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Apostle Peter's, Saint Peter's Day - 29th June
The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, Shimon "Keipha" Ben-Yonah/Bar-Yonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Keipha—original name Shimon or Simeon (Acts 15:14)—was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose as his original disciples. His life is prominently featured in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Paul (who also is celebrated this day) and he are also the patron saints of fishermen and there are many coastal celebrations today to celebrate this.
According to the New Testament Peter was a Galilean fisherman assigned a leadership role by Jesus (Matthew 16:18; John 21:15–16). Many within the early Church, such as St Clement of Rome (1st Epistle to the Corinthians,1,59:1) and St Irenaeus[1], mention his primacy.
The ancient Christian Churches, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Anglican Communion, consider Simon Peter a saint and associate him with the foundation of the Church in Rome, even if they differ on the significance of this and of the Pope in present-day Christianity.
Some who recognize his office as Bishop of Antioch and, later, as Bishop of Rome or Pope, hold that his episcopacy held a primacy only of honour, as a first among equals. Some propose that his primacy was not intended to pass to his successors. Still others view Peter as not having held the office of bishop or overseer, on the grounds that this office was a development of later Christianity. Some Protestants do not use the title of "saint" in reference to him.
The Roman Martyrology assigns 29 June as the feast day of both Peter and Paul, without thereby declaring that to be the day of their deaths. St Augustine of Hippo says in his Sermon 295: "One day is assigned for the celebration of the martyrdom of the two apostles. But those two were one. Although their martyrdom occurred on different days, they were one." The Annuario Pontificio gives the year of Peter's death as A.D. 64 or A.D. 67. Some scholars believe that he died on October 13 A.D. 64. It is traditionally believed that the Roman authorities sentenced him to death by crucifixion. According to a tradition recorded or perhaps initiated in the apocryphal Acts of Peter, he was crucified head down. Tradition also locates his burial place where the Basilica of Saint Peter was later built, directly beneath the Basilica's high altar. In art, he is often depicted holding the keys to the kingdom of heaven (the sign of his primacy over the Church), a reference to Matthew 16:19.
FAFF - Weston-Super-Mare
FAFF - June 30th - 3:00pm - Walk at Weston-super-Mare along the sea front and Fish n' Chips Supper - Meet at church and sign up if you need a lift. No cheating and riding the donkeys, although this can be a lot of fun, and many great people have done it in the past. Fun for all the family, why not make a day of it?
On This Day
1945: U.N. Charter signed
Delegates from nations around the world sign the United Nations Charter on June 26, 1945. Even before celebrations for the end of World War II in Europe commenced, delegates from 51 nations began a 63-day conference in San Francisco to establish the United Nations, an organization designed to help ensure future world peace. The United States proposed establishing the world body in 1942, and the groundwork was laid at an Allied conference held in Washington in 1944. In April 1945, the international conference convened in California, culminating in the signing of the Charter. The first meeting of the U.N. General Assembly occurred in London early the next year.
Corny Joke
One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice,
"Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.
"I can't dear," she said.
"I have to sleep in Daddy's room." A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice:
"The big sissy."
On this Day
1968
Start of the first Open Wimbledon lawn tennis championships - open to both professional and amateur players.
1948
The beginning of the Berlin Airlift following the USSR blockade of Berlin. With West Berlin completely surrounded by East Germany and with the road and rail links to West Germany having been cut, Western Europe, aided by the Americans ferry food and other essential supplies into West Berlin by air. The operation, involving more than 1,000 flights, lasts several months.
1947
The world hears the first stories of 'flying saucers' when American pilot Kenneth Arnold reports seeing 9 disc-shaped objects in the sky near Mount Rainier in Washington, USA.
1917
World War I: Mutiny of Russian sailors serving with the Black Sea fleet at Sevastopol.
1878
Formation of the St John Ambulance - originally called the St John Ambulance Association.
1859
Swiss businessman Henri Dunant witnesses the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in Italy - the large number of wounded soldiers, many of whom later die from their injuries, inspires him to found the International Red Cross.
Please Pray for:
Rosie and Nathan - that they will be able to return to England
Rev Viatlis (Kenya) who is very ill with malaria
Laura - revising and taking exams
Sharon and Simon - school appeals process
May's brother Gordon
Eleanora as she receives treatment
The Bhatti Family
Madeleine and her family (Portugal)
Laura undergoing tests for MS.
Mission Evening - Saturday 7th July
There is to be a mission evening with dinner and entertainment. Starting at 6pm with dinner followed at 7:30 by singing, poetry and a childrens play. Tickets will be £5.00 for adults and £2.00 for children (aged 7-14). Anyone with entertainment skills please volunteer and contributions of food would be very much appreciated.
Final Exams
Here are ways that college professors grade their final exams:
DEPT OF STATISTICS:
All grades are plotted along the normal bell curve.
DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY:
Students are asked to blot ink in their exam books, close them and turn them in. The professor opens the books and assigns the first grade that comes to mind.
DEPT OF HISTORY:
All students get the same grade they got last year.
DEPT OF PHILOSOPHY:
What is a grade?
LAW SCHOOL:
Students are asked to defend their position of why they should receive an A.
DEPT OF MATHEMATICS:
Grades are variable.
DEPT OF LOGIC:
If and only if the student is present for the final and the student has accumulated a passing grade then the student will receive an A else the student will not receive an A.
DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE:
Random number generator determines grade.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT:
Each student must figure out his grade by listening to the instructor play the corresponding note (+ and - would be sharp and flat respectively).
DEPT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
Everybody gets an A.
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Under our skin
There once was an oyster, whose story I tell;
Who found that some sand, had gotten into his shell.
It was only a grain, but it gave him great pain;
For oysters have feelings, although they are plain.
Now, did he berate the harsh workings of fate,
That had brought him to such a deplorable state?
"No," he said to himself, "Since I cannot remove it,
I'll lie in my shell, and think how to improve it."
The years rolled around, as the years always do,
And he came to his ultimate Destiny...stew.
Now the small grain of sand that had bothered him so,
Was a beautiful pearl all richly aglow.
This tale has a moral, for isn't it grand,
What an oyster can do with a morsel of sand?
Think... What could WE do, If we'd only begin,
With some of the things that get under OUR skin.
Snack Attack June 07
What a success this was. The kids had such a good time and so did the helpers. We started with a big breakfast (cereal, donuts, toast and cookies) then played games: wack a rat, coconut shy, target football, shuffle board to name but a few. At the bottom of the page you can see the pictures and frames the children made for Father's Day. Then they all got a lucky dip present. All that in two hours - I'm ready for a nap!
Magna Carta Sealed on this day.
1215: Magna Carta sealed
Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John agrees to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or Great Charter. The document, essentially a peace treaty between John and his barons, guaranteed the nobles their feudal privileges and promised to maintain the nation's laws. The Magna Carta also called for fair and equal treatment of the nobles in legal cases, a major infringement on the king's traditional authority. Although King John soon revoked the Magna Carta, it is regarded as a groundbreaking political document that helped lay the foundation for modern democratic England.
King John later amended the Magna Carta in Bristol!
Prayer for the Day
In 2005, riots in the Paris suburbs took place in the largely immigrant area of Seine-Saint-Denis. Many of its residents are without French citizenship and the right to vote. They also suffer among the highest rates of unemployment in France, and their relations with the police are generally distrustful or hostile.
Yet in this setting a new voice of hope has emerged from hardship. In 1997, after a diving accident in a swimming pool, a young man - Fabien Marsaud - displaced his spine. He now works under the name 'Grand Corps Malade' which translates literally as 'big sick body'. His rap poetry album of 2006 spoke a message of hope into the despair of the Paris riots a year earlier, becoming one of the top ten selling singles in France for weeks on end. With his broken body, 'Grand Corps Malade' speaks of the trials and tribulations of life, the problems of living in a notorious Parisian suburb, with his own additional struggle to live with physical handicap which has become a kind of symbol. Taking a twist on Descartes' 'I think therefore I am', he writes that he's a grand optimist with a credo of J'espere donc je suis - 'I hope therefore I am'. In one of his songs, Vu de ma Fenetre, he hears laughter and two men shake hands with greetings of "Shalom" and "Salam". "If you could see these things," he says, "you too would understand why I laugh, and dream throughout the seasons".
The biblical prophet Jeremiah is often seen as a doomsday pessimist, warning as he does, of Judah's impending destruction. Yet he forsees a time when the exiles will settle in the land once again. God "knows the plans he has for you," Jeremiah writes, "plans to give you a hope and a future."
Lord God of the poor, may it be so in our troubled cities. We pray that all may have hope and opportunity to realise their potential. Amen.
Mark Coffey - Radio 4
Barnabas the Apostle Day - 11th June
"Joseph, a Levite, born in Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (son of encouragement), sold a field he owned, brought the money, and turned it over to the apostles." (Acts 4:36f). This is the first mention we have of Barnabas.
His new name fits what we know of his actions. When Saul (or Paul) came to Jerusalem after his conversion, most of the Christians there wanted nothing to do with him. They had known him as a persecutor and an enemy of the Church. But Barnabas was willing to give him a second chance. He looked him up, spoke with him, and brought him to see the other Christians, vouching for him. Later, Paul and Barnabas went on a missionary journey together, taking Mark with them. Part way, Mark turned back and went home. When Paul and Barnabas were about to set out on another such journey, Barnabas proposed to take Mark along, and Paul was against it, saying that Mark had shown himself undependable. Barnabas wanted to give Mark a second chance, and so he and Mark went off on one journey, while Paul took Silas and went on another. Apparently Mark responded well to the trust given him by the "son of encouragement," since we find that Paul later speaks of him as a valuable assistant (2 Tim 4:11; see also Col 4:10 and Phil 24).
PRAYER
Grant, O God, that we may follow the example of thy faithful Servant Barnabas, who, seeking not his own renown but the well-being of thy Church, gave generously of his life and substance for the relief of the poor and the spread of the Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Table Top / Jumble Sale and Coffee Morning
This was a great success again, thank you to all who helped and it was great to see so many new faces. Hopefully we will see you again soon. We bought loads of things and had some lovely cakes.
Next one is Saturday 14th July. See you there.
Great Children's Story
Janet did an hilarious children's story. The kids loved it. Well done!
And oh so serious!
The YMCA was founded.
1844: George Williams was a 23 year old draper, typical of the many young men who were being drawn to big cities by the Industrial Revolution. His colleagues were similarly employed, and they were concerned by the lack of healthy activities for young men in cities such as London. The alternatives were often taverns, brothels, and other temptations to sin. On June 6, Williams founded the first YMCA in London for "the improving of the spiritual condition of young men engaged in the drapery and other trades".
www.cotn.co.uk
Children Speak to God
Dear GOD, I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset You made on Tuesday. Margret
Dear GOD, What does it mean You are a Jealous God? I thought You had everything. Jane
Dear GOD, I read the Bible. What does "begat" mean? Nobody will tell me. Allison
Dear GOD, The bad people laughed at Noah, "You made an ark on dry land you fool." But he was smart, he stuck with You. That's what I would do. Eddie
Dear GOD, You don't have to worry about me. I always look both ways. Dean
Dear GOD, Of all the people who work for You, I like Noah and David the best. Rob
Dear GOD, My brother told me about being born but it doesn't sound right. They're just kidding, aren't they? Marsha
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Teen Night
Hang out corner.
I don't like dishes :(
Silly rabbit!
Heelie Races!
Pick on someone your own size... Pastor!
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Jumble / Table Top Sale 9th June
Jumble/ Table Top Sale - Saturday 9th June 2007 10- 12 - Great morning to shop and have a free cup of tea or coffee and some cake. Cake and goods donations warmly appreciated. Volunteers welcome! http://www.cotn.co.uk for details.
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In our prayers this week
May's brother Gordon
Eleanora
The Bhatti Family
Clem Bull
Mary and Family
Madeleine and her family (Portugal)
Laura undergoing tests.
Back from the Dead
Your football team is down 2-1 with just five minutes left to full time... and relegation beckons. Suddenly, out of nowhere, they produce a spectacular goal to equalise. Then, with a minute to go, another! They're back from the dead.
They're resurrected!
Jesus isn't the only person ever said to have been brought back from the dead, of course. But he made it famous, both by raising other people who had died during his lifetime, and then by being raised himself, according to the Bible.
Jesus summarised what he was doing by saying...
"Blind people are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People who have leprosy are being healed, and the deaf can now hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news."
Luke 7:22
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On This Day in History
1888
The poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published, in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.
1937
The Duke of Windsor married American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson, for whom he had abdicated the British throne.
1963
Pope John XXIII died at age 81.
1968
Pop artist Andy Warhol was shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, The Factory, by actress Valerie Solanas.
1981
Pope John Paul II left a Rome hospital and returned to the Vatican three weeks after an attempt on his life.
1983
Gordon Kahl, a militant tax protester wanted in the slayings of two U.S. marshals in North Dakota, was killed in a gun battle with law enforcement officials near Smithville, Ark.
1989
Chinese army troops began a sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.
1989
Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died.
1999
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic accepted a peace plan for Kosovo designed to end mass expulsions of ethnic Albanians and 11 weeks of NATO airstrikes.
2001
Mel Brooks' musical comedy "The Producers" won a record 12 Tony Awards.
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Only in Britain
Only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in Britain... do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a DIET coke.
Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
Only in Britain... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and put our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
Only in Britain... do we buy hot dogs in packs of ten and buns in packs of eight.
Only in Britain... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
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The Gospel
"No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once." -- Oswald J. Smith
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