Bud in his lifetime challenged 100s of 1000s students to give their lives to serving Christ in the ’ foreign field '. Bud survived an accident with an axe before he was two. His mother prayed for his healing and dedicated her son to Jesus. In the dream that followed she saw children from all countries coming to her son’s side. Jon Hinkson, his son, in ’ Ambassadors for Christ ’ , tells us a great deal about his father’s ministry, especially behind the Iron Curtain. from his birth to his final cycle ride to heaven. I have based this article on the headings he used. (See full text) Memory Harvest. He was gifted with an incredible memory. His godly grandmother laid down the foundations of his Scripture memory. Years later Shirley Milligan, his future wife, wrote a list entitled * The man if I marry*. Bud memorized it and would remind her when he fulfilled a trait. Together they shared most of Bob’s adventures. The University Ambassador Team Bud remembered in Luke 10 where Jesus sent out 70 in pairs - the result was the University Ambassador Team. This team came to the UK. The watchword was Win, Build , Send and they were blessed with a lasting harvest. There were many foreign students. Bud spent a whole year in Africa. But they were drawn to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. *** Behind the Iron Curtain*** Bud with his wife and two children headed for Vienna with their passports inaccessible in the van. On the Romanian border a guard saw Shirley’s Bible. He got away with it by gaining the guards sympathy by saying his wife was a religious fanatic. Bud’s ministry involved the whole family. He began the Campus Crusade for Christ ministry in Poland in 1975. 20 years before the Berlin Wall fell Bud was all over the Soviet Block quietly organizing one of the greatest missionary endeavors of the twentieth century. Opportunities and adversaries In 1990 while teaching the scriptures in a secluded Czechoslovakian hayloft he was invited to deliver 5 lectures on Christianity at the Soviet Academy of Science. In 1992 , on his last trip to Russia, he taught 400 students from across the former Soviet Union Filled with joy and peace he literally radiated God’s love to those around Him He died as a result of head injuries sustained in a cycling accident in Germany. Bud was 58. The New Life Christian School in Moscow in 1992 was renamed Hinkson Christian Academy in memory of Bud. Sources * Ambassadors for Christ * contribution from his son Jon Mission Poland History of Hinkson

With Florence Nightingale hospitals being created in a number of locations I have enclosed some information about the Florence Nightingale Museum. The museum is obviously closed at the present time but on their web site there is information about Florence.

Saint Thomas, the twin, was one of Jesus’ 12 original disciples/apostles. Saint Thomas is mentioned three times by name in St. John’s Gospel. He speaks after the resurrection of Lazarus when Jesus talks about going to Jerusalem. Let us also go, that we may die with him John 11 v16 After Jesus has spoken about preparing a place in heaven he says Lord, we know not whither thou goest;and how can we know the way? The third time, the most best known time is after Jesus’ resurrection. This is where he is referred to as ‘doubting’ Thomas. He makes a comment that he will not believe Jesus is alive unless he puts his hands physically into the injured holes in the hands,feet and side of his Lord. Jesus appears and invites Thomas to touch him. My Lord and my God . (He is the first to acknowledge his divinity.) Jesus goes on to say, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet believed. Saint Thomas was presumably at both the Ascension and Pentecost. Thomas’ subsequent history is uncertain. Tradition holds that he took Christianity to Parthia. The existence of an ancient Christian community on the Malabar Coast of India suggests that he converted their ancestors but was martyred and buried at Mylapore (now part of Madras) Another story suggests he converted ruler in the Punjab and was by killed in accident by an archer shooting at peacocks. Sources used The Church’s Year Charles Alexander wikipedia Britannica Online Encyclopedia The Encyclopedia of Saints by Howard Loxton

Born Lotario dei Conti Segni (Lothar of Seghi) Innocent 111 was one of the most powerful and influential of all the popes. He became pope on the death of Alexander111. He was not the first choice but after just 2 ballots, on the same day the former pope died, he became his successor. He held the post for nearly 18 years. His significance rests upon the quantity of work he accomplished and his power both inside and outside the church. Pope Innocent 111 was a careful and frequent correspondent who wrote more than 5,000 letters to bishops, abbots, kings and others. He was involved in missions, crusades ((Fourth crusade 1202-4), efforts to turn back heresy and the education of the faithful. His work brought him to a position where nearly every crown in Europe- including King John of England and Philip 11 of France - were brought into submission under him. In 1209 Francis of Assisi sought permission from the pope to found a new order. The pope had doubts but following a dream on 16th April, 1210, the Franciscan Order was founded. He was central in supporting the Catholic reforms of ecclesiastical affairs through his decretals ( edits of on doctrine or church law) and the Fourth Lateran Council. 15th November 1215 he opened the council. By its conclusion it issued 77 reformatory decrees. It encouraged the creating of schools and holding clergy to a higher standard than laity. The council also reviewed the nature of the Eucharist. Having been involved with the fourth crusade he was looking forward to the fifth set to start in 1217. He died unexpectedly at Perugia on 16th June 1216. He was buried there until Pope Leo X111 transferred it to Lateran in December 1891 Pope Innocent 111 considered himself God’s representative on earth. More than an ordinary person but less than God. Source wikipedia

The famous hymn *What a friend we have in Jesus was written by Joseph Scriven -read the story below Sunday 15th September, 2019 Banbridge , in County Down, celebrated the bi-centenary of Joseph’s death. The Anglican Bishop Henry Scriven, the great-great nephew attended the 6.30.pm service and a stained glass window dedicated to Joseph. Joseph was born in Banbridge, County Down, Ireland. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1842. In 1843, the day before he was due to marry, his fiancee accidentally drowned. He migrated to Canada in 1845 to escape from the religious influence of the Plymouth Brethren who were estranging him from his family. He became ill and returned to Ireland to join the Royal Dragoons and spent time in the Middle East. He returned to Canada in 1947. In 1855 he received news that his mother was seriously ill. He wrote her a poem to comfort her Pray Without Ceasing. It was later set to music and renamed by Charles Crozat Converse and became the hymn What a friend we have in Jesus. Joseph had no idea when he wrote it that it would be published and become a favourite among millions of Christians. In 1857 he moved to Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. He again fell in love. He became engaged to Catherine Roche but in August 1860 she died of pneumonia. She had contracted it after a baptism in icy waters. They were due to get married in a few weeks time. Joseph devoted the rest of his life to tutoring, preaching and helping others. In 1869 he published a collection of 115 hymn sand other verses. In 1886 Joseph, aged 66, died by drowning. It is not known whether it was accidental or suicide since he was in a serious depression at the time. We left him about midnight. A friend found his room empty and with other friends went to search for him. It was not until the afternoon that his body was discovered in the water nearby, lifeless and cold in death, He was buried with Catherine in Bewdley. Ontario In many respects he led a tragic life. His many hymns will continue to be sung. What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bare! What a privilege to carry everything to God in Prayer. Amen Memorials tall obelisk over his grave, a plaque on the POrt Hope-Peterborough Highway, a monument on Downshire place and a stained glassed window in Banbridge church. Lucas media L.L.C, released a full length documentary Friends in Jesus, The Stories and Hymns of Cecil Francis Alexander and Joseph Scriven, in 2011. Lasts 45mins. - details his life and influence on popular hymns. Sources used BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Hymnary.org wikipedia

Edward Joshua Poole-Connor was an evangelical preacher and Christian leader. He served as secretary of the North African Mission (now known as Arab World Ministries) between his 2 pastorates at The Talbot Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London. He founded the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), helped administer the The Lord’s Day Observance Society ( now called DayOne) and was a regular speaker at Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony conferences. He was also a founding member of the London Bible College. Edward was born in Hackney, London, on 27th July 1872. He was a delicate child. His strict parents were of Irish extraction and devout Christians. Sunday , the Lord’s day, was the happiest day of the week. He was converted early in life - some of his Sunday school pupils were older than the teacher! Aged 21 he was baptized by immersion and took charge of Aldershot Baptist church (1893-7). He then had a short pastorate in London followed by 10 happy years in Surbiton wher he made friends with Dr. Barnardo. He sat and passed the Ministerial Recognition Examination of the Baptist Union. He later left the Baptist Union because of the ‘Downgrade’ controversy. (See Spurgeon notes) He became assistant pastor to W.Fuller Gooch , at the unsectarian Lansdown Hall at West Norwood. In 1913 he was invited to Talbot Tabernacle as pastor. His two pastoral periods were divided by his service to the North Africa Mission which took him to the Barbary states in North Africa. In 1922 Edward took steps to form *Fellowship of Independent Churches (FIC) which is now called Fellowship of Independent Evangelic Churches (FIEC). Later he serves the fellowship as national Commissioner. After WW 11 he was Honorary Principal of All Nations Bible College for 3 years. Edward visited a number of European countries. Aged 80 he did a preaching and lecturing tour of the USA. On the death of Mr. W.E. Dalling he undertook the task of editing Bible League Quarterly. which is still being published. He also found time to publish 9 books. ( See ‘Writings’) For 40 years he was a welcome speaker on the *Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony platform. Edward’s ministry spanned the most turbulent period in British church life, from the time of Charles Spurgeon to the 1960s, and whose record and analysis of its events has been widely observed. Sources used wikipedia Writings of others The Tabernacle FIEC

Dr.Peter Masters has been the minister at of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London since 1970. He founded the Evangelical Times in 1967. He directs the School of Theology, an annual Christmas conference for pastors and Christian workers. Peter has been at the Metropolitan Tabernacle now for 40 years. He continues to edit The Sword and Trowel started by the great Charles Spurgeon in 1865. Peter founded the London Reformed Baptist Seminary (LRBS) in 1976 and directs the further studies of both pastors and fledgling pastors in the Tabernacle’s seminary. The LRBS went on line in 2011. In October 2014 the 2 courses - the part time for those living in the UK and the online course for those overseas were merged, enabling those in the UK to follow the course online. Peter has published 28 books which have been translated into 28 languages. (See ‘Authorship’ fro list of 28 ) ( See ’ Selected works currently printed’ for titles of his books.) His sermons have been broadcast in the UK since 2003. On the Sky channel UCB initially but they they were transfered to Sky channel Revelation TV in 2013. These broadcasts are aired every Saturday at 8 pm and include a sermon from Peter and an accompanying apologetic or biographical feature. There are other channels too. The programmes are carried by a number of overseas radio stations including the USA and New Zealand Evangelical Times was founded in 1967 by Peter. It is a monthly, conservative evangelical newspaper. Peter was the original editor , Mike Judge, pastor of Chorlton Evangelical church is the current editor. I have included pictures and a brief history of the Metropolitan Tabernacle. The Tabernacle Fellowship goes back to the year 1650. The ‘Brief History’ finishes with these words. By 1970, our ranks had fallen to the point where we occupied only a few pews, but the Lord refreshed us and blessed our testimony giving rise to the full church and galleries of today. We give all the glory to Him for the large number of people who have come into the Tabernacle over the past forty years, for numerous professions of faith, and for the various ministries which have been established. The church have to thank the Lord and Dr. Peter Masters’ ministry for its revival. Sources Metropolitan Tabernacle Google search

I have created three phrase/vocabulary sheets about accident/illness plus a poetry aid. The sheets are differentiated in that the first one has incomplete sentences to finish. The second and third are very similar but the third one does not include the illustration. The clip art sheet can be used for finished article.

Robert W. Schambach was an American televangelist, pastor, Word of Faith minister of the Word and author. His television Power Todaycan be seen on the Datstar Christian TV network as well as over the internet and streaming podcasts. Robert was born on 3rd of April 1926 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He became a born again Christian as a youth - he was standing on a street corner when the evangelist C.M. Ward gave an altar call. He felt a call to preach but decided to pursue other dreams first. He joined the U.S. Navy and served as a boiler maker on a destroyer in the Pacific and Asia during WW 11. having survived that he surrendered to God and was determined to preach the Gospel wherever God sent him. Robert enrolled in Bible school. While there he met Winnie - Mary Winifred Donald (born 3rd September 1926). C.M. Ward ordained Robert and he began to pastor a church. He went to the Central Bible Institute in Springfield, Missouri in the mid 1940s. C.M. Ward married Robert and Winnie on 4th September 1948 - one day after her 22 nd birthday… He began a 5 year ‘apprenticeship’ with the evangelist A.A. Allen. He travelled extensively with A.A. Allen on his ‘Miracle Crusades’ along with Don Stewart and Leroy Jenkins. He helped with the crusades, preaching at some services and doing the advance work. Finally he felt God calling him to begin his own ministry. He founded 4 ‘tent churches’ in large cities and began his popular radio program *The Voice of Power. Robert’s Schambach ministry to the hurting has been received in many nations of the world - Europe, Russia, India, Asia, Philippines, Africa, the West Indies and central and south America. Robert’s trade mark phrase 'You don’t have any trouble. All you need is faith in God ’ has stirred faith in multitudes. Winnie died, aged 83 on 20th April , 2010. They were married for 61 years. Robert died on 17th January. 2012 of a heart attack. Robert preached an uncompromising word of faith , followed by signs and wonders. Information and Sources Word of Faith Amazon Bible Teachings, Faith, Faith in God Wikipedia

James Gordon Lindsay was revivalist preacher, author and founder of Christ for the Nations Institute. Christ for the Nation Institute (CFNI) is the educational arm of the ministry Christ for the Nations Inc. founded by the Lindsays in July 1970. James was born on 18th June 1906 in Zion City Illinois. His parents were followers of John Alexander Dowie a famous healing evangelist.(See notes) They moved from Zion to a Christian community in California, then onto Portland Oregon. James was converted during a meeting led by Charles Fox Parham. Aged 18 he began his ministry as a travelling evangelist, conducting meetings in Assembly of God churches and other Pentecostal groups. He developed a friendship with John G. Lake who started the Divine Healing Mission in Spokane, Washington, Portland and Oregon. He travelled with Lake on healing campaigns in California and the southern states. He eventually became a pastor of a Foursquare Gospel church(es) in California but returned to Oregon where he married Freda Schimpf. When WW11 (1939) broke out he became pastor at Ashland, Oregon. By 1947 he had heard and met William M. Branham who was having a significant healing ministry. He resigned as pastor and became Branham’s campaign manager. To promote the campaign he began the revival magazine Voice for Healing (VofH) in April 1948. The magazine listed Branham as publisher, James as Editor. In July Branham announced he was stepping away from the revival circuit! This was a blow to James who had just begun revival publications to cover Branham’s meetings. Other evangelists -Jack Coe, Oral Roberts and A. A. Allen began to appear in the magazine as it circulated nationwide. VofH sponsored a convention of healing evangelists in Dallas, Texas and Kansas City in 1950 VofH named changed briefly to World-Wide Revival, finally in 1968 called Christ for all Nations. Gordon began to sponsor missions programs abroad. He started a radio program and with W.A. Raiford the Full Gospel pf Churches and Ministries International (FGFCMI) or The Fellowship (1948) ( See ‘The Fellowship’) During 1956 he conducted winning the nations crusade, sending teams of ministers all around the world. In 1962 Gordon held a convention in Dallas. In July 1970 Gordon and his wife, Freda, founded CFNI which is the educational arm of the ministry Christ for the Nations- it has 5 facets. it is an interdenominational charismatic college located in Dallas, Texas. (See CFNI) Gordon was a prolific writer. In 1950 he wrote William Branham: A man sent from God. He wrote articles for VofH magazine. He published over 250 volumes of historical and doctrinal books on the healing revival movement plus pamphlets. Gordon died suddenly on 1st April 1973, aged just 66. The wonderful ministry he started was carried on by his wife and family. ‘Mom’ Lindsay died on 26 th March, 2010 aged 95. Their son David is the current president of CFNI. Sources Wikipedia

Bro. Dr. Duraisamy Geoffery Damuel Dhinakaran was a world renowned Indian spiritual, evangelical leader. He was the founder of *Jesus Calls Ministries * and Karunya University. Duraisamy was born on the 1st July 1935 at Surandai in Tirunelveli district of Madras Prsidency (today Tamil Nadu). He attended St. John’s College, Paiayamkottai and earned a BSc degree in Mathematics from Madras University (1955). He was thinking of committing suicide as he walked towards the railway track. On the way he met his uncle who shared about Jesus Christ. His uncle told him to go home and commit his ways to the Lord. He went home, prayed and committed his life to the Saviour. He did this for 7 years pleading Lord! Hear my Prayer and grant me your power! I don’t want to live a dried Christian life anymore! He was involved in evangelical activities for some time prior to leaving his job at the bank. On 10th October 1962, during a time of family prayer, a divine presence filled the room. He saw the Lord Jesus face to face for 3 long hours.I am Jesus. I have come to bless you. My son, people might have heard of my love; but they have not tasted it. So, I pour My love and compassion in your heart, This love will console their broken hearts and heal their diseased bodies. You will be witness to the power of my Holy Spirit. The Lord filled him with the Holy Spirit. That day launched a one-man-ministry At the time he was working as a top executive in a bank but spent most of his spare time and holidays ministering in different places. He left the bank and his ministry became the foundation and the life of Jesus Calls Ministry. (JCM) Whenever he preached and prayed at public meetings people saw him interpreting tongues and heard him speak words of wisdom and knowledge. During prayer time he called out names of people in the crowd revealing their emotional and physical conditions through divine revelation and then healing them. ( Read A Supernatural Ministry) 12th October 1970 was the first time, at an organized meeting, that he shared the Word of God with the 1000s who attended. He began to use the media. In 1972 he broadcast his message on the radio. In the mid 1990s JCM began to use television Over the next 14 years many things happened. ( Read Milestones in the Ministry). May 21st 1986 he lost his daughter Angel in a car accident. Later in the year, shattered and broken, he went on to opening the Karunya Institute of Technology on 4th November. His peers called him the Apostle of the age in India Bro. Dhinakaran died in hospital on 20th February 2008. 1000s came to glance at the man who interceded for them. He left his wife, Stella and son, Paul, who took over the ministry. Sources Jesus Calls Karunya

Ezana was the ruler of the kingdom of Aksum. an ancient kingdom centred in what is now Ertres and the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. Ezana was the first monarch of the kingdom of Aksum to embrace Christianity. Ezana is regarded as saint by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church with a feast day of 1st October. Sources Helbrunn Timeline of Art History Wikipedia

Booker Talisferro Washington (15th April 1856-14th November 1915) was the first African-American (A-A) to dine at the White House. He was an educator, author, orator and adviser to multiple presidents. Between 1890 and 1915 he was the dominant leader of the A-A community and the contemporary elite. He was one of the founders of the National Negro Business League. He mobilized a national coalition of middle-class blacks, church leaders and white philanthropists and politicians, In 1901 his second biographyUp From Slavery became best seller. In October 1901 he was invited by President Theodore Roosevelt to Washington to dine with him and his family at the White House. This was the first highly publicized occasion when an A-A was invited there on equal terms. His long term goal was to end the disenfranchisement (disappointment) of the vast majority of A-As who lived in the South. Source Wikipedia

Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889-1929) was an Indian Christian missionary. He is believed to have died in the foothills of the Himalayas. Sadhu was born into a Sikh family in the village of Rampur district, Ludhiana in northern India. He attended the Ewing Christian High school in Ludhiana to learn English. His mother died when he was 14. In his anger burnt page by page the Bible while his friends watched. He felt suicidal. He decided to a go to a railroad track but that very night he had a vision of Jesus. This changed every thing. He told his father Sher Singh that he would convert to Christianity and become a missionary. His father rejected him and his brother tried several times to poison him. Snakes were thrown into his house. He was rescued from this cruel treatment by nearby British Christians. He spent sometime working in the Christian Missionary Home with leprosy patients at Sabathu. On 16th birthday he was publicly baptised in the parish church of Simla. In 1906 Sundar set off on his life as a new Christian. He wore a saffron turban and robe as a Christian sadhu, a holy man. He knew Indians would not be converted unless in an Indian way. When he returned home he received an unexpected warm welcome. He then travelled through the Punjab, over the Bannihal Pass into Kashmir, through Muslim Afghanistan and into the brigand infested North West Frontier and Baluchistan. He was called ‘the apostle with bleeding feet’. He suffered arrest and stoning for his beliefs, and experienced mystical encounters. In 1908 he went into Tibet - appalled by conditions. Tried to visits Palestine but refused permit. December 1909 began training for ministry in Anglican college in Lahore. He left after only 8 months - ostracised for being different - the course was irrelevant to the Gospel message India needed - expected to wear ‘respectable’ European clerical clothing- rejected the mixing of Jesus and British culture. On his travels in 1912 he met Maharishi of Kailas and spent some weeks in deep fellowship. During his 20s Sundar’s Gospel work widened greatly, Before he was 30 his name and picture were familiar all over the Christian world. He was described as always human, approachable and humble. His talks and personal speech were informed by his habitual early morning meditation. In 1918 he toured South India and Ceylon. In 1919 he visited Burma, China and Japan. In 1920 his father gave him the fare so he visited Britain, USA and Australia 1922 visited Europe again. He was appalled at the materialism, emptiness and irreligion in the West after WW1 Back in India he continued to spread the Gospel but he was getting physically frail. In 1923 visited Tibet but came back exhausted. He gave himself to meditation, fellowship and writing. In 1929 set out for Tibet again! He reached Kalka. What happened next is a mystery. Sundar is revered by many as a formative, towering figure in the missionary conversions of the Christian church in India.

Jane Mathison Haining (1897-1944) was a Scottish missionary for the church of Scotland in Budapest, Hungary. On 17th July 1944 she died in the infamous German concentration camp of Auschwitz. Jane, born on 6th June 1897, at Lochenhead farm, Duncore, Dumfrieshire, Scotland was the fifth child of Thomas and Jane Mathison. Her mother died giving birth to their sixth child in 1902, Jane was about 5. She grew up as a member of the Craig Church in Dunscore, part of the United Free church of Scotland. In 1909 she won a scholarship to Dunfries Academy where she boarded in the Moat Hostel for Girls. She graduated as the school’s dux (top pupil). After graduating she trained at the Athenaeum Commercial College in Glasgow. From 1917-27 she worked in Paisley for J.and P. Coats Ltd, a thread manufacturer, first as a clerk then as a secretary. She attended Queen’s Park West United Free church and taught Sunday School. This is when she thought about becoming a missionary. In 1927 she attended a meeting in Glasgow of the Jewish Mission Committee where the Rev. Dr. George Mackenzie discussed his missionary work. I have found my lifework! she reportedly said to a friend. Jane continued to work at Coats for nearly a year and a half - her manager at work was ill (5 months) and it took a year to train her replacement. She then did a 1 year diploma course at Glasgow College for Domestic Science in domestic science and housekeeping. After this she worked temporarily in Glasgow and then in Manchester as a matron. In 1932 she saw an ad in Life and Work for a matron in a Jewish girls’ mission school in Budapest, Hungary. ( See ‘Secretarial work, retraining’) She went for further training at St. Colm’s Women Missionary College in Edinburgh. her dedication service happened on 19th June 1932. The next day she left for Budapest. Jane liked Hungary and Budapest and soon became fluent in the language. She dedicated herself to helping helping her pupils Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on 30th January 1933. She was well liked by both her pupils and colleagues who regarded her as the best matron they had ever known. WW11 broke out on 3rd September 1939. Jane was on holiday in Cornwall with Margit Prem, the head of the school in Budapest. They immediately returned to Budapest. In 1940 she was advised to return home. She stayed saying Hungary was neutral. In 1941 Jewish refugees, from all over German occupied Europe, fled to Hungary to escape the Holocaust. On 19th March 1944 the German Wehrmacht invaded Hungary. Late April, early May, 1944 the Gestapo arrived. ( See ‘Arrest’ for charges) 15th May deported to Auschwitz - given no. 79467. Selected for work rather than gas chamber. 17th July died in hospital of cachexia and intestinal catarrh. In 1997 Jane was recognised by Yad Vashem in Israel as Righteous Among the Nations.

Jeremiah Calvin Lanphier (1809-1898) was an American lay missionary in New York City. He is popularly regarded as having been instrumental in instigating the American religious revival of 1857-8. Jeremiah was born in Coxsackie, New York. His parents had emigrated from Holland. Aged 16 he was an apprenticed tailor in Albany. He later studied music under George Andrews. Together they became partners as cloth merchants in Lower Manhattan. Unfortunately they went bankrupt in 1842. While working as a cloth merchant he joined the choir at Broadway Tabernacle and became an evangelical Christian. He joined two other choirs, one being Pearl Street Church and took an active interest in the work of the church. When Pearl Street Church closed in 1853 he joined Duane Street Presbyterian Church, pastored by James Waddel Alexander. A member of the diocese of the nearby North Dutch Church offered him the position of lay missionary. He closed his business and began to work for the church on 1st July 1857. Although he was theologically trained he was a remarkable candidate for such a ministry. ( See characterization in ‘Entering the ministry’) As a lay missionary he distributed tracts, visited local businesses, invited children to Sunday school and invited guests staying in hotels to attend church. He felt time spent in prayer brought him the most peace and resolve. He decided to start a weekly noon prayer meeting for businesses when they closed for lunch. He handed out handbills to draw attention to the meetings. On Wednesday, 23rd September 1857 he set up a signboard in front of the church. No one came to the appointed room. He prayed for 30 minutes alone. At 12.30 another man joined him. 4 more joined before 1 o’clock. Week 2 - 20 men Week 3 - 40 men By October they met daily. By January 1858 they needed a second room By February they needed a third room with 20 noon meetings elsewhere. Mid March, Burton’s Theatre - capacity 3000 -was crowded End of March -New York church and public hall filled 10,000 met daily for prayer EXPEDIENTIALLY it EXPLODED. It was Pentecost all over again. The Holy Spirit was at work among the men of New York. The media were quick to spread the Good News. J. Edwin Orr, a student of the revival, estimated 1,000,000 were converted between 1858-9. Jeremiah’s prayers was answered. It was estimated that he preside over 11,000 prayer meetings at which 500,000 attended over 36 years. 56,000 prayers offered and 225,000 written prayers were submitted. Throughout the revival and for years afterwards he continued to hold his daily prayer meeting in Lower Manhattan. * The New York Times on his retirement, due to age and declining vision, in 1893, wrote success did not elate him, nor was he discouraged by indifference. Jeremiah died on 26th December 1898, aged 89.

I decided to create a poetry aid to go with my Snow and Ice material. I have included a Thaw vocabulary and poetry aid, a vocabulary sheet about flooding plus a clip art picture for best copy. Thawing snow combined with heavy rain can create serious flooding,

Nelson Mandela ( 18th July 1918- 5th December 2013) was released, after 20 years in preson, by F.W. de Klerk, from Victor Verster Prison on 11th February 1990. On 10th May 1994 he became the first President of South Africa. He is one of the most recognizable human rights symbols of the 20th century.

I have put together several vocabularies which I hope will encourage children to write about themselves. Self Portrait will get them to ‘draw’ in both picture and words themselves. Hobbies and interests They might even like to try and write a diary - useful phrases and word bank given. In lock down perhaps they have been asked to help with DIY. When I grow up - a chance to write down their dreams and ambitions. Pranks - they might like to try one and write about the outcome/consequences! Most children have or want a pet - 2 sets to choose from. Cycling - most, if not all children have ridden a bicycle. There is a chance to write either prose or attempt poetry.

Saint Blaise was a physician and bishop of Sebaste in Asia Minor. it is believed he was martyred in 316 AD. People came ‘flocking’ to him because he was able to cure them of bodily and spiritual ills. Apparently he could also heal animals. l The Roman Emperor Licinius believed that arresting and punishing important leaders like Saint Blaise would prevent other people from becoming Christians. One of the stories told about him was that on his way to prison he cured a boy who had a bone stuck in his throat. The legend reads- As he was being led to jail, a mother set her son, choking to death of a fish-bone, at his feet, and the child was cured straight away. Regardless, the governor, unable to make Blaise renounce his faith, beat him with a stick, ripped his flesh with iron combs and beheaded him Up until 1825 a Bishop Blaize festival and procession were held at Bradford. A child would recite these words- Hail to the day when kind auspicious rays Deigned first to smile on famous Bishop Blaize. He is the patron saint of people with diseases of the throat. On February 3rd many parishes bless the throats of their parishioners in a special ceremony. Two unlit candles are held next to each person’s throat as the priest or deacon says - Through the intercession of Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness: in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. His name is found on inn signs in towns which became centres of the wool trade such as Cirencester and Exeter. It is believed he was tortured by having his body torn apart with the iron combs then used by woolcombers, then beheaded. Saint Blaise is one of the 14 Holy helpers and became one of the most popular saints of the Middle Ages.