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Burma cyclone appeal

Weeks after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma’s Irrawaddy delta region and Rangoon, the need for relief remains urgent. Around 2 million people are believed to be at risk of hunger and disease due the Burmese regime limiting humanitarian access to the region. As Christian Aid works through local partner networks in Burma, it has been able to deliver aid to affected communities. More support is urgently needed. Please donate what you can to our Burma appeal. With your help we hope to raise Ł2 million for our work in Burma. Please donate what you can to our Burma appeal [more]

China earthquake

Christian Aid has approved a grant of $50,000 to our partner the Amity Foundation to respond to the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan province and surrounding areas on 12 May. The scale of the disaster is immense with an estimated 5 million homes destroyed, but the Amity Foundation has 20 years of experience in relief work has and a strong understanding of the needs of communities affected by the disaster. [more]

Shelter understands the damage that bad housing causes. Every day we deal with the effects it has on people's lives. This is why we're working hard to ensure that everyone has a suitable, decent and affordable home. Find out more about what we do, how we fund our work, and how you can get in touch with us.

Barnabas Fund serves the suffering Church around the world and makes their needs know to other Christians, encouraging them to pray.



     Bangladesh appeal
In November 2007, Christian Aid launched an emergency appeal immediately after the cyclone hit south and south-western Bangladesh in November, killing more than 3,000 people and destroying 1.2 million homes. According to the Bangladeshi government, Sidr left more than 4 million people homeless and around 9 million without livelihoods. It also destroyed more than 2 million acres of land and ruined desperately needed crops.This was a double blow for some areas which had already lost earlier crops in the summer’s monsoon flooding. [more]

August 2008

Then Jesus said ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.’ (Mathew chap.11, verse 28).

We are never on our own. And here’s the proof – Jesus offers to come into our lives and help us. All we have to do is ask him in. He offers to share our burdens and to bring us through the problems and trials we inevitably encounter in life. Is there anything making you seriously worried or upset? Jesus promises to share that with you and help you through it, whatever it is. We can take him at his word, for he can be trusted.

O my gentle God –

When my heart beats heavy and I fear what lies ahead –

uncloud my soul, so that I can see you
in the loving that surrounds me.

When I am out of my depth and cannot understand the acts of youth –

help me to stand still within your pool of light
and simply be.

When I am oh, too tired and I can fight no more –
take my hand, I ask, and hold me close,
my gracious friend.

Hear the whispers in my heart,
O my gentle, wondrous God.

AMEN
[Hilary Faith Jones]

IN THE PARK . . .
The outreach to young people in the Public Park ran in the first week in July and is continuing on Monday evenings between 7 & 9p.m. throughout the school holidays. Please pray that the contacts we are making will be fruitful and that the young people we meet will come to know God and his love for themselves. Anyone who would like to help will be very welcome – just turn up on the night, or you can find out more in advance from Ann Dunsire (673206).

IN ST MUNGO’S . . .

Most people will know by now that the search for a new Minister has been put on hold until we have sold the present manse and bought a new one. How long that will take noone can tell. In the meantime, let’s all pray:

that everything will turn out according to God’s plans and his timings
that he will show us the kind of things he wants us as a church to do for him here in Penicuik – and that we will follow his leading
that when the time comes we will recognise the person God wants to be our new Minister and that he or she will recognise and accept God’s call to St. Mungo’s.

THEY NEED GOD’S PROTECTION AND OUR PRAYERS . . .

CofS World Mission asks us to pray again urgently this month for the people of Zimbabwe because of the ongoing crisis there. Please pray for the country as a whole, and also for our partners, the Zimbabwe Presbytery of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA). Let’s give thanks for their courage and steadfastness in difficult times.

And let’s remember in particular:

the congregations of the UPCSA, that they may meet freely, without fear of intimidation;
everyone in positions of authority, that they will remember their responsibility to the people of Zimbabwe;
those involved in the negotiations between Zanu-PF (the current government) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) – pray that the current deadlock will be broken; and
President Mbeki of South Africa who is leading the mediation.

AND A FINAL PROMISE FOR US ALL . . .

Jesus said, ‘Listen! I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his house and eat with him, and he will eat with me.’ (Revelation chap.3, verse 20)

Penicuik: St. Mungo's Parish Church (Church of Scotland). Scottish Charity No SC005838