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Youth Work - Shine Fresh

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by Jo Brazier

It’s difficult to imagine the British church without the songs of Matt Redman. From ‘I Will Offer Up My Life’ to ‘You Never Let Go’, his music has been shaping our worship for fifteen years. As he takes his ministry stateside with a new church plant in Atlanta, Matt talks about the Passion Movement, his new album and his desire to paint a big picture of God through his music.
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WOMEN TO HOLD PRAYER VIGIL OUTSIDE IRANIAN EMBASSY
FOR RELEASE OF TWO CHRISTAN CONVERTS

Women dressed in white will be gathering outside the Iranian embassy in London this Saturday as part of a prayer vigil to highlight the plight of two female Christian converts from Islam who have been held at Evin Prison in Teheran without charge for the last six months.

The vigil is being organized by Iranian Christian women, and is supported by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW.)
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Integrity Music Release X Factor Finalist's Debut Praise Album

'VOICE OF HOPE'

The UK watched a star in the making as Beverley Trotman won the hearts of the nation with her infectious warmth and amazing vocals during series 4 of the hit talent show - The X Factor. To see Beverley's performance again and hear the judges praise, follow these YouTube links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lfRwquDkfw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nrt10-Q ... re=related Following her successful stint on the show, the former primary school teacher from Luton met with Integrity Music Europe late last year to share her passion to record a worship album. Soon after she went into the studio to begin work on her much anticipated debut album, 'Voice of Hope'.

The title track Voice of Hope is written by Abundant Life worship leader Lara Martin and encapsulates the theme of this album - delivering songs of hope, inspiration and optimism in a time of uncertainty. Beverley explains: 'These songs express the hope and joy that I've experienced through my relationship with God, a hope that has strengthened and sustained me throughout my life.'
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Year: Publication Date 17 September 2009

Author: Chris Duffett

Brief Description: A gripping challenge to love people who are not yet followers of Christ ...a call to engage in the adventure of being the good news.

ISBN: 978-0-9558099-5-8 / 220 pages / Paperback
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By Jon Lambert

He’ll tell you he’s not a prolific songwriter, but he is certainly a pathfinder. Robin Mark talks to Jon Lambert about life in Belfast and how worship is bred - in the heart, not the head.



In Ireland giants still walk: from windswept dunes, between the high gable-ends of Belfast and on the tongues of storytellers. Tales are told of the colossus, Finn Mac Cool: he flung the Isle of Man into its place, bridged the wild-green sea and cast his very footprint in the black earth of Northern Ireland. Not all Celtic giants, though, make for romance. In our own time, a creature going by the name ‘Troubles’ has been striding. In his wake reels a raw, forbidding landscape. It may seem strange but in this terrain, a shout of praise is echoing. If you know your Bible, you’ve heard the tale of the shepherd-songwriter versus Goliath: and of a simple trust in the God of stone and sling over the armour of a king.
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Award-winning author encourages writers with a recession-busting retreat
Take a break from the credit crunch and get fresh inspiration in an ancient land. That’s the message from award-winning author Clive Price to fellow writers.

‘The economic downturn is like an ugly, nasty editor,’ said Clive, who will host Write Away, a recession-busting writers’ retreat in Co Donegal, Ireland, this autumn. ‘So as this monster breathes down our necks, we should regroup and gather new ideas.

‘Let’s encourage one another to become even more creative in the face of this brute. And if we sell an article or publish a book – we can wave that in its face.’ As a help to writers, the three-night event is being offered at an all-inclusive price of just €343.
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Three New Testament translations completed, despite local conflict

Within one month, three New Testaments were dedicated in Papua New Guinea (PNG). However in the same period, tribal conflict broke out in the valley, where the main centre for Bible translation work in PNG, home to many Wycliffe members, is situated.

“It’s very sad to hear of the violence,” said Heather Patrick, who has spent almost 30 years living and working in PNG and is currently based in the UK, “sad, but not a surprise. With three New Testament dedications in the past month and progress in many other translation projects, we shouldn’t be surprised that the devil wants to make things difficult.”
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Oxfam TRAILTREKKER Ireland is one of the world’s greatest team challenges, teams of four completing a cross-border route of 100km in under 30 hours. TrailTrekker begins at Kilbroney Park, Rostrevor, Co Down with teams traversing sections of the Mourne Mountains, the Ring of Gullion and the Cooley Peninsula, finishing in Carlingford Co. Louth.

We currently have a great need for volunteer DJs and MCs to provide the entertainment for this event and I would be delighted if you were able to help us out at one of our 8 checkpoints.

The event itself takes place between the afternoon of Friday 25th September and the night of Sunday 27th September 2009.
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Hi Friends

I was around the age of 8 or 9 when my family bought a portable tape recorder.  That’s when I began to make my own shows. I’d record little bits of the TV dialogue and put wee commentary’s on them. I’d interview my Dad or Mom for my documentary’s and also try to record them when they weren’t looking. The craic was ninety!  I made little mix tapes of music and I sang wee songs and created my own little albums.  As I got older I was allowed to stay up late. There was a show called The Old grey Whistle Test. A weird kinda bloke with a beard sat and explained who was coming on next with a husky dry rasp. The whispering presenter was strange and a little scary to me as a child and hard to get a sound on my tape recorder.  The music he introduced was good though. . Later they replaced the whispering guy and got someone else.

Touring England a few years later the promoter driving the van pulled into his friends house for afternoon Tiffin in the rural countryside of England. We had scones with butter, strawberry jam and cream and refills of warm tea in china cups on the veranda out the back whilst kids played on the trampoline. The bloke who lived there was very nice. Very friendly and very hospitable. He spoke in a deep gentle voice that soothed you whilst he told stories of interviewing all four Beatles after they were no longer Beatles and shared tales of meeting rock stars in such a down to earth manner that his humility was captivating. The most unassuming gentle giant who was interesting, engaging and ever so friendly: not at all scary like when he was on the Old Grey Whistle Test.

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