Singing the faith update

I have read and heard some discussion about the lack of an organ edition of Singing the Faith so thought the item from their website below might be inbteresting to the odd reader that passes this way.

I suspect some of you will have seen it on the Singing the faith Website but I thought it worth mentioning here just in case.

 

Organ edition proposal and survey Proposals have been agreed for a possible Singing the Faith organ edition. All the details can be read and downloaded on our Other Editions page. We need 400 orders before this edition becomes viable. If you think that you or your church would be in a position to order the proposed 3-volume organ edition at a cost of £180 plus p&p, please complete the survey on the website.

Passport to …………..?

I am beginning to wonder if it is just me or if others are in the same boat because whenever the subject of passports comes up I feel I am almost the subject of scorn and derision. Is it so wrong not to have a passport or to not want to go abroad?

Am I really strange, do I have two heads, should I be taken out and shot? It is often the way I feel from the reactions of people who find it quite incredulous that I do not have a passport.

Here are my thoughts on the matter. Why do I want or need a passport as I have no desire to go abroad – there are many parts of Britain I have not seen or been to yet. Why do I want to pay what I believe to be an extortionate amount of money for a little book? Why should I need to attend an interview to prove that I am who I say I am having lived in this country for 57 years, paid large amounts of money into both income tax and national insurance, held a full driving licence for over 40 years and been register with DVLA as a car owner/tax payer for almost 40 years.

Why is it considered almost unnatural to not hold a passport – surely at the current time I have the right to choose and as for using it as a proof of indentity it is not a used friendly size to do this with.

I know I have just thought of the answer – I am turning into Victor Meldrew.

Book Review–Reggie by Reggie Dabbs, John Driver

Reggie

By Reggie Dabbs, John Driver

This book as the title suggests is based on the life of Reggie who finds out in second grade that his parents are not his real parents. His birth was as a result of a 20 dollar deal his mother made to obtain food when she was just sixteen years old. His past was not what you might call good and while the news did affect him it did not stop him making a future for himself.

We are taken through Reggie's life and as we watch him grow up we see the lessons he learnt and how we might apply those lessons in our lives. I think there should be something in this story that most of us can associate with and there are questions and discussions at the end of each chapter to help readers think through the events in the story.

I found this to be an inspiring read which should appeal to people from all walks of life and may help us to see life from a very different perspective.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own

Happy New Year

A happy new year to all my readers.

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Carol Praise Event

Carol Praise

Wednesday 21st December

at

Pleck Methodist Church

Bescot Road, Walsall. WS2 9AD

7-30p.m.

Tea, Coffee, Mince Pies & Sausage Rolls

Come along for a Carol Service with a difference (or two)

Christmas is coming!

It can not have escaped anyone’s notice that Christmas is coming, I have already been involved in my first carol evening and tonight I will be attending a Christmas party at the Crystal Folk Club which will then sadly close until the new year.

Readers might be interested in two events that are taking place in the Walsall Circuit the first one being the Circuit Carol Service which is taking place this Sunday the 11th at Darlaston Methodist Church, Slater Street, Darlaston with the theme ‘Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future’. The service starts at 6-00p.m. – come early to get a good seat.

The second event is Carol Praise on Wednesday 14th December at Pleck Methodist Church, Bescot Road, Walsall beginning at 7-30p.m. and it has become an annual event. This was originally stared as an alternative carol event for those who wanted something a little different to the traditional carol service and has proved to be quite popular over the last few years.

Christmas Present!

Sorry to say but Christmas is getting very near so thought I might mention two possible presents you could buy for someone at very reasonable prices. The first one is my book of Vestry Prayers for year B of the lectionary which starts on Sunday 27th November (first Sunday in Advent). The book is just £5 plus £1 post and packing and is available from me direct. It can also be purchased from the printers here for £6.05 plus £2.99 post and packing’

The second one is my book about my childhood in Hill Top, West Bromwich in the 1950’s and 1960’s called ‘A bang or a Whimper@ which is also available direct from me for the price of £7.00 plus £1 post and packing of from the printers here for £12.23 plus £2.99 post and packing.

If you would like more details of how to order drop me an email at ipsouthall at supanet.com and I will get back to you within 24 hours.