With the Rugby World Cup upon us, we’re delighted to report a new ‘signing’ to the Tearfund team – South African Ruan Pienaar.  A familiar figure in the world of rugby, he’s also a committed Christian and now he’s working with us on our No Child Taken campaign.

Ruan says he was challenged by fellow player Paddy McAllister’s accounts of what he’d seen during a Tearfund trip to India.  As a father of two, he says ‘trafficking breaks my heart – it needs to be tackled head on’.

Keswick Ministries is committed to the spiritual renewal of God’s people for his mission in the world. There are three fundamental convictions which shape all we do: hearing God’s Word, becoming like God’s Son and serving God’s mission.
Our priorities
Hearing God’s Word
The scriptures are the foundation for the church’s life, growth and mission, and Keswick Ministries is committed to preach and teach God’s Word in a way which is faithful to scripture and relevant to Christian…s of all ages and backgrounds.
Becoming like God’s Son
From its earliest days the Keswick movement has encouraged Christians to live godly lives in the power of the Spirit, to grow in Christ-likeness and to live under his Lordship in every area of life. This is God’s will for his people in every culture and generation.
Serving God’s mission
The authentic response to God’s Word is obedience to his mission, and the inevitable result of Christ-likeness is sacrificial service. Keswick Ministries seeks to encourage committed discipleship in family life, work and society, and energetic engagement in the cause of world mission.

The CAP Money Course is a free course that will teach you budgeting skills and a simple, cash-based system that works. In just a few weeks, you will get to grips with your finances so you can budget, save and prevent debt.

Whether you feel pretty organised or whether it’s like a lucky dip ever time you try to withdraw cash from your account, the CAP Money Course will help you take complete control of your finances. There are hundreds of courses run throughout the country each year, along with specific courses for students, youth and kids.

https://capuk.org/i-want-help/cap-money-course/introduction

The religious anti-poverty organization Jubilee USA Network is calling on international lenders to grant debt relief to Vanuatu. In mid-March, Cyclone Pam struck the string of small Pacific islands with winds up to 165 miles per hour. The category 5 storm destroyed or damaged nearly every building in the capital city and wiped out crops across the country. The United Nations warns that entire islands are facing imminent starvation and its President says the “monster” storm undid the nation’s recent economic development. Vanuatu owes approximately $84 million to international lenders, including nearly $10 million to the World Bank

I wish to bow before your feet

And sing your Holy Praises

For you, the focus of my life

A welling spring within

My heart and mind forever yours

Though often I may stray

Your love, it puts me back on course

For you’re the Lord I praise

All my sins I give to you

For none of us are perfect

That’s why today and every day

I come. I honour, I worship.

Jason

“We Three Kings”

This hymn, also known as Quest of the Magi was written by Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr. in 1857. He was the rector of a Pennsylvania church and wrote the hymn for a Christmas pageant. The song was published in 1862. The song and a wrong theology grew popular shortly after.

The Magi were kings and they were from the Orient, the “east.” The Magi presented three gifts to Jesus, but most people have come to believe there were only three kings – and that is very unlikely.

There is a document called “Revelation of the Magi” that may have been written about one hundred years after the book of Matthew. It is not Scripture, but it is interesting study. That author describes a group as small as twelve, but possibly much larger, who traveled from China. They were thought to be descendants of Noah’s son, Seth. They had been given the knowledge that God would provide a great light that would lead them to the King of the Jewish people. d

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We are passionate about lifting people out of debt and poverty through our award winning debt help service and money management course, the CAP Money Course. We started in 1996 when John Kirkby gave up his successful career in consumer finance to help people out of misery and poverty associated with unmanageable debt. We have grown into a national charity with a vision to have a CAP Debt centre, opened in partnership with a local church, in every town and city across the UK.

“the power of the Holy Spirit to flow and bring healing is something which transformed lives of Gambians as well as our own. The trip was like being part of the Acts of the Apostles”

H Melville (Barnstaple , Devon) after a mission trip to Gambia Jan 2014

Chris Evans (MP) :

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions
he has had with internet service providers about bringing forward
legislative proposals to tackle revenge porn websites.

Also:- This month Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, announced that the posting of so-called “revenge pornography” on the internet will carry a maximum jail term of two years. It is now likely to become law in the Criminal Justice Bill next spring.

According to ChildLine, 25 per cent of 13 to 18-year-olds have admitted sending a sexual image of themselves to someone else and the National Stalking Helpline and UK Safer Internet Centre report a dramatic rise in revenge porn incidents in the last six months.

Also from Chris Evans:-

Chris Evans: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment
he has made on the potential merits of consolidating all government
websites into gov.uk as means of reducing the use of copycat websites
which charge extra for government services.