4 Days to go!!!!!

Excitement and a little anxiety is building - latest brief news

• It was a moving service last night and we felt the support of all congregations behind us
• Don't forget Wednesday meeting at 7.30pm
• Bus booked for 10am Friday morning
• Malaria tablets need to be started this week
• Don't forget your toothbrush (and Passport)

Prayer

St Johns and Holy Rosary, Habitat for Humanity Zambia, July &August 2007

Before 27th July 2007. Pray that the team will continue to be successful in
their fundraising efforts. Pray that team members & their
families remain in good health. Pray that the team members
will be reassured in times of anxiety before they go away. Pray that God will go before them and prepare the way for them.

27th – 30th July 2007. Pray for safety; as the team travel and
for the people of Nkwazi, Zambia who will welcome the team.

31^st July-8th August 2007. Pray for the team that they remain in
good health on the building site. Pray for their experience
with the homeowners and that the team will be examples
of faith in action.

8th-11th August 2007 Pray for the team as they prepare to leave
the area. Pray that lives have been touched and that lasting
homes and relationships have been built. Pray for the team’s
safety as they travel home. Pray that team members will
keep in touch with each other and that they will
continue to be witnesses to their faith at home.


Prayer of Oscar Romero

’No statement says all that could be said. No prayer fully expresses our faith.
No confession brings perfection. No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
No program accomplishes the church’s mission.
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.

This is what we are about. We plant seeds that will one day grow.
We water seeds that are already planted, knowing that they old future promise.
We lay foundations that will need further development.
We provide the yeast that produces effects beyond our capabilities.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.

This enables us to do something and do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for God’s grace to enter and do the rest. We may never see the end results. But that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are the workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own. Amen.’
Archbishop Oscar Romero

Next 2 Meetings

Meeting this thursday 14th in St Johns at 7.30. Important meeting with Jan Lindsay from Habitat on Thursday 21st at 7pm in St Johns Hall again.
The Sydney Lowry Trust have given us £1500 towards our trip which is teriffic.
Fawlty Towers Zambia booked - should be interesting.

Walk on Saturday

Hi!

Walk for Zambia on Saturday in the Mournes. Contact Ian if you are planning to go asap.

Cost will be£20 per walker.

Please pass on to anyone else who might be interested.

Thanks,

Deborah

A Poem

New friendships already established
Two Churches now working as one
The Habitat Ethos to guide us
Fundraising has even been fun

So anxious, excited and hopeful
We all head abroad far and wide
Our worries we can put behind us
We know God will build by our side

Marathon TV Interview

Incase anyone is interested, they might notice a little plug:

http://www.in.tv/news131.php

Love and PArty Rings! SP x

Marathon Result

Just to inform the team that in spite of intensive training the Habitat Team that won the team marathon was not in fact ours. Pictures of some of our elite athletes can be viewed by clicking on link on the right of the screen.
Our Habitat team completed the marathon without major incident in 4h 05m 56s - coming in 754th out of 1626 teams. Would have done better except Stevie stopped to give a TV interview (not sure if he arranged a fee first) and Gavin's Dad got lost meaning Stevie had to wait 10 mins to hand over the baton. Johnny's cunning plan to run the last (easiest) leg was scuppered when he had to run down the Ravenhill Road in wind and torrential rain.

Marathon Legs

Start Finish Runner

Leg 1 - City Hall - Bridge End Chris

Leg 2- Bridge End - Hillview Road Stevie

Leg 3- Hillview Road - Gideons Green Gav

Leg 4 - Gideons Green - Corporation Sq Louise

Leg 5- Corporation Square - Ormeau Park Johnny