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Love Russia - Charity Returns to the Isle of Wight
A charity that used to be based on the Isle of Wight. We have a large number of supporters still there, so this March we are returning!
Help us to spread this news, and are there other places where we could speak.
We are a Christian charity that partners with Russian Christians to meet needs of communities in Russia. Our work has always been unique, and today it is even more so.
Helen, my colleague and I, will be on the Isle of Wight from March 7th to 12th, 2024.
We’ll be sharing about Love Russia at True Vine Church in Newport
on the 10th March during their Sunday morning service at 10:30 am (26a High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight).
We’d love for others to join us there. And, if you know of anyone else – be it friends, family or church family – who might be keen to have a chat about what it’s like being a Christian in Russia today, let us know. We’d really love to meet more people while we’re there.
We are also up for more small scale meet ups – perhaps you want to meet Helen and I for a coffee, maybe you’re part of a home group or another church group and would like a visit from us during our time on the Isle of Wight. We’re open to all offers!
Please ring me at the office during our opening hours +44 (0)115 983 1100 , or send me an email at anna.thwaites@loverussia.org and we can arrange something. Looking forward to meeting you
Kind regards,
Anna Thwaites CEO and International Director
Love Russia Registered Charity: 1092154 Company No: 04222680
We are delighted to announce the return of the Project:Opera Choir in the debut performance of Lighten the Darkness, a meditative Cantata for Lent, which will take place at Aspire, Ryde, on Saturday 16th March, at 7pm.
The piece is a beautiful work of Christian music composed by our Music Director Steve Parker, to moving English lyrics written by Anthony Swaby, for SATB soloists, choir, piano and viola.
During rehearsals, the choir has been bringing the cantata to life through a spiritually intense blend of voices which blooms into the most angelical harmonies that beautifully complement the Taize' quality of some of the music.
We look forward to the return of Mezzo-Soprano Clarice Williams, Tenor Jon Grave, and Bass-Baritone Robert John Edwards, who will join Soprano Annalisa Vaughan as the team of professional soloists to lead the Project:Opera Choir.
If you have not already viewed our YouTube Worship - Heaven Torn Down, Here it is again. If you live on the Isle of Wight I'd love to invite you to our 'Crafty' Church from 1pm at Newport Congregational (Food, fellowship & craft session) followed by a short All Age Worship and Communion event at 2pm.
Here is your new all age WORSHIP with subtitles, music, a clip from The Chosen and a short reflection. SONGS Young people from Fountainview Academy sing Redeemer of the Rain, Holy Spirit Come is sung by Patrick Maybury), Blow Like a Mighty Wind (Jephthah Idahosa Aigbe) & Oceans. HYMNS We have an Anchor (Steve Parsons) & O For a Closer Walk with God. For Island residents: Lunch & Laidback Worship from 1.00pm at The Salvation Army hall in Newport.
Renew Wellbeing Café – A place where it’s OK not to be OK.
Every Monday, 10-2, including soup lunch. Cowes Baptist Church, Victoria Road, Cowes.
All welcome.
“All this beauty is of God.”
(Isle of Wight motto)
Creation Matters! is a network of individuals, from churches across the Isle of Wight, that seeks to encourage and inspire creation care on and around the Island. We seek to bring hope and practical good news to the places where we live through innovative community engagement.
Creation Matters! was formed in 2022 and has attracted Christians from churches across the Isle of Wight. The aim is to encourage and inspire creation care through developing an understanding of the Christian response to climate change and improving biodiversity. Anybody can join the network on the understanding that it is distinctly a Christian initiative.
We gather, discuss and disseminate practical information and advice and bring prayerful hope to this beautiful Island through community engagement within and beyond the Christian church.
We have been supported and inspired in our development by Christian organisations such as A Rocha UK, Tearfund and Hope for the Future.
Our plans include:
• Presenting our thoughts to the parliamentary candidates this year in the hope that
creation care is a high priority for the next Government.
• Celebrating relevant initiatives across the Island.
• Supporting churches to work towards an Eco Church award.
• Empowering Christians to raise creation care issues in all aspects of their worship
and church life.
• Developing a Creation Matters! website for awareness raising, support, and the
sharing of information and resources.
A team from East Wight have been praying into a HTB church plant for several years and now God is resourcing a new and exciting church plant into Ryde.
Led by Heath Monaghan, attracting other vicars from HTB Kensington and even people from other nations wanting to come and join in with what could be an exciting new church that will work alongside the existing services at Ryde All Saints. They are undertaking Refurbishment of the All Saints site this Summer whilst building a team to deliver great children’s & youth work with services that will be aimed at all age groups.
For any further information please contact: Heath at vicar@rydeallsaints.org.uk - Heath & the team are so looking forward to working with other churches and ministers to see kingdom growth - reaching out to those who don't yet know Jesus.
Project Fusion is the name for the programme taking place to create a new, combined NHS
Foundation Trust to deliver community, mental health and learning disability services across
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Project Fusion is the name for the programme taking place to create a new, combined NHS
Foundation Trust to deliver community, mental health and learning disability services across
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. See the whole document
Packs of Hope: New opportunity to Serve & Bless people. If you want to help with the admin required or other voluntary roles please message Mark Evans at minister.ncc@gmail.com
We have significant funds via connect4communities, to help people at this time. We just need the volunteers to make it happen.
If you know anyone who would benefit please also give them my details.
Blessings
Mark
We are looking forward to Lionheart Festival 2024 from the 26th to 28th of July. We invite you to take part and would like to offer you the opportunity to represent your Business, Ministry, or Charity at Lionheart Festival 2024.
We do not charge a 'pitch fee'. Our hope, aim, and prayer is to all work together.
Lionheart Festival provides a space for believers to be refreshed, restored, and revived. Along with a place where ‘not yet believers’ can experience God and ‘the church’ as a united body in celebration in the great outdoors.
For many varied and complex reasons some prisoners at HMP Isle of Wight do not receive any visitors.
Sometimes this is because it is too far to come. Prisoners do not choose which prison they go to and sometimes they are very far from home and family. For some would be visitors it is not possible to come because of mobility problems, ill health, child care needs or the cost and time it takes to get here is too prohibitive.
For the purpose of rehabilitation it is important that prisoners are able to keep contact with the outside world and to have a feeling of worthiness and that they will be accepted when they leave prison. This all helps with their mental health whilst inside and their ability to engage with courses that help them to address their offending behaviour and hopefully reduce their chances of re-offending.
Official Prison Visitors are volunteers who give up a couple of hours a month to come and visit a prisoner who would not otherwise have a visitor. Someone they can talk to about things not necessarily connected to prison, like what is going on in the world, interests that are shared, hobbies, to name but a few. Visits take place in the Visits Hall along with other visits that are happening.
Official Prison Visitors (OPV)have training and receive on-going support. There is also the opportunity to talk to other Official Prison Visitors and support each other.
Prisoners here who already have an OPV find it a great help and look forward to their visits. The OPVs themselves find it very rewarding.
If you feel this is something you might be able to do please contact me, Rev Judith Swaine, in the first instance, without any obligation. Ring me on 01983 635414 or e-mail me on Judith.Swaine@justice.gov.uk and I can answer any questions you may have.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Judith
Source: Rev Judith Swaine, Anglican chaplain, HMP Isle of Wight Tel 01983 635414
My name is Lucy Nicholas and I am a volunteer champion for home for good. A few years ago before the pandemic hit, we were part of a group that helped to launch the charity on the Isle of Wight. But with everything closing down, we were at a loss about what we could do. Now that everything is opening up again, a few of us were approached by Adopt South to find out if there were any island churches who would like to engage with them.
My request is therefore two fold.
1) to see if anyone would like to join our Facebook group (link below), so that we could arrange an information event which Adopt South can join. If you are not on social media, please email me in lucynich14@gmail.com and let me know your interest.
2) To find out if there are any other Christian adoptive parents / foster carers on the island who would like to have a regular meet up where we can provide prayer or peer support for each other. Most probably this could happen quarterly so that it won't be too much of a commitment for anyone.
If anyone can circulate this amongst their church families, I would be ever so grateful. Thanks very much for reading, love and prayers to you all.
The Living Room is a community café in the heart of Newport High Street.
A place to relax, chat with friends or enjoy some time to yourself, and enjoy great coffee.
a be place where everyone from our community can come, feel at home, be valued and looked after
a range of teas, coffees and soft drinks are served as well as an enticing array of cakes
For all the latest news and information please visit their Facebook page (you don’t need a Facebook account to read the updates)
FOOTCARE SPECIALIST
NEWPORT, COWES, WESTWIGHT & SURROUNDING AREAS.
£20 INITIAL APPOINTMENT FOR ALL NEW CUSTOMERS.
Nail cutting, removal of hard skin and corns, diabetic care, cracked heels,
general footcare advice and treatments.
All appointments in your own home, providing a friendly and gentle service.
30 minute appointment £28
PLEASE CALL LEANNE - 07552628465
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Two Comfortable Gites in France
In the grounds of La Charpenterie, parts of which date back to the 15th Century. Great for all year round breaks; both with Wood Burning Stoves. Pet friendly
Steve and Helen were formerly members of the Church on the Isle of Wight and, with family here, regularly visit.
Kingdom Creative, an initiative that seeks to help churches/ministries with their graphic design work in order to reach more people for the kingdom.
Projects, posters, branding or any other graphic design work.
Helping churches with their youtube thumbnails for their weekly livestream, so that instead of having the same image, each livestream has a designed thumbnail suitable for the specific message. The idea of this is that this way the videos get viewed more by the public when they see a thumbnail specifically representing that talk. Website
Peter Herman
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Accredited Counselling Training
on the Isle of Wight
Known as WCTI ( Wight Counselling Training Institute) We are an established counselling training provider in Shalfleet, Near Newport that provides 3 accredited Counselling Qualifications:
An introduction to counselling over 10 weeks
A professional certificate in Counselling over 12 months
A professional diploma in Counselling leading to registration as a counsellor ( 2 years)
We also provide organisations on the island with funded counselling support.
If you would like more information or wish to apply, please do get in touch
Charlotte Collins Co-director Wight Counselling Training Institute Web Site01983 722625
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The Greenhouse is a Place of Prayer and Worship. A place of Enounter with God. A Place Where You Can Grow
The Greenhouse Christian Centre is situated between Poole and Bournemouth and just a 20 minute walk to the beach. The Centre holds Led and Silent Retreats, Quiet Days, Healing Services, Art Weeks, Discipleship Training Days and so much more.
Are you lonely and not particularly enjoying facing life on your own? Do you wish God would answer your prayers for a soul mate? Then you should contact Friends1st the off-line Christian friendship and introductory agency who've been introducing Christians to each other since 1999. Click here to find out more.