young people have been to Camp in the South East and had the opportunity for God to work in their hearts and lives, giving them las�ng memories and, we pray, making a las�ng difference to their lives.

The Main Event - Virtual Camp 2020 Virtual Camp was a great success for all those who took part! Although it could not replace “normal” Camp, it certainly fostered a lot of Camp enthusiasm and encouragement amongst the workers and their families. It also enabled us to reach those in our Churches who have long since re�red from the physical Camp work and welcome them back to enjoy the Camp experience once again.

Our daily 8am Zoom workers mee�ngs were a�ended by around 30 people each morning and we enjoyed encouragement from God’s word as well as a split �me for prayer using the ‘rooms’ func�on in Zoom. From the start of the first mee�ng the usual Camp banter and spirit was evident, and we praised God for this!

A good number camped out in their back garden for the week and we were blessed with good weather for this. Workers and their families sent through photos of their daily cooking, cra�s and carrying out Camp ac�vi�es. This enabled us to create a photo slideshow that we gathered on Zoom to watch on the Friday evening and end our Camp week enjoying everyone’s par�cipa�on.

We invited local youth club children (as well as neighbours, family and work colleagues) to receive the Camp material and there were at least 20 children who took us up on this – in reality, this is around the same number we get coming to Camp from our youth work in a normal year. Goodnight talks were published each evening to the YC Facebook group and were viewed and reacted to by YCers past and present.

The Results The reach of the resources is a real unknown – did parents watch the goodnight talks with their children? Did other people in their households watch too? What did they all think? Did they forward on any of the links to other friends and family?

We can only pray on that the word was sown and that through the Spirit’s power that seed will grow and prompt communica�on with local youth workers – we ask for your prayers to this end.

The Future We know that other Districts will be turning their minds to Camp 2021 in the hope that we might be able to meet physically once more. Deut. 1:30-33 speaks about the Lord direc�ng the way the people of Israel should go when leaving Egypt. He went in the way before them to "search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go" - we rely on this promise for our future Camp work.

Our thanks go once again to all those who took the �me to video recipes, quizzes, cra�s, morning thoughts and goodnight talks. Also, we are grateful to all those who shared the material with youth club children and parents, neighbours, work colleagues, friends, and families. But mostly we give God thanks for His blessing on us and for giving us the opportunity and means by which to share the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those who need to hear it.

Jon & Sally Stanley

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Many have been interested to know how Covid has affected our brothers and sisters in the developing world. Here is a snapshot of the needs in some of the countries and how the Assemblies have responded. Hopefully this will give a flavour of what is happening.

We'll send news from some of the other countries as it emerges.

Myanmar Steve Seddon writes ‘From the very beginning, the government were decisive in imposing strict lockdown rules. This strategy has worked well in terms of stemming the spread of COVID-19.

However, it has radically limited the movement of people and their opportunity to work, which means many families are suddenly without income.

Beginning in April, Fellowship Relief funds have helped to support foodbank ini�a�ves in Munlai and Suangphei, whereby saints are able to collect provisions (mainly rice) from the Church halls each week. In addi�on, a further 20+ families from Insein, Pyi Daw Tha and Khumnuai are supported by local hardship funds set up with FR money. Each week, funds are distributed by local overseers to families in need. The situa�on is reviewed monthly and reported to FR who, so far, have been able to sa�sfy the on-going need.

At every opportunity, saints in Myanmar are keen to express their apprecia�on of the generosity of their brothers and sisters overseas – recognising that such giving is not only a very prac�cal expression of Chris�an affec�on, but that it is also a deligh�ul thing in the eyes of God. In response to the ‘ample provision’ that Paul enjoyed as a consequence of the generosity of the saints in Philippi, he was keen to remind them that “…the gi�s you sent…are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God”. Philippians 4:18. To God be the glory!’

apart in the queue. Staff wear PPE and provide educa�onal talks about coronavirus. Gabriel Kunkeyani, the medical assistant employed by the Project, writes: ‘In Malawi test kits are restricted to only those with symptoms; this is so due to lack of the capacity to purchase enough test kits for the whole country (due to poverty) and this implies that there could be more Covid-19 deaths in Malawi. People in the villages could be dying without knowing it’s Covid -19 killing them. In fact in Malawi, people in the villages s�ll die in their homes before seeking medical a�en�on due to lack of enough heath facili�es, and this is enough to say our mobile clinic is really saving the lives of pa�ents in the districts where it operates.’

‘One of the notable and painful deaths I cannot forget is that of a 32-year-old pregnant woman who has died of Covid -19. Our mobile clinic ( Malawi project mobile clinics, under the Churches of God) has been and is s�ll playing a vital role in teaching pa�ents/ people in the villages about Covid-19 and the need to follow all the precau�onary measures, although it’s s�ll very hard for others in the villages we operate in to get even a tablet of soap for washing their hands.’

COVID in the developing world

India The whole country has been severely affected with tens of thousands of deaths. As far as it affects the areas where our Churches meet, Brian Tugwell writes, ‘All 13 companies in Andhra Pradesh received help and, rather than hand out money, they bought rice, oil and veg, distribu�ng food parcels to each family. Floods then affected some areas and sadly strong further outbreaks of Covid affected several of our village groups so that a second phase of financial help was given.

Sundays were curfewed for 24 hours.

Large help was given to Pernampet and Pallavaram groups in the early stages and while Chennai has been badly hit among the Tamils our folk there have remained safe.

Mulbagal in Karnataka is a small group and have received assistance toward sani�sa�on now that they are using the hall again.’

Malawi Covid has meant we have had to work differently in Malawi. Only final year pupils have been able to return to school so far and it may be some �me before the rest can do so. This means that those being supported for their educa�on are not going back to school for the �me being. Please pray that this disrup�on to their educa�on will not be too damaging to their prospects.

We aim to re-open the orphan care centre in October. The children live with members of the extended family, who have taken them in. While grandmother or uncle are at work, some have older siblings in the house to help look a�er them with the schools being off for most. They will be missing the meals they get at the centre.

Instead the dedicated staff, all of whom are sisters in the Assembly there, purchase and distribute food on a weekly basis to the families of all who would normally be there.

The mobile clinic team have shown extraordinary compassion and commitment. Pa�ents are now seated so that they are 2m

Mozambique The lockdown has coincided with flooding and a consequent poor harvest.

In early May we heard people there were struggling. Food was scarce. We have 263 in the Church at Mutarara. Prac�cally all (if not all) have no livelihood other than subsistence livelihoods. They have required help with modest staple foods.

By buying in bulk those responsible can make it go much further. A signature or thumbprint on the list shows that food has been distributed.

Two of the church companies could then meet and break bread (as they number less than 50), but later all had to stop. They were allowed to go to the shops at certain �mes.

Zimbabwe Here drought has combined with Covid to create a desperate situa�on. Two lots of funds have been sent to Zimbabwe to distribute food hampers to 20 families.

These have included maize (known as mealie meal), but also essen�als such as cooking oil, sugar, flour, rice and beans.

Thomas, a dedicated local brother, assembled his team at his workplace and they have been able to help twenty families in the Assembly.

Philippines Lockdown has been very strict with high outbreaks affec�ng some areas badly.

This has meant that those in employment have had no work and no pay. The government have provided a small amount of help (3kg of rice per week) but this is obviously not enough to keep people going, a family typically consuming this in a day. Faithful brothers have helped distribute rice and other relief. (With thanks to Brian Johnston for informa�on on these three countries).

We are living in days of global crisis and we are all affected, but some more than others. It is like the famine that came on the world in the first century: “And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius). So the disciples determined, everyone according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul” (Acts 11.28-30) God has been good in His protec�ng and providing care and we are so grateful to brothers and sisters who have made the same determina�on as these early Chris�ans to send money for the needs of people in these areas.

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Bap�sm in Bran�ord, Canada

We were thrilled to bap�se our brother Arnie Augus�ne on Saturday, 22 August and subsequently receive him into the Assembly here in Bran�ord. Arnie happened to be passing our hall some�me last Fall and felt what he describes as a strong sense of God direc�ng him to visit us. When he came in, he recognised some of our saints including, among others, Fred Marks who was the former owner of the company where Arnie works. He was a regular observer at our Remembrance mee�ngs and had expressed an interest in becoming bap�sed and added, un�l Covid restric�ons halted our gatherings, so we were glad when he returned shortly a�er we reopened.

It was a joyful morning following the bap�sm when Kevin Beal asked Arnie to come forward and be added to the local Assembly here and the Churches of God worldwide. Arnie turned to all of us and said with a smile, “Thank you for having me!”

Trevor Shaw; Kevin Beal

Wedding The wedding took place of R. Sam. Jebadurai and sister V. Premi on 31 August at Pernampet.

Brian Tugwell

Restora�on to the Fellowship in Bundaberg

We have great joy in advising that our dear sister Ena Kebbelwhite has been restored to the Fellowship in Bundaberg. Ena, who hails from Methil in Scotland, originally migrated to Sydney in 1960 as a young person with her family (the Greigs) and was numbered with the Church in Sydney for over 20 years. Now residing in Bundaberg (where her sister Mary Case, also in the Assembly, lives) she desired to be once again numbered with the people of God and to remember the Lord Jesus as He commanded. She was restored on Lord's Day 19 July. This has given great joy to the li�le band of saints in Bundaberg. Rejoice with us, to the praise of our wonderful God. Colin Pukallus; Roy Dickson

Stamps for Bibles In July we received 15,000 stamps from our friends in Halifax, England. Over the years several like consignments have come from them. Large and small numbers of stamps from anywhere in the world sent to us gives great joy! This enables more Bibles to be produced and distributed.

During COVID- 19 there has been an increased demand for Bibles which is great news! You have provided me with stamps for Bibles for the last 40 years and I thank you very sincerely for your great help. New stamp providers will be very welcome to maintain the flow.

Please send to Neville Coomer, Hilton of Forthar, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. KY7 6LP.

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At home with the Lord – Mary Riley, Wembley, England On 23 April, at the age of 95, our much-loved sister Mary Riley passed peacefully into the presence of her Lord and King a�er a long, busy and frui�ul life of devo�on to His service. Mary Butlin was born in Leicester, where in early youth she accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her Saviour and subsequently was bap�sed and added to the Church of God in that city. Later she moved to Cardiff where she qualified to become a school teacher and very successfully followed that profession for a good many years. Soon a�er qualifying she married Ken Riley, a young businessman from the Church of God in Denmark Hill, London, and they then transferred to the recently-established Church of God in Wembley in which they served the Lord for the rest of their lives.

The contribu�on of the Riley household to the Wembley Church over more than sixty years was consistent and immense. Their home was a source of generous hospitality to all in the Church and far beyond. Mary was a diligent and capable hostess whose kindness made an important contribu�on to many lives.

She was a valuable friend in need who quietly recognised the need and unobtrusively moved in to meet it.

Her husband Ken was a long-serving elder of the Wembley Church and a leader among the elders of the South East District of England. His many achievements in the Lord’s work were enhanced by the wise and commi�ed support he always had from his wife. Mary was a good example of the word in Proverbs 12:4 “an excellent wife is the crown of her husband,” making the point that she confers great dis�nc�on on her husband by what she is and does with and for him. She was also a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, the lives of whose family reflect the quality of their upbringing and the loving care and discipline she provided in their early years. Their care for her in the physical weakness of her advanced age has been exemplary.

For many years Mary served as a teacher in the Wembley Sunday School and children’s Monday class. She was a gi�ed communicator with an engaging sense of humour who quite enjoyed being teased, but was also a wise counsellor, relishing the company of old and young. She had a good knowledge of the word and spiritual discernment in its applica�on.

Mary Riley was a great woman whom we will all miss very much, and we pray God’s comfort for her family and many friends.

“A woman who fears the LORD is to be praised....and let her works praise her in the gates.” (Proverbs 31:30,31) Mike Oxley

At home with the Lord – Roy Hyland, Liverpool, England On 23 July Roy Hyland (Liverpool) was called home to be with the Lord, just four days short of his 90th birthday - something he had been looking forward to. Roy was from Birkenhead and came to know the Lord Jesus at the North West England Bible Camp. He decided to follow the Lord Jesus as a disciple and was bap�sed and received into the Church of God in Birkenhead in 1944.

In September 1955 he married Elsie Richards. Their three children - Paul, Bev and Jan,- will miss Roy as will his four grandchildren, Simon, Andrew, Tom and Abigail.

Roy served the Lord in six different Churches of God as his work took him to new loca�ons. In 1964 Roy’s work took the family to Carlisle. Later they relocated to Leigh where Roy worked as a milkman. When they moved to Prestatyn, they were linked with the Towyn Church. In the early 1990s Roy and Elsie moved again, this �me to Buxton in Derbyshire. A�er Roy re�red they moved back to Birkenhead. Two years ago Birkenhead Church closed and they were transferred to Liverpool; so Roy returned to live in his home town and Elsie came back to her home Church!

Roy was a worker and always contributed to the Church ac�vi�es. Whether it was ligh�ng the stove in the old Birkenhead hall, helping with the cooking at Camp, engaging in youth work or helping with open-air preaching Roy was reliable and enthusias�c. Later, he and Elsie helped at the Parent and Toddlers group in Buxton where Roy was hands-on as always. Roy was a man of prayer and worship. In the last few years when his mind was being affected by his illness, it was remarkable to hear his clear apprecia�on of the Saviour at the Remembrance as he regularly took part without stumbling or repe��on.

It has been hard on Elsie looking a�er Roy’s physical needs, but she cared for him devotedly without any complaint. She will miss him but knows he is with his Saviour. We will miss his lovely smile, his evident joy in the Lord and those sincere and beau�ful words of worship. As his mental health deteriorated he was inclined to say ‘I am wai�ng to go to heaven’. He has got what he wished for.

At the funeral Roy’s grandson Simon read 2 Cor. 5:1-9. Dave Webster spoke about Roy’s faith and the very posi�ve Chris�an life of love for his Lord and prac�cal service to others. He has put off his ‘earthly tent’ and, one day, will receive a ‘heavenly dwelling’. At the graveside Phil Brennan spoke about working alongside Roy in Buxton, and said that Roy was a great man and that resurrec�on was a certainty for Roy because the Lord Jesus had triumphantly risen from the dead.

Roy and Elsie’s family would like to say how much they have appreciated the many prayers, messages of support and phone calls they received, as well as their sense of gra�tude for the love and care shown to their Mum and Dad over these past few years.

David Webster; Graham Schleyer

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At home with the Lord – Marion Parker, Crowborough, England Marion Parker was called home to her Lord on 8 August 2020, aged 89.

John Newton wrote ‘True Chris�an zeal is a heavenly gentle flame: it shines and warms, but knows not to destroy: it is the spirit of Christ, infused with a sense of His love into the heart: it is a generous philanthropy and benevolence, which, like the light of the sun, diffuses itself to every object, and longs to be the instrument of good, if possible, to the whole race of mankind.’

That heavenly, gentle flame glowed, shone and, when needed, blazed in Marion. She, with Les, pursued hospitality - impar�ally and with though�ul kindness. She was no less there for her own family and their friends, listening, encouraging, assuring, seeing beyond the outward appearance into lives that for her were all of so much value. In due course her five grandchildren would become a never-diminishing delight to her. She naturally expressed that love and care through her social work career, bringing hope, improved facili�es and understanding for the disadvantaged - par�cularly the blind.

Some�mes that gentle flame blazed as she fought for funding and a�tudechange in an era where rights were not enshrined in law as they are today.

The Fellowship was very real and precious to her. All her adult life she relished telling about astonished fellow Chris�an students at No�ngham University, when she told them how she was accepted and invited into homes of those in the Fellowship, although she herself at that point was completely unknown to the inviters and they to her. The God of the House of God and His word were equally real and precious to her, finding first place in her life with Les. Her early years had been spent in Detroit, Michigan, USA and near Dagenham, Essex, England, her father working at the Ford Motor Company. During the war the family relocated to Glasgow and it was from there that Marion had moved to No�ngham. Les and Marion were married in 1956 when she was 25, and they began their married life in Ayrshire, Scotland. Subsequent moves took them to Surrey, where Campbell and Karen were born, and then other homes over the years in the south of England. Marion was associated with Assemblies in Glasgow, Ayr, Kingston-upon-Thames, Hayes, Bournemouth and Crowborough.

When Les and Marion came to Crowborough in 2009, they were of course in their twilight years. Les, as the years advanced, became increasingly high maintenance, and we were privileged to see Marion being there selflessly for him, spending and being spent, yet as always her own person, never in his shadow. That they were a team has o�en been said and remains true.

The heavenly, gentle flame was so much a reality that a�er the loss of Les in late 2018 and her stroke so soon a�er and subsequent incapacity and frailty, it s�ll glowed, warming and brightening, and bringing perhaps greater focus on that benevolence which characterised her by the grace of her God. At the Covid-19 affected funeral on Thursday 20 August, where a limited number - family only - were present, Campbell, Karen and her husband Graham Smith, though saddened by their loss, overflowed from abundant hearts to share Marion’s loveliness as a Mum and Grandma, her loyalty and wisdom as a friend, her integrity, her never-failing hospitality, and the heavenly source of the joint-heirs of the grace of life shared with Les. Please remember Karen and Graham, and Campbell and Fran, and Marion’s sister Georgine McKinnon in Bournemouth, and Isaac, Caleb, Max, Bruce and Milly and the wider family, friends and associates who have lost in close succession both Les and Marion.

Peter Doel

At home with the Lord – Nora Langley, Bran�ord, Canada Our sister Nora Langley was called home early Monday morning, 13 July 2020, a�er a short hospital stay following a fall at her home. Nora was 92.

A faithful sister in our Assembly, Nora’s Chris�an character was shown in her calm, dignified and warm personality. Widowed at an early age, Nora became a dear friend of our sister Doris McLeman with whom she was virtually inseparable for many years. Recently, Nora was undergoing biweekly tests for Covid-19 to confirm her health and thereby being able to visit her dear friend in Doris’ re�rement home - a testament to the depth of their friendship!

During her memorial service, where thankfully a small number were able to gather, Dave Neely spoke of the friendship of our two sisters as being like that of Ruth and Naomi. Nora was a long-�me secondary teacher who met Doris while working at the Ross McDonald School for the Blind here in Bran�ord. Nora was subsequently added to the Bran�ord Assembly. With no family of her own, Nora considered those of the Assembly, and the McLeman family, as her own family. We are all the be�er for our respec�ve rela�onships with Nora. Ted Burbridge, at the graveside, shared how Nora, whose name means ‘light’, came to know the light of the world and have the light of life. That light was one shared with others she met during her life.

With the recent li�ing of some Government restric�ons, Nora’s desire in the last weeks of her life was to gain strength and be able to worship together with fellow saints. She never realised that hope, but instead has been called home to the reality of the far greater and more sure hope of being free from earthly restric�ons, and united with her Saviour.

Trevor Shaw; Dave Neely; Ted Burbridge

Notice Board Allan Wardle “A Good Soldier of Jesus Christ” In 1910 Henry Elson, a Newhall Assembly overseer, wrote in Wholesome Words “we trust that this short apprecia�on of a worthy man may be used by God to s�r the hearts of many in the Community, provoking them to imitate the zeal which shone brightly in Allan Wardle as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”

Allan was born in April 1868 in Church Gresley, Derbyshire to John and Rosanna. He was one of eight children, the eldest some 16 years his senior. His father was the publican of the Miners Arms, which s�ll operates as a public house. Allan was bap�sed in the parish church along with his sister Emma on Whit Sunday 31 May 1868.

On 23 August 1887, Allan enlisted in Queen Victoria’s army. His trade had been a joiner and wheelwright; he was just 5� 4in tall, with dark brown hair and grey eyes.

By 4 January 1888 he had been posted to Devonport, Plymouth and it was here that he met a local girl, Eliza Jane Bartle�. When she was just 15 they married in Plymouth on 2 December 1888. Allan played a wooden flute in the military band.

During his �me in the army he came to know the Lord Jesus as his Saviour and the religion on his military service record was updated from “CofE” to Brethren.

On 3 April 1897 he was transferred to the Royal Engineers and it was from here, as a Lance Corporal, that he was discharged to the Army Reserves on 22 August 1899. He retained all the characteris�cs of his military training: courage, order, respect for authority, discipline.

By 1901 the family had returned to live at Baker Street in Church Gresley, Allan now being a coal merchant. This was more than a two mile walk from the Church of God in Newhall where he, Eliza and his daughters were bap�sed and added. One of his many gi�s was that of a fervent Gospel speaker, o�en preaching in his scarlet army tunic in the open air. He was later crippled in an accident but this didn’t prevent his involvement in the Gospel, as he was wheeled to preach in the surrounding district.

He was gi�ed with the pen and wrote poetry, including the words of PHSS no. 93 “To Thee, O God, our voice we raise.” He was a true lover of the Scriptures, which he read and studied diligently; carefully and neatly, he wrote by hand a complete manuscript of the Bible. Nellie, his eldest daughter, had it bound, and it Con�nued on page 2

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No�ce Board New address for Bruce & Bev Archibald (Hamilton, Ontario Assembly) 40 Wesleyan Court, Unit #43, Ancaster, Ontario Canada L9G 5C7 Telephone number unchanged.

Text for the Month Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

1 Peter 3:8 (ESV)

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