NEWS
Concert raises money for deserving cause BELLSHILL THE band raised £800 for Thrombosis UK at their annual Music for A Summer’s Evening concert, in memory of a soldier recently promoted to Glory. A capacity congregation enjoyed a varied programme of modern and traditional music that included ‘Concerto For Trumpet’ by Alex Ramsey (cornet), ‘Scottish Folk Variants’ by Chris Shanks (euphonium) and ‘Black And White Rag’ by Cameron Shanks (xylophone). Vocal soloists Daniel McMillan and Marjory Watson presented ‘Sometimes It Takes A Mountain’ and the deeply moving ‘There Is A Saviour’. The timbrel group also gave a display and the ceilidh band accompanied congregational singing. Band Sergeant David Kendall
led reflections on Jeremiah 29, encouraging everyone to strive to know the Lord better. The evening concluded with Steven Ponsford’s ‘CrossRhythms’ and an evocative flugelhorn solo, ‘Through It All’, by Lynn Shanks. – M. S.
Enfield Singing Company and YP Band raised more than £800 for Stand Up To Cancer at an informal evening
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Enfield Singing Company visit Gladys Gathergood to celebrate her 106th birthday
Pentecost praise SKEWEN CORPS officer Captain Jo Walters led Pentecost Praise In The Park, an open-air meeting with Churches Together In Wales (Cytûn). The band provided pre-meeting music and accompanied worship. Three people gave impromptu testimonies and Captain Jo used Scripture from Acts 2 to answer questions put by a church member. She also used an illustration about dandelion seeds to describe how the Early Church spread the gospel. Many people from the area gathered in the park and heard the music, testimonies and witness. – S. L. 4
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Leigh-on-Sea joins nearby churches to share in a picnic before an inter-church Pentecost Praise celebration on the Marine Parade
