September

writing on…

People and Places

• The Iona Community
• The Cardiff Bay Lightship
• A Rocha
• Student Christian Movement
• The wall is here
• The Corrymeela Community
• The Amelia Methodist Trust
• Greenbelt Festival
• The Northumbria Community
• L’Arche
• John Davies Blog
• Falling in…
• A Year of Living Generously
• Imerfectly Natural
• The Taize Community

Random College Entry

• Last day in rural life!

  The performance of ‘Jesus in the boot’ went down so well at Gladestry that we get a second engagement at Garth Primary School this school is larger and has a dedicated hall for assembly and lunch. The children were evidently overawed by our presence as they sat quietly through the song ‘Amarillo’, but enjoyed the performance of ‘Jesus in the boot’ After this we visited a project which was helped in its initiation by PAVO, Llanwrtyd and district Community Transport project. The project has been funded by the National lottery, Welsh Assembly Government and Powys County Council, but the funding for community transport schemes for the whole of Wales has recently been cut in half to £45,000. The project is only able to continue to run by getting contracts from the council and others business users. Arriva Trains has used this service to carry stranded passengers at short notice to their destination. Transport it seems, is one of the most emotive issues for rural life, it can be the difference between life and death. Across the road from the garage is the local community centre. An old church hall renovated for use by all of the community is home once [...]

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• Parish Walk #1
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