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Brian's Good News - Abseils down Royal Aberdeen CHildren's Hospital,  Tumour patient fights back to normality after operation to remove tumour,  Stetsuns to be ready for Dandara 5 K in Hazlehead Park. News from https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk
Churches Offering Community Help.
Space for prayer - St Anddrews Parish Church, Inverurie.  www.standrewschurchinverurie.org.uk
Community Visits and  a listening ear:  Macduff Parish Church  www.macduffparishchurch.org.uk
Request Prayer: Elgin Baptist Church. www.elginbaptist.org/whast-we-do/prayer/
 
Other Organisations mentioned:
The Allotment Market Stall : www.theallotmentmarketstall.org.uk
CFINE: www.cfine.org/
Seafarers Centre: www.aseafarer.com
The Fishermens Mission:  http://www.fishermensmission.org.uk
 
What's On's: 
Torry St Fitticks Church: www.torrystfitticks.org
Macmillan Nurses : www.macmillan.org.uk/
NE Scotland Christian Diary: www.christiandiary.com
 
 

Yesterday, Rob spoke to Pastor Erastus Sorobi  who with his church Hope Family Church has run a school in the slums of Nairobi.  They now have 28 children in their school with 4 teachers and a cook.
They have significant challenges to provide nutrition, equip their class rooms and provide sanitary facilities and ensure that teachers and the cook are paid fair wages.
Please consider if you are able to assist financially and get in touch with Pastor Erastus direct by Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pstsorobi2006  or ourselves.
Needs:
Salaries monthly:  $200 minimum  per teacher x 4 teachers
                           $150 minimum  cook
Food monthly   - rice, maize, meat, veg   $150   ideal as gives children nutrition and allows shool to take more children.
Toilets: 3 toilets needed - construction with timbers- corrugated iron sheets, sand cement floor and plumbing  $1200 (once off) . Please consider a regular donation per month for servicing.
The school run a Baby and day care unit.  To run these units, toys and crayons, paper needed and other materials and furnishings.  $240 / year
Nursery and Pre school unit to purchase books, art, chalks, tables,  chairs and running costs total $360 / year,
Classes 1-3 Books to cover 7 subjects, locker, maths set, chail, writing materials  for each pupil, other materials as required. total $550-560 / year
Please consider giving generously as these children could make a huge difference for the good in Kenya.
 
 
 

The interview was recorded as part of a live Gospel Cafe show at St Columba's Church of Scotland coffee mornings held on the last Friday of every month 9 am - 11 am.  You will also hear appreciative people coming up to Kenny Brandy the guest speaker after his address.
Kenny Brandy became Supt at the Aberdeen Branch of Fisherman's Mission which is based on Market Street in Aberdeen.  He works closely with Rev Howard Drysdale who heads up The Seafarers Centre - just door.
Kenny has a fishing background from the Fraserburgh area.  He knows just what it is like on fishing boats out in the N sea 8-10 days at a time in heavy seas so can empathiase with fishermen and families where there have been accidents and bereavements.
Kenny can be found at
Address: 196 Market St, Aberdeen AB11 5PQ
Phone: 01224 584651
Kenny and the Fishermen's Mission Volunteers need both prayers and financial support.
To help financially, pray or sign up to volunteer -  please visit
 
 

Applying God's Word in Prayer and realising we need God on a daily basis

 
A creative church - Fetteresso Church in Stonehaven- Connect with 'Paint and Pray', 'The Haven', 'Heart For Art'  - http://www.fetteresso.org/
A proactive community church - City Church (Aberdeen)meeting in Mackie Academy - 'One Church, Many places'   http://citychurchaberdeen.org/
What's on's from www.christiandiary.com
 
 

Allotments are a good way to grow food for family and community.
http://www.allotment-garden.org/
You can buy fruit and veg from the Allotment Market Stall in Seaton Park and Duthie Park Fridays from July 10.30 am to 3 pm
http://theallotmentmarketstall.org.uk/
Find out how to volunteer and get involved.

In this edition - beach poniy rides give joy to disabled children, meercats attract visitors to Pets Corner, kangaroo pouches givern to Aberdeen Materity neo natal Hospital to promote skin to skin contact for babies and their parents.

Sara, Janna, Christa and Katherina perform - This Is My Father's World in the dramatic setting of Fingal's Cave. http://www.whisperingroses.net/

Presented by Rev Robbie Brown - Pastor of Fraserburgh Baptist Church. 

Brian presents his choice of Top 10 News Stories from the past year.  He had a choice of 579, whittling it down to 84 then to his Top 10. 
Be encouraged.
Many of Brian's Good News Stories come from Aberdeen Journals - Evening Express