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| Stories from a West Bank Village: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Friday, September 10, 2010 starting at 7pm. Jan Sutch Pickard, a storyteller and poet from Mull, spent three months in the small village of Yanoun at the beginning of this year … |
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| Northern Lights @ Greenbelt 2010 |
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| Swingband concert in aid of the Growing Hope Appeal, October 29th, Caiirns Church, Milngavie |
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| Autumn 3-night break on Iona, Tuesday 19 to Friday 22 October 2010. Find out more here |
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| Red Cross Pakistan Floods Appeal |
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| Staff vacancies with the Iona Community: Openings for Staff Coordinators – closing date for applications, August 27th |
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Welcome to Edition 5 of the new 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 …
In this edition:
In this month's Features, three Community folk are on the road: Danus Skene makes a pilgrimage to the 'new' South Africa, where he visits the prophetic JL Zwane Presbyterian Church in the township of Guguletu; Penny Stone travels to Strasborg to protest as NATO 'celebrates' its 60th anniversary; and Scott Blythe reflects on his time on the pilgrims' route to Santiago de Compostela, and travels onwards to a new life in America …
THE BEAST, by Danus Skene
NON À TOUTES VIOLENCE (NO TO ALL VIOLENCE), by Penny Stone
EARTHED SPIRITUALITY, by Scott Blythe
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NONVIOLENCE FOR THE VIOLENT, a talk by Walter Wink
STOP THE ARMS TRADE WEEK:
DAY OF PRAYER AND ACTION TO END ARMS TRADING WITH ISRAEL,
Campaign Against the Arms Trade
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THE ARREST OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI
WORLD WEEK FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL (JUNE 4–10), The World Council of Churches
ECUMENICAL ACCOMPANIMENT PROGRAMME IN PALESTINE AND ISRAEL (EAPPI) EAPPI are currently recruiting for Ecumenical Accompaniers to serve in the West Bank and/or Israel in 2010.
SABEEL 4TH INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ADULT CONFERENCE, the Iona Community Youth Department
REFUGEE WEEK 2009 (JUNE 15–21)
TESCOS 'BREAKING PROMISE' TO SOUTH AFRICAN FRUIT-PICKERS
VULNERABLE MIGRANT WORKERS: a new report by the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility
CAMPAIGN FOR A PILGRIM WAY, from Iona to St Andrews; from Ireland to Iona
COME AND SHARE OUR LIFE IN COMMUNITY!
BE A GUEST OF THE IONA COMMUNITY THIS AUTUMN –
VACANCIES AT CAMAS, THE ABBEY AND THE MACLEOD CENTRE
NEWS FROM SOME 'FRIENDS OF OUR PURPOSE'
Gude Cause
Scottish Churches House 2009 programme
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A PENTECOST PRAYER, by Jan Sutch Pickard
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A PRAYER OF INTERCESSION, from a 1998 Iona Abbey liturgy affirming and celebrating that all people, of whatever sexuality, are made by God in the image of God – and are full members of Christ's family.
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SHARING A STORY THAT BEGAN ON IONA
News from Tracey Lewis, a previous MacLeod Centre guest
COMING TO IONA, a short film by Talie and Millie
ISAAC'S STORY: VOLUNTEERING WITH THE IONA COMMUNITY
After a three-year stint on the Resident group on Iona a few years ago, Nick Prance lived some months in Guguletu, South Africa, a township where other Iona Community folk have spent time, living alongside the community there. While he was in Guguletu, Nick wrote regular emails back to fellow Community Members. In one of his letters was a reflection inspired by Isaac, a young lad at the JL Zwane Church. Last September, after a fair bit of negotiation, Isaac came to volunteer on Iona for 11 weeks …
NEWS FROM THE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION IN AMERICA, from John Dillon, the new Board President
HEXTHORPE MANOR COMMUNITY: AN INVITATION
AGAINST THE BOMBING, by Lisa Suhair Majaj
COLUMBA: PILGRIM AND PENITENT, by Ian Bradley
'TEN THINGS THEY NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT JESUS' –
A NEW BOOK BY JOHN L. BELL
A COUPLE SHORT READINGS FOR ST COLUMBA'S DAY, by Ian M Fraser and Ron Ferguson
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Find out where John Bell will be speaking and leading Big Sings and workshops, about Holy City worship events, about Kathy Galloway's work, about youth events, and about other Community events and gatherings …
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FREEDOM FROM FEAR, by Aung San Suu Kyi
TESCOPOLY, by Andrew Simms
MUSIC BY BOB DYLAN, JOAN BAEZ AND WOODY GUTHRIE
A RESPONSE TO ERIK CRAMB'S LETTER ON ASSISTED DYING, from David Coleman
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