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      21 December, 2020
   
  Download pdf version of Lockdown News # 9In this issue:
Your prayers are requested
Virtual Church Services resuming
Post-service Zoom discussions
Christmas Eve Service is now virtual
Annual Toy Se...
 
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      19 December, 2020
   
  The Annual Toy Service 2020: Helping to improve Christmas for the Needy in Watford Along With 'One Vision'
 
‘Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents’. That oft-read introduction to ‘Litt...
 
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      26 November, 2020
   
  Download Lockdown news #8 pdf version.
In this issue:
Your prayers are asked
Myrtle Cooper's Memorial Service
The Health Ministry: reaching out to help church members
One Vision obtains charitable...
 
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      18 November, 2020
   
  With a local veterans' group being associated with 'One Vision' it is hardly surprising that it was responsible for organising a special service commemorating the end of the First World War on Armi...
 
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      15 November, 2020
   
  Welcome to issue 7 of Lockdown News. This issue contains:
News in Brief
Virtual Services to recommence
Toy Service arrangements
A Message to the Church Family from the Keshishians
Four new church ...
 
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      10 November, 2020
   
  WELCOMING FOUR NEW CHURCH MEMBERS
On Sabbath 24th October four news members were added to church membership. Three of our young people - all of them from Adventist homes - Hannah Cudjoe, Isabella C...
 
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      05 November, 2020
   
  One Vision team members have been busy during October. The month began with the drive-through and drop harvest thanksgiving event and then Mental Health Awareness Day was commemorated with a video,...
 
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      22 October, 2020
   
  
Charlotte's Virtual Cradle Roll videos are becoming increasingly popular. Here she shares behind the scenes details about their production.
Charlotte: sharing my experiences
Why I love Cradle Ro...
 
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      11 October, 2020
   
  One Vision's Community Harvest Event          
            Given the fickle nature of the British climate holding an outdoor all-day ‘drive-through and drop harvest festival was always going to pro...
 
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      07 October, 2020
   
  “As you are no doubt aware the government have announced certain lockdown measures to take effect from Thursday  5 November. One of the restrictions is the closure of places of worship for worship ...
 
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      02 October, 2020
   
  ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHURCH'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL
            According to Jef Nascimento he started the YouTube channel in March 2016. 'Back then, the church would have a podcast sharing the...
 
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      01 October, 2020
   
  Did you know that according to The Children’s Society there are 4.2 million children and young people who live in poverty in the UK? This figure has escalated since the start of pandemic and with t...
 
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      28 September, 2020
   
  IN THIS ISSUE:
Harvest Festival arrangements
Drive-through and Drop Harvest Event
News of Pastor Patrick Boyle
Roma Paley Ohman's bereavement
Pastor Philip Anderson moves west
One Visio...
 
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      13 August, 2020
   
  Guidance required for Family Worship Services at Stanborough Park Church
 
Phase 1  In the first phase we propose to have the family service live streamed from the church on a Sabbath morning with ...
 
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      13 August, 2020
   
  CONTENTS:
All Change: much of church services returning to ‘live’ broadcasting
Audrey’s Back Raising Funds For ADRA
Hello and Sad Goodbyes
One Vision's work features on US SDA and TED web sites an...
 
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"Each service is a team effort and the way in which everyone has worked together has been wonderful." (Audrey Balderstone, Worship Committee Coordinator)
 To say that we live in strange times is ...
 
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Children’s Stories in Lockdown
“Al, will you tell the children’s story?”
“Um…” “It’s ok, you can record it and upload it”.
“Oh, go on then – for you”.
To self – how difficult can it be?
 
Well I w...
 
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Holding the Plank: Audrey's Challenge for ADRA
Grandmother and flower-arranger extraordinaire Audrey Balderstone, one of the church's elders, has decided to defy the tyrannies of age by taking part...
 
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"Each service is a team effort and the way in which everyone has worked together has been wonderful." (Audrey Balderstone, Worship Committee coordinator)
To say that we live in strange times is a ...
 
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UPDATE
As you are aware the government has allowed places of worship to re-open from July 4 with certain restrictions in place. These restrictions include no singing – whether congregational or sol...
 
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Contents:
One Vision: working hard for the community during May
One Vision features on Asian TV channels
One Vision: visit from TED president
One Vision receives a request to submit a video to the ...
 
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A few weeks ago, Stanborough Park Church's talented flower arranger Audrey Balderstone spoke in an interview for BUC News of her love of flowers and how she progressed from being a self-taught flow...
 
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The One Vision Project Hub based at Stanborough Park Church in Watford was formally opened on 30 April by Peter Taylor, the Elected Mayor of Watford and Watford’s MP, Dean Russell specifically to w...
 
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One Vision: working hard for the community during May
Enoch Kanagaraj's 'One Vision' project has been kept busy during May with the Stanborough Centre acting as a hub for the distribution of prepar...
 
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One Vision Young Adults Voluntary Work at the Stanborough HUB
A great opportunity to gain experience working with charity workers and community leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic by serving our l...
 
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One Vision commemorated the 75th Anniversary of VE Day with a flag raising ceremony outside the church. One of the group's members, Liz Burns, runs a Veterans'' Group of 300 local ex-servicemen and...
 
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One Vision presses ahead with helping the vulnerable members of society during Lockdown
During Lockdown the One Vision Project, under the leadership of Enoch Kanagaraj, has been actively distributi...
 
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LIVING OUR VALUES IN LOCKDOWN
INTRODUCTION
The church is called to be God’s city of refuge, a loving and compassionate family of God that strengthens its members and helps them bring life and hope ...
 
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"For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds, says the Lord." Jeremiah 30:17 NKJV
What a beautiful promise God gives us, that for every sickness and wound, He is able to provide ...
 
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Each day, thousands of people expose themselves to the COVID-19 virus in order to save the lives of others. The message: ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe’, doesn’t apply to them. While the rest of us ‘button ...