Were you there or did you miss it

The Evangelistic Week was 10th to 15th March 2010

Our events kicked off with a cream tea at Padiham on Wednesday afternoon. 210 people attended and the talk was well received.

Cream Tea at Padiham

John Mosey and Lockerbie

 In the evening at St Wilfid's, some 230 people heard John Mosey giving a very moving account of his life. After losing his daughter, Helga, at Lockerbie, because of his unshakable faith in God, his family decided to forgive who ever did this and placed their trust in God's providence. Of course some people faced with such a tragedy often blame God or else it is proof to them that God does not exist. John reminded us that in the Bible we are told that the peace of God passes all understanding, and that is exactly what he had found.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 11th March 2010

Saviour Lunch

A superb lunch enjoyed at the Church of the Saviour. £2.50 how can they do it for that.

Roger spoke about the forgiving God who is able to forget our sins on the basis of the price for sin being paid by Jesus.

Karen Barrick gives her story

Karen Barrick works in child protection in Blackburn. Karen gave Roger her account of her conversion and how it impacts on her life and shapes her decision making.

Karen and her group with Roger Interviewing Karen

Friday Evening with Robin Oake

Robin amazingly has forgiven the murderer of his son, Stephen, killed in a police raid in Manchester 7 years ago. A deep trust in God made this possible. God's forgiveness is only available through the sacrifice of Jesus. "Forgive us our sins as we have also forgiven those who have sinned against us".

Men's Breakfast at the Grey Mare

Roger showed us a book which he may take to the Desert Island. It was an account of all the people who died in the troubles of Ireland. Some of the perpetrators became themselves victims, but also some of the perpetrators later became Christians.

Nobody is beyond redemption.

There is something good about eating together as men

Ian Ferguson Saturday Night

Ian's life turned around when he became a Christian, but his claim to fame was crashing his RAF Phantom into Buckden Pike and his remarkable ejection so close to the ground at twice the design speed of the ejection equipment. More remarkable was the survival of his navigator who was caught in the crash blast which burnt half of his parachute. Ian is convinced that God had his hand in their survival.

Ian and his Phantom. Interview with Roger

Henry Olonga Sunday Evening

Zimbabwean x-cricketer, musician, artist and other talents. The following is an excerpt from Wikipedia

Henry was the first black Zimbabwean test cricketer and at the time the youngest ever to play for that country. His black arm band protest at a Cricket World Cup match in 2003, against the policies of his government, led to the issue of a warrant for his arrest on charges of treason. This carries the death penalty in Zimbabwe As a consequence he was forced to retire from international cricket.

He became a Christian at the age of sixteen and his faith has shaped his life, career and his current aspirations and achievements as an accomplished singer and artist.

 

 

Our Evangelist

Roger Carswell led the events for us. Roger is a well known and gifted evangelist. An evangelist is someone who is gifted in presenting the Christian Gospel; gospel is a word that means "the good news". That is what it is called in the Bible.

Roger Carswell was converted as a teenager and worked as a school teacher in West Yorkshire for over ten years.

Since 1983 he has been an itinerant evangelist taking university and church missions in many parts of the UK and beyond. He has written eleven books including And Some Evangelists and Where Is God in a Messed-up World?. He is married to Dot, has four children, and lives in Leeds.