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Hymns

Swam and not many there. To art and worked on the Iguassu picture. Good interfaith lunch and 20 there. A good discussion on National interfaith week and IS and the arms trade. My article on Jerusalem published in Westminster Interfaith newsletter and PMM pubIished the short article about the Sarum course. I was surprised that hymns for Sunday were changed and got this reply. "I wish to preach on O Come Emmanuel and the other hymn is in Anglo Catholic repertoire and if not well known can at least be tried if you can play the tune,please. As Bill, Shirley and Phillipa attend Monday rehearsals at St.James I intend in future to use the same or similar choices of hymns in both churches as they have suggested.Many thanks for your adaptability and cooperation.Kind regards, Fr.Leon" In other words the work I have done on hymn choices is being dismissed out of hand. Why was I not told about this arrangement? Very annoyed and unhappy.   Wached University challenge and Simon Reeve in ...

Arms trade and animals

To messy play and Sean went straight in and enjoyed painting and the sand boxes. Then for a cappucino and soft play. At Tamar's a small group and the guitar and ladder. He was joining in much more than before, Thomas Bonneville gave the interfaith group of 10 an interesting presentation on interfaith Animal alliance. Margaret went on about foxhunting and do animlas go to heaven? Then to House of commons committee room 9 for fascinating debate on arms trade. Norman Lamb a Liberal MP and Andrew Feinstein former ANC MP who has written a book on this. Thomas said he became vegan after hearing how dairy cows are inseminated to produce more calves and increase lactation then the calves are taken away and killed as their meat cannot be eaten.

Church Army

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Woke at 7 but dropped off so no swim. I went to South London interfaith lunch where we heard about the campaign against the arms trade, then to Chanukkah with William Rhind at Liberal Jewish synagogue (Michael Redman was there) and to Kidbrooke for commissioning of Bonny's husband as Church Army evangelist. Took ages to find Onespace in the dark!