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Welcome to the third edition of the new monthly Iona Community e-bulletin. The Iona Community e-bulletin is a companion to Coracle: the magazine of the Iona Community, and like Coracle focuses on issues at the heart of the Iona Community: prayer and politics, justice and peace and the integrity of creation, hospitality and welcome, healing, the renewal of worship, the rebuilding of community … See below! … And keep in touch.
For the Word of God in scripture,
for the Word of God among us,
for the Word of God within us,
THANKS BE TO GOD.
From 'Iona Abbey Worship Book'
(Wild Goose Publications)
In this edition:
TRANSITION TO A COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMY, by Heather Marshall
Associate member Heather Marshall writes about the Transition Movement and Transition Towns. Heather says: 'The more I read about and am involved with this movement, the more it connects with my desire to see the possibility of God's kingdom here on earth, with a return to more connectedness between people, the land and their livelihoods – and much more beyond that.'
GANDHI FOUNDATION LECTURE, by Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley
For over 30 years, Community Members Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley have campaigned tirelessly against WMDs and the arms industry. In 2004, Helen and Ellen received the Gandhi International Peace Award and gave the 2004 Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture. Many Iona folk may not have heard or yet read this talk, which is entitled 'Nonviolence or Nonexistence'.
THE LEAVING OF BOSSEY, by Murdoch Mackenzie
Community Member Murdoch MacKenzie has spent the last six months volunteering at The Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. The Ecumenical Institute is the international centre for encounter, dialogue and formation of the World Council of Churches. Founded in 1946, the Institute brings together people from diverse churches, cultures and backgrounds for ecumenical learning, academic study and personal exchange.
CRUCIFIXION, by Stewart Smith
A reflection on the painting 'Crucifixion' by De Maistre, which hangs in the North Transept of Iona Abbey.
THE UNTIDY DRAWER, by Tom Gordon
Tom Gordon, Chaplain at Marie Curie Hospice in Edinburgh, reads excerpts from his book 'A Need for Living: Signposts on the Journey of Life and Beyond' (Wild Goose Publications). 'A Need for Living' is a book 'for people facing a life crisis and for those who care for the dying. Ultimately it is for everyone, especially those for whom traditional words and symbols have failed, and who need new images to help them live again …'
'I WILL GIVE WHAT I HAVE', by John Bell & Graham Maule
A reading for the Wednesday of Holy Week
ACTION SUGGESTIONS FOR PALESTINE-ISRAEL
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FALSE PROFITS: ROBBING THE POOR TO KEEP THE RICH TAX-FREE – A NEW REPORT FROM CHRISTIAN AID
REMEMBERING LEITH FISHER
KEITH DOWDING – STIRRER: A TRIBUTE, by Graeme Brown
AN UPDATE ON THE IONA COMMUNITY'S GROWING HOPE APPEAL
See photos of the new Welcome Centre on Iona!
COME AND BE A GUEST OF THE IONA COMMUNITY IN 2009 –
SPACES AVAILABLE AT THE ABBEY, THE MACLEOD CENTRE AND CAMAS
Both the Abbey and the Mac have vacancies on all weeks throughout September and October. Most of the weeks could take a small group, and the 3-night break in both centres, 13-16 October, could take groups in either centre. Individuals, couples and families also welcome.
NEWS FROM SOME 'FRIENDS OF OUR PURPOSE':
The Get Fair Campaign
Crunch Time For Trident?: A conference
Scottish Churches House 2009 programme
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A PRAYER FROM GUGULETU SOUTH AFRICA
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A VIGIL LITURGY FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY from Iona Abbey
CHRIST IN OUR NEIGHBOUR, by Rowena Aberdeen
A reflection on living in community: Rowena was the Deputy Warden at the MacLeod Centre on Iona for three years and is now living in Australia.
THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEASANTS' STRUGGLES, by Angelika Schaffrath Rosario
OUDEZIJDS 100
A community in Amsterdam
AN INVITATION FROM THE 'ZURICH' IONA GROUP TO ALL IONA CONTINENTALS
AN UPDATE ON LILIANA AND HER FAMILY AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW SANCTUARY MOVEMENT, from Jane Goudey, an Associate member in California
LOVE MILTON, by Christopher Rowe
News from Associate member Christopher Rowe about plans to build an ecologially sustainable church in Milton, Glasgow
THE PILSDON COMMUNITY
Jan Sutch Pickard visits one of the Iona Community's sister communities.
CRUCIFIX, by Anna Akhmatova
STAGES ON THE WAY, by the Wild Goose Resource Group
Worship resources for Lent, Holy Week and Easter
Plus other Wild Goose books for Easter and Eastertide – and the new Wild Goose Publications catalogue
A STORY FROM IONA, by John Harvey
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Find out where John Bell will be speaking and leading Big Sings and workshops in 2009, about Holy City worship events, about Kathy Galloway's work, about youth events, and about other Community events and gatherings …
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NOW MORE THAN EVER, HERE MORE THAN ANYWHERE: 50 YEARS OF SCOTTISH SONGS FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
A new songbook from Penny Stone and Scottish CND
ADOMNÁN'S LAW OF THE INNOCENTS, translated by Gilbert Márkus
Available again, from Kilmartin House Museum
MUSIC BY ARVO PÄRT
THE FILM 'THE CORPORATION'
AND A CLASSIC FILM FOR EASTER
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