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Jenny Smyth
- Oct 26, 2020
Worlds Apart
Updating policies is not my favourite task. Complying with protocols is a matter of great self-discipline! However, with the ever increasing demands of charity legislation and good governance, made infinitely more complex by the pandemic, we bravely battle on… This week we introduced yet another health and safety measure and asked all staff to complete a ‘Working from Home - Risk Assessment Form’. Thankfully we have managed to facilitate home working for most staff, with remo
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Roger Cooke
- Oct 19, 2020
Telling A Different Story
Decorating to dispel Last Friday, I saw my first new Christmas tree of 2020. It was 15th October. The clocks have yet to change, but the festive countdown has begun! In a similar vein, many houses in our neighbourhood have already been producing their Halloween displays - they've gone early and they've gone big As Covid restrictions step up again, we're transforming our homes to make the 'stuck indoors' experience a little more palatable. Something similar takes place every w
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Roger Thompson
- Oct 16, 2020
Jesus Counts The Children
During this harvest season, some of us at CMSI have been reflecting on the 'Feeding Of The 5,000' as we prepare sermons and video inputs for services in various link parishes. This week, I was preparing for the online harvest service at St Paul’s, Diamond Grange (Armagh Diocese). The rector, Canon David Hilliard, requested I make the talk child-friendly. With my background as a teacher and youthworker (long years ago now!) I’m always glad to be asked to do this, but this pers
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Linda Abwa
- Oct 8, 2020
Come ye thankful people, come
Harvest is always a busy time for the Partnership Coordinator team in CMSI. Mission speakers are the obvious choice for this special Sunday when we celebrate what God has provided, think about how we can share it and consider how we can be faithful labourers in the spiritual harvest that Christ calls us to. Our popularity for harvest speaking can sometimes result in an overload of the traditional harvest hymns! There are only so many times in one day that I can sing ‘We ploug
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