National Poetry Day Actually last Thursday was National Poetry Day, but too many things happen in October! Can you remember any poems you learned at school? I remember discussing with a retired primary school teacher, then in a care home, the poem ‘I wish I lived in a caravan’. I can still quote some lines …
5 October World Teachers Day Over our years in school we probably encountered quite a number of teachers, teaching styles, and influences that they had on us. Some may have been scary, some really had no control over the class; some may have inspired us to learn or develop a skill or interest, some may …
St Francis Francis of Assisi (11181/2-1226) is often pictured preaching to the birds. Some then and now consider him as ‘away with the birds’ – but it is perhaps worth noting that Pope Innocent III (probably the most powerful pope ever in terms of political and military power) saw something special in Francis and gave …
October – Black History Month As far back as we can go in written human records peoples, tribes, countries (or maybe to be more exact their rulers or ruling elite) have tried to tell their ‘story’ in a positive way, sometimes being selective with information, sometimes presenting ‘us’ as the ‘goodies’ and anyone who opposes …
International Day of Older Persons When are you ‘old’? Some behave as if they are ‘old’ when they are in their 20s, others still have a ‘youthful’ outlook in the 90s. Though they may not have the energy they had as teenagers, nor do they have the angst! Many older people continue making a positive …
‘The big ship sails on the Ally, Ally O..’ Nursery rhyme: today is the last day of September Back in the days when I studied for Nature of Management exams and went on Management Development courses, we studied things like Maslow’s Pyramid and Theory X and Theory Y approaches to human motivation. I was reminded …
World Heart Day During the early stages of the pandemic the phrase ‘people with underlying health conditions’ was used quite often when describing people who were particularly at risk of severe complications if they caught Covid-19. One of those ‘underlying health conditions’ is cardio-vascular disease (‘heart trouble’) which presents in different ways to many people …
Contents:
Welcome;
Hymn 63 All people that on earth do dwell;
All age time;
Prayer;
Reading Matthew 16: 13-20;
Hymn 498 Angel voices ever singing;
Reflection;
Prayer for others;
Hymn 519 Love divine all loves excelling;
Blessing
Did you know that today is Earth Overshoot Day? No neither did I. It reflects the extent to which in a year we are using more of the earth’s resources than we put back. As we focus on all the implications of the global pandemic, and its fall-out in areas like education, health, housing and …
News of further countries added to the ‘self-isolate when you enter the UK’ list, and further restrictions in local areas because of rising numbers of Covid cases. For those affected there must be a range of feelings: fear, frustration, disappointment, anger, as people adjust to not being able to go to work (with perhaps a …
