Chris Evans(MP): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the situation
for religious minorities in northern Nigeria.

Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the situation
of Christian communities in Syria.

“forgiveness made me free from hatred. I still have many scars on my body and severe pain most days but my heart is cleansed. Napalm is very powerful, but faith forgiveness and love are much more powerful. We would not have war at all if everyone could learn how to live with true love, hope and forgiveness.”

Kim Phuc Spoken Essay ” the long road to Forgiveness  30th June 2008

May 8th. Police are appealing for information to find 14yr old Bonnie Rose Clarke who was reported missing from home in Caerphilly on monday. Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting log 554

Wales will be electing Four MEPs to joining  the 69 elected from other parts of the UK.

The latest Poll (April) suggests that the Conservatives will win one , Labour two and UKIP one.

If that is true on the day of election the four elected MEPs will be

Conservative – Dr. Kay Swinburne

Labour – Derek Vaughan & Jayne Bryant

UKIP-  Nathan Gill

Pruning in May
Old rhododendron bushes that have become (far) too big can also be cut down to the bare wood in late spring.

A twenty one year old man studying for  a Chemical Engineering degree had been reluctantly persuaded to attend with a friend to a meeting where he heard the gospel explained properly for the first time. H then mad a commitment to Christ.

“Nothing seemed to happen to me that evening, but when I woke the next morning I was immediately and vividly aware that I was now living in a different. The Lord had become real to me and I found myself consciously experiencing a gracious love way beyond anything I had ever experienced before. I became aware that I was now spiritually “born” with a new spiritual awareness of God and his love for me.”

Johns Gospel Chapter 3

Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.^{[b] 6} Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life

More than ever before, the Labour Party is committed to listening to and learning from the churches. We realise that many will not support a particular political party. We are nevertheless keen to hear what you have to say. Labour recognises the immense contribution of the churches in communities across the country