The Iona Community News

CHRISTIAN AID SCOTLAND hosting two of their country managers during Christian Aid Week: Macduff Phiri (Malawi) and Andre Nsengiyumva (Rwanda and Burundi) will be sharing stories of the work being done to overcome poverty: Glasgow, May 17th. More info here

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CHRISTIAN AID WEEK TALK

From Christian Aid

Christian Aid Scotland is delighted to be hosting two of our country managers during Christian Aid Week 2012 (13th–19th May).

Macduff Phiri (Malawi) and Andre Nsengiyumva (Rwanda and Burundi) will be sharing stories of the work being done to overcome poverty and challenge injustice, in their contexts, on the evening of the 17th May in Cathcart Baptist Church, 96 Merrylee Road, Glasgow, G43 2RA, 7-9pm

Christian Aid Week

Meeting in Bamburgh on Saturday 19th May 2012

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CHRISTIAN AID WEEK, 13-19th May

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CHRISTIAN AID WEEK, 13-19th May

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CHURCH ACTION ON POVERTY sustainable livelihoods a voice to people in poverty mobilising churches: current news, campaigns, resources

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CHURCH ACTION ON POVERTY

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REFUGEE WEEK 2012, 'Different Pasts, Shared Future' 18th-24th June for more information and to get involved

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REFUGEE WEEK 2012, 'Different Pasts, Shared Future', 18th-24th June

Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of arts, cultural and educational events and activities that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities. Everyone can take part by either organising or attending events.

For more information and to get involved:

Refugee Week, 2012

Photo © Refugee Week website

Additional space available 16th June in the Abbey

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please see the programme for further details.

Call 01681 700 404 and ask for Carol Dougal for more information

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Iona Community e-bulletin 4/2012

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IONA COMMUNITY E-BULLETIN 4/2012:

Read it here

STILL LIFE: TALES FROM THE WEST BANK: a 75-minute show performed by Karen Chalk and Penny Stone, based on their experiences as human rights observers with EAPPI in the occupied Palestinian territories

2012-04-20T13:03:23Z

STILL LIFE: TALES FROM THE WEST BANK

From Penny Stone:

'Still Life: Tales from the West Bank' is a 75-minute show performed by Karen Chalk and Penny Stone, based on our experiences as human rights observers with EAPPI in the occupied Palestinian territories. The aim of the show is to enable people to engage with human stories of the Occupation as well as to learn more about the context. The show was originally devised for performance at the Edinburgh Festival Free Fringe 2011, where we played to a packed house nightly. We have had a lot of enquiries following the Edinburgh run and are particularly interested in taking the show to new audiences (especially schools, but we welcome your ideas). We are touring the show for two weeks in mid-2012 and are seeking invitations to perform.

Description of the show from the Edinburgh Festival Guide:

'Three months, two human rights observers and countless accounts of occupation distilled into an hour of song, story and image. The two women performing ‘Still Life’ volunteered with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI, www.eappi.org), working alongside Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers for three months. They lived in the villages of Jayyous and Yanoun in the northern West Bank, witnessing and experiencing everyday life in the occupied Palestinian territories. Catch a glimpse of the struggle and humour of village life under occupation.'

For more information:

bookings@chalkstone.co.uk

http://www.chalkstone.co.uk/

SAVE JEJU ISLAND: The South Korean Government is constructing a naval base on Jeju Island, officially named the 'Island of World Peace'. The threat this poses to the men, women and children of Jeju Island is unconscionable. More info here

2012-04-20T12:40:27Z

SAVE JEJU ISLAND

From Save Jeju Island:

The South Korean Government is constructing a naval base on Jeju Island. Officially named the 'Island of World Peace' by the late President Roh Moo Hyun, Jeju was the site of a 1948 massacre in which more than 30,000 civilians were estimated to have been slaughtered during a democratic uprising.

Located strategically in the Korea Strait, the island’s potential to become a military target in the event of an armed conflict in this tense region would increase exponentially with the addition of a naval base. The threat this poses to the men, women and children of Jeju Island is unconscionable, and it can be avoided through halting the base construction.

Since plans for the naval base were announced five years ago, 94 percent of Gangjeong residents have voted against the base and used every possible democratic means to block its construction in their pristine fishing village. Yet their protests have fallen on mostly deaf ears.

For more information and to get involved in the No Base Campaign:

SAVE JEJU ISLAND

THE NO BASE CAMPAIGN

Photo from 'Save Jeju Island' ©

A reading and prayer for Ascension, by George MacLeod and John Harvey

2012-04-20T09:26:49Z

NO OTHER PLANS

There is a very old legend, and all legends that persist speak truth, concerning the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to heaven after His Ascension.

It is said that the angel Gabriel met Him at the gates of the city.

‘Lord, this is a great salvation that Thou hast wrought,’ said the angel. But the Lord Jesus only said, ‘Yes.’

‘What plans hast Thou made for carrying on the work? How are all men to know what Thou hast done?’ asked Gabriel.

‘I left Peter and James and John and Martha and Mary to tell their friends, and their friends to tell their friends, till all the world should know.’

‘But, Lord Jesus,’ said Gabriel, ‘suppose Peter is too busy with his nets, or Martha with her housework, or the friends they tell are too occupied, and forget to tell their friends – what then?’

The Lord Jesus did not answer at once; then He said in His quiet, wonderful voice: ‘I have not made any other plans. I am counting on them.’

George MacLeod

From Daily Readings with George MacLeod, Ron Fergusoon (ed), Wild Goose Publications

Prayer

Let us give thanks
for all the signs of the Lordship of Jesus
in our world today:

For Christian men and women
offering themselves for election to public office;
for those who serve Christ
in the civil service
and other fields of public service;
for all who seek to walk Christ’s way
in the world of business, commerce,
and industry;
for those who seek to honour Jesus
in the caring professions.
They seek to honour Christ;
AND WE HONOUR THEM.

For congregations quietly working
to welcome refugees and asylum-seekers;
for men and women of faith
struggling to overcome the debts of nations
in order to feed the nations’ starving people
and to house the nations’ homeless ones;
for Christian teachers, parents and youth workers,
celebrating the Kingdom amongst the young;
for carers; and for old people
facing the end of one stage of the journey,
approaching in faith the next.
They seek to honour Christ;
AND WE HONOUR THEM.

John Harvey

From Fire and Bread: Resources from Easter Day to Trinity Sunday, Ruth Burgess (ed), Wild Goose Publications

Daily Readings with George MacLeod

Fire and Bread

Wild Goose Publications

International experts gather in Iona to discuss its history

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To read the BBC article please click here.

Read Peter Macdonald's Easter Sunday Sermon

2012-04-10T14:42:34Z

Download PDF here