I wonder how many of you spotted the announcement of the Diamond Wedding of Peter Sheasby’s parents in the Methodist Recorder of 5^th August?

To celebrate a ‘special’ birthday Allan Smith led a family outing around the Guild Wheel, the round-Preston cycleway.

Founded in 1876 the Mothers’ Union of the Anglican Church celebrates its 140^th Anniversary this year. Its founder was Mary Sumner. Being a mother of three, she was very aware of the responsibilities and feelings of inadequacy that could swamp young mothers. This was her prayer:-

All this day, O Lord, let me touch as many lives possible for thee; And every life I touch, do thou by thy spirit quicken, Whether through the word I speak, The prayer I breathe, Or the life I live. Amen

21^st October will see the 50^th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster and we’d like the people of Wales to know that other parts of the UK have not forgotten.

Other folks’ magazines and weekly news sheets have come from Abingdon (Oxon.) Trinity Methodist/URC; Bamber Bridge & Trinity (Gregson Lane) Methodist Churches; Canterbury Cathedral; Central Methodist Church, Preston; Christchurch Methodist/URC, Ilkley; Christ Church, Fulwood; Christ Church, Southport; Fulwood URC; Kingston Methodist Church (Surrey); Oakworth Methodist Church (Worth Valley); St Annes on Sea Parish Church; St John’s, Lytham; both Church Road Methodist & The Drive Methodist Churches, St Annes; St Leonard’s, Walton-le-Dale; St Paul’s, Warton; Witney (Oxon.) Methodist Church; plus three from Germany, from the area south of Koblenz on the River Mosel: Bad Ems/Nassau, Cochem and a whole group of villages from Beilstein to Valwigerberg!

There’s a huge collection of British parish church guides housed in the Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (currently 10,042 of them)! They’re searchable via WorldCat or via Emory’s online catalogue