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American documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation Susan Meiselas speaks about her fifty-year career, as she receives the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award at the Sony World Photography Awards 2025, and as her work goes on display at Somerset House in London.We hear how President Trump's economic tariffs are affecting specialist manufacturers of musical instruments here in the UK. Author and screenwriter Ewan Morrison, whose previous books have explored cults and pandemics, talks about his latest novel For Emma, a concept thriller set in the world of artificial intelligence and brain computer interfaces. And In Holy Week Antoni Gaudi - nicknamed " god's architect" - has been confirmed by the Pope as on the path to sainthood even though his most famous work, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia Basilica remains unfinished. Art historian and reverend Dr Aila Lepeen, who's associate rector at St James Church in London's Piccadilly, assesses cultural figures who've become saints. Presenter: Kirsty Wark Producer: Mark Crossan

In this special Christmas Satsang, Swamiji shares a wonderful dialogue between the great sage Baba Muktananda and Reverend Owen Dykes of St James Church of England.  This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram in Mount Eliza on the 21 December 2024. Watch the full Satsang program with Swamiji and Devi Ma at The Ashram with a weekly subscription to The Ashram Online! This subscription will give you access to a library of over 100 hours of Swamiji's talks, meditation and chanting programs, hatha yoga classes and more. Click here to learn more.

Hello to you listening in McHenry, Illinois!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga.Maybe it's true and maybe it isn't but once there was a corrupt politician in the 1920's named John A. McCarthy; but he was known as Fishhooks McCarthy. He lived and worked on the Lower East Side of New York City. Being a devout man every morning he stopped at a little Catholic Church, St. James Church on Olive Street, to pray. Same prayer every day: “O Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest.”  Fishhooks sounds like one of those politicians you shouldn't trust; but people remembered him as a Robin Hood who used graft and corruption to redistribute money to his unemployed and working class poor constituents.Let me be very clear! I am not advocating for theft, bribery, corruption, immorality, stepping outside the law, and all the rest. What I am saying is that in these historic times we have an opportunity to examine our core values, our moral code, ask ourselves: What will I stand for and what won't I stand for?Story Prompt: While you have health and strength what can you do to shape and share creative and compassionate ways for us to come together? Write that story! You're always invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, would you subscribe and spread the word with a generous 5-star review and comment - it helps us all - and join us next time!Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to:✓ Check out Services I Offer,✓ For a no-obligation conversation about your communication challenges, get in touch with me today✓ Stay current with Diane as “Wyzga on Words” on Substack and on LinkedInStories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved.

Tributes have been paid to a dad-of-two who has died in hospital more that seven months after a crash.Emmanuel Gotora was seriously injured when the car he was driving hit a tree on Dane Valley Road in January.Also in today's podcast, two schools in Kent have been forced to close as the crumbling concrete crisis continues.Palmarsh Primary in Hythe is shut completely - while some students at  St James Church of England Primary in Tunbridge Wells won't be able to attend classes.Hear from the man in charge of education at the county council.If you live in Medway you're going to be asked where thousands of homes could be built.They've been set a target of more than 28,000 by 2040 - which will see the authority come up with what's known as a local plan.The deputy leader of the local of the local authority has been explaining more.It's 10 years since more than 100 vehicles were involved in a crash on the Sheppey Crossing.The collision happened in thick fog - but miraculously no one was killed.Reporter Megan Carr has been speaking to those involved in the collision and emergency crews who were called to help.And in sport, Gillingham boss Neil Harris has been nominated for the League Two manager of the month award from August.The Gills won five of their seven games last month.

Deirdre Campbell and Chris Miller are both performers in the return season of “The Razor Gang Wars”, which is an immersive theatre experience staged in the 200 year old crypt beneath the St James Church in Sydney. The true crime play is set during the late 1920s when crime queens Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh ruled the underworld.The show opens on Thursday the 31st of August and runs until the 16th of September.Get your tickets here:https://deadhouse.com.au/Chris' audiobook platform can be found here:https://bookclubaudio.com/Get 50% off with the code: SATURDAYQUIZSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Noël, affectionately known by the local press as the Pink Vicar, is vicar at St James Church, Pokesdown, Bournemouth.Rachel had a particularly formational journey through curacy, during which she was diagnosed with Bipolar, ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder, and subsequently Autism. Her gifts and symptoms include high energy, enthusiasm, creativity and love of colour (especially pink!), she loves exploring her faith and spirituality through creativity, stitch, paint and contemplation and is a member of the Community of Hopeweavers.Rachel can be found on the following social media platforms:Twitter: @ThePinkVicarFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachelnnoelWebsite: https://www.thepinkvicar.com/Some links and news Rachel wanted to share:The Annual Inclusive Church / St Martin in the Fields Disability Conference – gathering and resourcing disabled & neurodivergent Christians across the UK. (next one is Saturday 14th October) The Church of England is initiating a national Neurodiversity Task Group Rachel has written an excellent paper on Theology at the borders of psychosis: https://churchmissionsociety.org/anvil/theology-at-the-borders-of-psychosis-rachel-noel-fiona-macmillan-anvil-vol-38-issue-1/Support the showFollow the Recovering God Podcast:Twitter: @RecoveringGodInstagram: RecoveringGodIf you have any comments, please let us know at: RecoveringGodPodcast@gmail.comPlease remember to rate, subscribe and tell others who you think will be interested.The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!Support the showFollow the Recovering God Podcast:Twitter: @RecoveringGodInstagram: RecoveringGod If you have any comments, please let us know at: RecoveringGodPodcast@gmail.com Please remember to rate, subscribe and tell others who you think will be interested. The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!

Lester Spencer, who serves as Lead Pastor of St. James Church in Montgomery and President of the Alabama-West Florida Chapter of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, discussed developments surrounding churches disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church and announced the establishment of the Alabama Emerald Coast Provisional Conference of the Global Methodist Church. You can learn more at the Facebook Page of the WCA Alabama-West Florida Chapter or the website for the AEC conference of the GMC, aecgmc.org.

Lester Spencer, who serves as Lead Pastor of St. James Church in Montgomery and President of the Alabama-West Florida Chapter of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, discussed developments surrounding churches disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church and announced the establishment of the Alabama Emerald Coast Provisional Conference of the Global Methodist Church. You can learn more at the Facebook Page of the WCA Alabama-West Florida Chapter or the website for the AEC conference of the GMC, aecgmc.org.

Charl van Wyk, ShootingBackBook.com, was in the church when terrorists threw GRENADES and sprayed the congregation with FULLY AUTOMATIC gunfire. God used him to defend survivors with a 5 shot .38 revolver. But prior to that, he had to come to a realization of the RIGHT and DUTY of a Christian to DEFEND innocent life. The terror has continued as Marxists continue to extend anarchy and violence. But Charl sees the hope for South Africa in the gospel of Christ.Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here:SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation through Mail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver

Charl van Wyk, ShootingBackBook.com, was in the church when terrorists threw GRENADES and sprayed the congregation with FULLY AUTOMATIC gunfire. God used him to defend survivors with a 5 shot .38 revolver. But prior to that, he had to come to a realization of the RIGHT and DUTY of a Christian to DEFEND innocent life. The terror has continued as Marxists continue to extend anarchy and violence. But Charl sees the hope for South Africa in the gospel of Christ.Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here:SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation through Mail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver

This week's service comes from St Peter's and St James Church, Hereford.

This week Kate and Julia celebrate the successful vote to unionize at the Staten Island Amazon JFK8 fulfillment center. Then, Julia speaks with comedian and community organizer Ellory Smith about the responsibilities that community members -- especially those who are white transplants in majority minority neighborhoods -- have to our long-standing neighbors. Ellory Smith runs The Tuesday Soup Kitchen at St James Church in K-Town, Los Angeles. Follow Ellory on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ellory_smith Julia and Kate can be found at @OhJuliaTweets and @KateWillett Subscribe to the Patreon here: www.patreon.com/replyguys Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire Producer: Genevieve Gearity Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

It's the start of a new series. Scott Tubman from St James Church in Kenilworth kicks off this series called Your Kingdom Come in the book of 2 Samuel and will be looking at the kingship of David. Come join the Word at Work weekly for some great Bible teaching and subscribe to the channel to become part of our online community.

Julia Buccola Peta may have died in 1921 during a difficult labor, but that doesn't stop her from roaming the cemetery grounds, as sightings occur to this very day. From phantom smells to seeing full bodied apparitions, Mount Carmel Cemetery has its fair share of hauntings.  Tessa then heads on over to St James Church and graveyard, a place that since the 1800s, people have seen robed hooded apparitions.

Alison Eloff has worked in ministry with women for 35 years in various capacities, including church planting, student ministry, curacy and ministry to women at St James Church in Cape Town. In this interview, Alison chats to Taryn about how God brought her to faith at the tender age of 11, when a friend persistently shared gospel tracts with her, despite Alison's lack of interest or any kind of family interest in Christian things. She shares about working through coming from a broken home, why she chooses to minister to women, and much more. Alison's years in ministry enables her to share much of her wisdom in clear and enlightening ways.   EPISODE NOTES:   Alison Eloff has worked in ministry with women for 35 years in various capacities, including church planting, student ministry, curacy and ministry to women at St James Church in Cape Town. In this interview, Alison chats to Taryn about how God brought her to faith at the tender age of 11, when a friend persistently shared gospel tracts with her, despite Alison's lack of interest or any kind of family interest in Christian things. She shares about working through coming from a broken home, why she chooses to minister to women, and much more. Alison's years in ministry enables her to share much of her wisdom in clear and enlightening ways.   *** Through the persistence of a friend, Alison eventually agreed to read the growing pile of gospel tracts she had shoved under bed. That decision opened her eyes to the gospel and brought Alison to a trusting faith in Jesus at the young age of 11. Since then, God has led her through a lifetime of serving Him in various ministry roles, including partnering with her husband Mervyn in ministry from Bible college and church planting in Cape Town, curacy at St Helen's, London, to student and family ministry in Stellenbosch, theological training and student work at George Whitefield College in Muizenberg and then again to church ministry at St James Church, Kenilworth in Cape Town. Together, Alison and Mervyn are parents to their two, now adult, daughters. And while gardening and sewing are among her favourite activities, seeing the 'light go on' when women study the Bible has been among her favourite ministry experiences of the last 35 years in working with women. Alison says that she always finds the Lord to be the faithful rock He promises to be in His word and that she loves sharing this reality with women.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:   St James Church Kenilworth George Whitefield College St Helen's, London Christ Church, Stellenbosch      SHOW SNIPPETS:   “She said to me, do you know of the Jesus you are meant to be learning about at Sunday School? I had no idea what she was talking about. It was a totally foreign idea … then she started feeding me a series of booklets.”   “She gave me one a week and I dutifully took the booklet and stuck it in a tin under my bed. …  We eventually got to the end of the booklets and she asked me again “have you looked at the booklets”. I thought, the only way that I am going to get this woman off my back is if I actually read the booklets and then I can say in good conscience that I read them and give them back to her and that would then be the end of the story. And I read in them about the reality of the claims that God makes that he is actually King. He is the creator. He is the one who in authority. As an 11 year old, I have chose to live as though he has not existed and that in fact is treason and is deeply offensive to him and I need to do something about that and I thought, if he said it and he is God then I really am in big trouble if I don't say something or do something about it.”   “I've got to make my peace with the fact that God will do what is right and He cares for them the way He cared for me and His plan for them may not have reached its completion yet.”   “Every place we have worked and lived we have just learned so much from the people we have been working with. And we keep learning. There is always more to learn.”   “Being in the ministry is an enormous privilege.”   “We are learning again that you've got to keep holding onto the basics.”   “Keeping the main thing the main thing is what we are learning again and again and again.”    “We are learning how to do better, to be honest, and there are some real growing pains.”   “I think it all comes back to really embracing the reality:  if God is the creator and you look around the world at the extraordinary beauty and diversity - God got it right to have an extraordinary mix of everything … it's beautiful and works so well.”    “I think that as human beings if we keep acknowledging God as our creator - if we are in a relationship with Him - we shouldn't be scared by other people's diversity or their opinions. At the end of the day, we are all working on our relationship with Jesus and are we all doing what we can to be as fruitful as we can for Him … altogether that should be creating a beautiful thing for Jesus. Maybe it's too simplistic but it is one of the best ways that I can make sense of what we need to do.” “For me that has meant picking up all the balls that I used to hold (and doing things smarter in the Covid context).”   “It's not even in the same room as my skill set, it's in a whole other building!”    “I think that is the privilege of being a part of God's family - we do carry each other's burdens.”   “I think we have not yet seen the kingdom stories that are going to come out of Covid.”   “We are both broken and sinful. The reality is our brokenness sometimes won't be fixed. Ecclesiastes says that. So we limp along as broken people, but we are also sinful. God in his grace gives grace for one and deals with the sinfulness of the other.”   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com . . The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.  

This online church service marks the fourth anniversary of the Grenfell fire. Led by Rev Gareth Wardell, our worship comes from St Clement and St James Church, Notting Hill, and includes a sermon from the Rt Rev Dr Graham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington. Follow along with the order of service at http://cofe.io/GrenfellService (cofe.io/GrenfellService).

Just in time for the anniversary of the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign, we're re-releasing Narrative Episode 2, this time with all three parts strung together so you don't have to go searching for each part. This episode brings you through the month of June up the the night of June 30.  Excerpts from the script: Synopse [BEGIN “BEAR WALTZ”] As 1863 began, the Union Army of the Potomac found itself in a general malaise. Its failed attempt at another push towards Richmond, known as the “Mud March,” had served as the nail in the coffin of army commander Ambrose E Burnside. When Joseph Hooker took his place as commander of the Army of the Potomac, the changes he implemented helped boost the morale and confidence of his troops. But Hooker squandered that goodwill by bungling the Chancellorsville Campaign, in the early days of May 1863. While many believed that drunkenness or the artillery round that knocked him out for a short time were the probable causes of such bungling, Hooker himself told Major General Abner Doubleday, while on the road to Gettysburg,  “I was not hurt by a shell and I was not drunk. For once I lost confidence in Hooker, and that is all there was to it.”     After Chancellorsville, while Hooker was looking for ways to redeem himself, Robert E. Lee was setting the wheels in motion for his second invasion of the north.    Meanwhile, every day citizens in a bustling country town called Gettysburg, were going about their daily business while reading about the war in any or all of the town’s three newspapers. War had not left them untouched, however. They had sent their ablest young men off to fight for the Union cause and constant threats of invasion plagued them since they first sent their local militia, the “Gettysburg Blues”, to fight to preserve the Union, in 1861. By the Fourth of July of 1863, this small town of 2400 would be left with the daunting tasking of cleaning up the carnage and healing 10 times their number.     By mid-June, two great armies, totaling somewhere around 150,000 men, with tens of thousands of horses and mules, miles of wagons and, in one of those armies, human beings that were owned by other human beings, marched north into Pennsylvania. One army moving cautiously in order to determine its enemy’s intentions, while the other army smashd a Union garrison at Winchester and then happily ran roughshod over the lush and untouched farmlands of Pennsylvania while its citizens, like Gettysburg’s Sarah Broadhead wondered where their own army even was.    On the last day of June, a Tuesday, the lead elements of these two armies would be poised for the commencement of the greatest, bloodiest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere, but very few, if any, had any notion of that as they closed their eyes to sleep.   [BEAR WALTZ END] ........... THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION FRANK ROBERTSON: “The only time in my 14 month service with General Stuart that he seemed rattled was when Frank Dean, one of his couriers, dashed up and told him the Yankees were at Brandy Station. This was startling indeed. Frank Robertson, General Stuart’s Staff.” [FADE IN DIFFERENT NIGHT SUMMER AMBIENCE][FADE IN GENTLE RIVER SOUND] No fires were allowed in the Union cavalry camps on the night of June 8. Troopers ate cold dinners, then slept on the ground with their horses’ reins looped around an arm. All was quiet and calm, for, just across the Rappahannock, camped Jeb Stuart’s confederates.  Pleasonton's combined force of 11,000 cavalry and infantry was poised for a double-envelopment of JEB Stuart and his 9500 cavaliers.  Just around 4:30am, John Buford’s Union division, led by the brigade of Colonel Benjamin “Grimes” Davis, crossed the Rappahannock River at Beverly Ford  [HORSES SPLASHING] in a thick fog and brushed aside confederate pickets from the 6th Virginia Cavalry. [LIGHT MUSKETRY] CONFEDERATE SOLDIER: “At about daylight the Yanks drove in our pickets stationed at Beverly’s Ford on the Rappahannock and came near surprising us in bed...they charged up to our camp and killed and wounded several horses before we could get out. Confederate Artilleryman” Behind the picket line were four batteries of Stuart’s horse artillery, parked in preparation for the day’s march. Further behind them, about two miles from the ford, at St James Church, was the brigade of William “Grumble” Jones.  Carbine and pistol shots crackled through the morning air waking Jones. It took only a moment for him to come to his senses and, once aware of what was going on, Jones sent the 6th and 7th Virginia to meet the threat. In their haste to get at these Yankees [CHAOTIC VOICES, TRAMPLING HOOVES, GUNFIRE] some troopers were barely dressed and many rode their horses bareback. Major Cabell E. Flournoy, of the 6th Virginia, was able to rally about 100 men and charged with them into the Federals. But Flournoy was soon forced to withdraw in a hurry as he and his men were badly outnumbered.  Lieutenant R. O. Allen’s horse was wounded, causing Allen to be left behind during Flournoy’s withdrawal. Allen took cover in a treeline when he spotted a Union officer, Colonel Benjamin Grimes Davis, at the head of the column of the Yankees.  Down to one bullet in his revolver, Allen decided it would be best spent taking out the brave blue-bellied officer daring to lead his men from the front. So Allen spurred his wounded horse towards Davis, whose back was turned.  In the nick of time, Davis turned around and faced Allen for long enough to see that Allen was charging at him. Davis began swinging his saber in an effort to hit the charging rebel. Allen saved himself by dropping down to his horse’s side and fired his revolver at Davis, sending his last bullet through the colonel’s brain. Allen galloped off to the safety of his own lines.  [ABOVE SOUND EFFECTS DIP IN VOLUME AND PAN TO LEFT SPEAKER] The action of Grumble Jones’ men enabled most of Stuart’s artillery, which was camped dangerously close to Buford’s troops, [OFFICERS SHOUTING ALL KINDS OF ORDERS; MOST INDISTINCT...CHAOS] to to fall back and form a line around St James Church.  Meanwhile, on Fleetwood Hill, Stuart, was drinking his morning coffee at his headquarters. Fleetwood Hill, which ran north and south, and was about a half mile northeast of Brandy Station and around four miles behind the scene of Buford’s crossing. Stuart hastily sent his supply wagons towards Culpeper while his staff scurried this way and that to get themselves together to meet whatever danger was about to befall them. Stuart then ordered reinforcements ahead to the sound of the fighting.  As Buford’s brigades pushed their way further into the confederate lines, they were met by the confederate troops of Brigadier General Wade Hampton, who formed his brigade to the right of Grumble Jones.  At that moment, Major Robert Morris, commander of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, was ordered to clear the confederates from his front. Morris and the 6th Pennsylvania, also known as “Rush’s Lancers”, charged against the Confederate artillery.  CAPTAIN HENRY WHELAN- “We flew along-- our men yelling like demons. Grape and canister were poured into our left flank and a storm of rifle bullets on our front. We had to leap three wide, deep ditches and many of our horses and men piled up in a writhing mass in those ditches and were ridden over. Captain Henry Whelan, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry.” The 6th Pennsylvania’s charge failed when Confederates counterattacked and drove them back after a brutal hand-to-hand melee.  Major Morris was captured. One Confederate described the charge as “brilliant and glorious.” [CHARGING CAVALRY, MEN SHOUTING, CANNON FIRING LOUDLY, HORSES SCREAMING]  The 6th PA suffered the highest casualty rate of any regiment at Brandy Station.  This charge, however, seemed to stabilize the battle for the time being.  As Buford’s troopers began to fall back towards the Rappahannock, groups of them would dismount and join the infantrymen of Adelbert Ames’ brigade which had come up in support.  While his regiments were forming to charge, messengers from Beverly Robertson's brigade brought Grumble Jones, on the confederate right, some unwelcome news: a large dust cloud had been seen rising from the direction of Kelly’s Ford to the Confederates’ right-rear. Jones rushed a courier to Stuart.  JEB Stuart was on the scene of the St James Church line. The seriousness of the event still didn’t seem to occur to Stuart or his staff as a few of his more youthful staff members climbed a nearby cherry tree. Jubilantly, they picked and ate and picked and threw cherries down to their comrades on the ground until a federal shell carened through the tree. The shell sent splintered branches flying and the young staff officers plummeting to the relative safety of the ground.  Stuart, beside himself with laughter, said: “What’s the matter, boys? Cherries getting sour?” Around this time one of Jones’ couriers rode up to Stuart and delivered the message about the threat to his flank. The doubtful Stuart arrogantly replied, “Tell General Jones to attend to the Yankees in his front, and I’ll watch the flanks.” Upon receiving this reply, Jones grimly scoffed: “So he thinks they ain’t coming, does he? Well, let him alone, he’ll damned soon see for himself.” ........... What the Second Battle of Winchester dispelled, however, were doubts about Ewell’s competency at the helm of a corps and confirmed the faith that his troops had in him. One of the Union boys lying mortally wounded by Ewell’s bullets, was a member of the 87th Pennsylvania, Johnston “Jack” Skelly, a native and citizen of Gettysburg.  Upon learning of Jack’s presence, Confederate soldier, John Wesley Culp, went to find him. Jack and Wes had grown up together in Gettysburg. In the 1850s, Wesley had taken employment with local carriage maker, C. William Hoffman. In 1856, Hoffman decided to move his business to Shepherdstown, Virginia and invited several of his employees along. Wes’s brother, William declined, but Wesley Culp accepted the invitation, leaving his childhood home, family and friends behind in Gettysburg. In Shepherdstown, Wesley and Hoffman’s three sons joined the Hamtramck Guards, the local militia and drinking club. When Civil War broke out, Wesley bid his fellow Gettysburg transplants a fond adieu as they left to return to Pennsylvania and fight for the Union. Wesley and the rest of the Hamtramck guards enlisted in the Confederate service on the 20th of April, 1861 at Harpers Ferry. They became Company B of the 2nd Virginia, which was placed in the First Brigade under the command of Colonel Thomas Jonathan Jackson The brigade and the man would, in a short time, earn the nickname “Stonewall”.    But Culp was a confederate. Sure that he was dying, Jack asked Wesley to deliver a letter to Jennie should he ever find himself back home in Gettysburg. Wesley took the letter, promising to do so.  LINCOLN: “To General Hooker: Winchester and Martinsburg were both besieged yesterday...the enemy holds both places. Confederate troops are crossing the Potomac at Williamsport… I would like to hear from you.-- Abraham Lincoln.”  [CADENCE BEGINS] From  Winchester, Ewell sent Robert Rodes’ infantry division, north to raid Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Along with Rodes’ Division was the irregular cavalry brigade of Albert Jenkins, a colorful character who often tucked his long beard into his belt when the wind was up.  At 2am, on June 15, Jenkins led his cavalry on the road to Chambersburg.  ............. SARAH BROADHEAD: “No alarm was felt until Governor Curtin sent a telegram, directing the people to move their stores as quickly as possible. This made us begin to realize the fact that we were in some danger from the enemy, and some persons, thinking the Rebels were near, became very much frightened, though the report was a mistake. Sarah Broadhead” Sarah “Sallie” Broadhead, was a Gettysburg resident and wife of train engineer Joseph. Thirty year old Sarah and Thirty-two year-old Joseph had a four year-old daughter named Mary. Together, they lived at 217 Chambersburg Street. After hearing the news of Confederate mischief along the Potomac, Sarah began a journal.  Ever since word of the Confederates crossing the Potomac first reached them, residents of Gettysburg and many other south-central Pennsylvania towns were beginning to panic and prepare as best they could for the approaching invaders. No one knew just where the Confederates were heading. No one knew what the Confederates would do to them should they descend on their city or town. And no one knew where their own army was to protect them and drive off the rebel hordes.  Civilian militias began to form. Still, the townspeople worried, for what good could days-old militia do against Robert E Lee’s formidable veterans? TILLIE PIERCE: “We had often heard that the rebels were about to make a raid, but had always found it a false alarm. ~ Tillie Pierce, Gettysburg Resident” In truth, Gettysburg lived under a constant cloud of worry ever since the Civil War broke out in 1861. Just ten miles to its south, is the border with Maryland. While a border state that remained within the Union, Maryland’s doing so was fragile. Its citizens had sympathies for both sides of the war.  Virginia, the state which was home to the Confederate capital of Richmond, was not much farther beyond Maryland.  On April 22, 1861, Gettysburg proudly sent “The Gettysburg Blues”, its local militia that mainly had experience performing ceremonial duties, off to fight for the Union. Almost immediately, townspeople began to feel uneasy about sending its only armed forced away. And, so, that same night, the people of Gettysburg gathered in the courthouse to discuss forming a new Home Guard to ease the peoples’ minds. Out of nowhere, two unknown men burst into the courthouse yelling “the Rebels are burning Hanover and Gettysburg is next!” The report was that 500 or more “pug-uglies” from the city of Baltimore--a city with deep Confederate sympathies-- were heading towards Gettysburg. As the citizens filtered out into the street, a single rider galloped into town along York Street. “To arms! The Rebels are coming!” The calm curiosity that the people of Gettysburg embodied only a moment before, gave way to utter panic and chaos. Word spread quickly through the town. The streets were crowded with panic-stricken people. Bells pealed across town to raise alarm. Riders in the style of Paul Revere were dispatched in every direction to warn neighboring hamlets and farms. Of course, all firearms and the ammunition for those firearms had left hours earlier with the Gettysburg Blues. All that was left was a smattering of shotguns, antique muskets, shovels, hoes, axes, knives and various other items of little to no real use against the coming pug-uglies. Finally, after midnight, Gettysburg’s cooler heads decided to send a train to Hanover to see just what was up.  The train returned around dawn with the shocking news: it was a false alarm. Furthermore, those unknown harbingers of alarm who started the pandemonium, were nowhere to be found.  Time and time again, between June of 1861 and June of 1863, the alarm would be raised, panic would ensue, and all would be let down as no Rebel threat had developed. The only time that the threat came close to being real was in 1862 when Jeb Stuart’s Cavalry invaded Pennsylvania and raided Chambersburg, then appeared at the foot of the mountains at Cashtown, just 8 or so miles west of Gettysburg. But Stuart had no interest in Gettysburg that day and her citizens, once again, breathed a sigh of relief.  Stuart’s raid aside, a sense of “the boy who cried wolf” began to lull the people of Gettysburg into a complacency that would last up until the first shots of the battle.  By nightfall of June 15, 1863 Jenkins cavalry brigade, the lead element of Robert Rodes’ Confederate division, had reached Chambersburg, some 25 miles to the west of Gettysburg. A flood of refugees would soon filter through Gettysburg with that same old song of “the Rebels are coming.” Not all Gettysburg residents brushed these warnings off in June of 1863. Michael Jacobs, a professor at Pennsylvania College, was not so dismissive when he noted in his diary that there were “unmistakable signs of the coming storm.” ............. MEADE TAKES COMMAND [FADE IN GENTLE SUMMER NIGHT SOUNDS. CRICKETS, crackling fire, etc.] It was 3 am and so quiet at Fifth Corps headquarters that the slightest sounds could be noticed. So it was no surprise that Fifth Corps Commander Major General George Meade’s slumber was disturbed by the sound of voices outside his tent. There was a visitor to camp who was asking for access to the General. Being that Meade’s staff officers were all camped in the vicinity of his tent, they, too, could hear the voices and, one by one would emerge, curious as to the matter at hand.   When Meade lay down to sleep only a few hours earlier, he did so having fulfilled his duties for the day and expecting to wake up in the morning and fulfill whatever duties he would be assigned for that day. He marched his men 16 miles from near the Monocacy River to Ballinger’s Creek, three miles due south of Frederick, Maryland. Upon arrival, he went ahead into town to find Hooker, whom he had not seen since June 13. Hooker had not yet arrived, so Meade returned to his corps, saw to their encampment and retired for the night. He was unaware that Hooker had resigned the night before and that one of General-in-Chief Halleck’s staff officers, Colonel James A. Hardie, and a small party were on their way to Meade.  Hardie roused Meade in his tent and told him that he came bearing “trouble”. Meade, whose sense of humor was just as groggy as he was at this hour, assumed that Hardie’s mission was, as he wrote his wife, “to either relieve or arrest me”. So, Meade’s response to Hardie’s joke was “my conscience is clear.” Hardie then handed Meade a communication to read which relieved Hooker as commander of the army of the Potomac and put Meade in his place. Unlike previous times when Lincoln replaced a general, this was not an offer, nor a request. It read:  “GENERAL: You will receive with this the order of the President placing you in command of the Army of the Potomac. Considering the circumstances, no one ever received a more important command; and I cannot doubt that you will fully justify the confidence which the Government has reposed in you.” It was an order... and Meade, ever the dutiful soldier, complied with the order.  [BLEND IN THREE HORSES AT A WALK] And so, Meade, Hardie and Meade’s son and staff officer, Captain George Meade, Junior, rode to Army Headquarters in Frederick to meet with Hooker. There was little conversation among the three as they rode. Now and again Meade, the elder, would depart from his visibly evident deep-thought and ask Hardie a question. Then he’d go back to thinking.  [CROSS FADE HORSES TO INDOOR SOUNDS. CRACKLING FIRE, FOOTSTEPS ON A WOODEN FLOOR, PERHAPS AND INDISCERNIBLE VOICES] At Frederick, he met with Hooker who, with his usual charm, tried his best to assuage the embarrassment and awkwardness of the occasion. They sat down and had a lengthy discussion and were eventually joined by the Army’s chief-of-staff, Daniel Butterfield.  [CROSS FADE INDOOR TO CRICKETS] Finally, Meade came out of the meeting with the same grave look on his face as when he went in. Upon seeing his son, he perked up slightly, “Well, George,” he said, “I am in command of the Army of the Potomac.” It can be assumed that Meade learned about the disposition of the army, though he did admit that he had “no exact information about the condition of the troops and the position of the enemy.” He would also later claim that Hooker offered him “no intimation of any plan or any views he may have had up to that moment.” Meade formally accepted command in a message to Halleck. MEADE: “The order placing me in command of this army is received. As a soldier I obey it, and to the utmost of my ability will execute it. George Gordon Meade.” Overall, Meade’s appointment to command was well received, even though most outside of his own fifth corps knew little about the man. A good deal of the rank and file wished that McClellan would be reinstated and Lieutenant Henry P. Claire, the 83rd NY’s adjutant, prayed that McClellan be placed in command, once again. If not, then he prayed that “Jeff Davis enters Washington, hangs Lincoln and all his damnable associates proclaiming himself President.” Claire was willing to part with a month’s pay “to see Washington sacked and the present clique chased like bayed foxes with bloodhounds after them.” In the high command, Major General Daniel Sickles was the only general who was sad to see Hooker go and he and Meade were not friends. The others were pleased with the selection. John F Reynolds was the ranking general of them all and Lincoln had offered him command of the army prior to assigning it to Meade. But Reynolds had seen how much Washington meddled with the army commander’s operations and respectfully declined the offer. Reynolds was also Meade’s friend. When Reynolds first saw Meade after he took command, Meade told him that his new job was, not only a surprise, but an unwelcome one, at that. Reynolds told Meade that the commanding general could rely on him and that he was satisfied to see Meade at the head of the army.  Things were now accelerated. Meade conferred with staff and drew up orders announcing that he was placed in command of the army along with marching orders for the day. Each corps knew where it needed to be by nightfall and by what roads and, by nightfall, all were where they should have been. Only Hancock’s Second Corps was just a few miles short of its destination because it got a late start due to receiving its orders late. GENERIC UNION SOLDIER: “Carrying rifle, knapsack and contents, accoutrements, haversack containing rations and sixty rounds of cartridges-- over fifty pounds.-- Union Sixth Corps soldier.” Lee’s Army was enjoying the bliss of ignorance. Longstreet’s and Hill’s Corps were concentrated around Chambersburg, to the west of Gettysburg, while Ewell was still split up between York, to the east and Carlisle, to the north. Stuart had now ridden himself so far from Lee that the Union army was separating the two. Therefore, Lee had lost the “eyes and ears”-- as he described cavalry’s main role-- of his army.  The 9th Alabama, of Anderson’s Division of AP Hill’s Corps, passed through Marion and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. One soldier recorded a touching event that he witnessed in his diary.  GENERIC CONFEDERATE SOLDIER: “The females of Chambersburg seem to be spiteful, make faces, sing, wave their banners, etc. A widow in the place discovered the knapsack of her deceased husband in the command. She wished it and the soldier gave it to her. He had picked it up on the battlefield of ‘Gaine’s Mills,’ where we fought the Pennsylvania Bucktails. Such is war.” At around 3am on the morning of June 28, JEB Stuart’s cavalry had finally crossed the Potomac and was in Maryland. But Stuart... was east of the Union army... which was east of his own army. Along the way, Stuart’s men managed to cut the telegraph lines connecting Frederick, Maryland to Washington D.C., stymying the Army of the Potomac’s ability to quickly communicate with Washington. Meade set up a courier  service along the telegraph route, but this slowed information coming to and going from his Headquarters. As Hooker had to before him, Meade had to rely on Colonel Sharpe’s Bureau of Military Information.  It was Lee’s intention to hold the Cashtown Gap in order to protect his lines of communication, supply and retreat back into the valley and Virginia. A.P. Hill’s Corps took the lead, east through the mountains to Cashtown, followed by Longstreet’s Corps. At the head of Hill’s column was the division of newly-minted Major General Henry “Harry” Heth. Upon reaching Cashtown, Heth detached a mix of North Carolina and Mississippi troops to guard his flank to the south at Fairfield with specific instructions to keep an eye on the approaches from Emmitsburg, Maryland to the south.  Upon reaching Cashtown, a gunner in Hill’s corps was unsettled by the words of a woman on the roadside: "You are marching mighty proudly now,” she shouted, “but you will come back faster than you went.” Unable to resist the temptation, an officer asked why she thought that was. “Because,” she quickly replied, “you put your trust in General Lee and not in the Lord Almighty.” Up north in Carlisle, General Ewell declared this day “a day of rest”. Despite this, he sent Jenkins’ Cavalry ahead to Harrisburg, his next objective. Stonewall Jackson’s former chaplain, the Reverend B. Tucker Lacy, held two church services at the Carlisle Barracks. General Ewell  was asked by local clergy if he objected to their offering their routine prayer for President Lincoln at their respective churches. Ewell replied, “Pray for him. I’m sure he needs it.” Longstreet’s and Hill’s Corps were almost entirely up in the Keystone state with Longstreet at Chambersburg and Hill, about seven miles to Longstreet’s east, at Fayetteville. Both corps were within twenty five miles of Gettysburg.  Meanwhile, General-in-Chief Halleck gave Meade a wide berth with which to command the army. In essence, he gave Meade what he denied Hooker. --OR (read both)-- the red tape was cut in order to expedite the response to this national emergency. When Meade requested permission to pull the 7000-man garrison from Harpers Ferry, Halleck approved.  Part of Meade’s orders placing him in command also gave him the authority to promote, demote or replace any officer in the army to a position that he saw fit. Between June 28 and June 30, Meade would jump three promising young captains up four ranks to brigadier general. Those junior officers were Elon J Farnsworth, Wesley Merritt and the long-haired George Armstrong Custer.  Early in the evening of the 28th, Gettysburg resident, Samuel Herbst, whose horse, somehow eluded Early’s Confederates on the 26th, rode the animal to the south, towards Emmitsburg, Maryland. He returned with very welcomed news: thousands of Federal soldiers were on their way to Gettysburg. One Gettysburg resident remembered: “The news flew through the town like wildfire.” _______________________________________________________ Help us make these episodes come out more quickly. Become a patron! CLICK HERE

Alexa February is our guest today. She has her PhD in Education; she's a teacher; a dancer; an advocate for healthy living and eating; a Hashimoto's survivor and a mum to three little boys. Tragically, she lost her first two sons at birth. The trauma and sadness of this has brought Alexa through the fire, so to speak. In this interview, Alexa shares the journey of her pain and how she came to trust and revere God more through it all. She also shares helpful insight into how to care for someone who is grieving in a way that allows them space to grieve naturally. It's a tough one to listen to, especially if you've experienced similar loss, but her story is not without hope.   EPISODE NOTES: Alexa February grew up in Cape Town in South Africa where she still lives with her husband, Craig and their little baby boy, Caleb. Together they are a part of the St James Church, Kenilworth church family. Alexa has a background in education and received her Doctor of Education qualification in December 2020. She has a passion for education, dance and teenagers. Combining all three as a dance teacher of high schoolers means that she gets to translate her passion into her everyday work. Alexa's story is not without much pain and hardship. Before Caleb, Alexa and her husband, Craig, suffered the tragic loss of their first two sons at birth. Yet, both Alexa and Craig attest to God's goodness even in their loss and grief. God's hand in Alexa's life and her grieving process.      SHOW SNIPPETS:   “It felt like the bottom had fallen out of the earth. But whilst I felt bitterly sad, and shocked and traumatised, I also felt a tremendous sense of peace and very sure understanding that this was God's plan for my life.”   “I was prepared to submit to God's plan for my life, as difficult as it might be.”   “The whole journey taught me to rely on God fully and not on myself.”   “In the darkest times, I had a real sense of God pulling me towards himself … he was actively seeking me.”   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com . . The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.  

This Christmas come let's find some warmth & solace in a surprisingly quiet corner of the ever-so-busy Kashmiri Gate Area in Delhi. In this episode, Rana Safvi not only takes us to the St. James Church but she also helps us transcend time by narrating the story of Col. James Skinner, who built this quaint piece of architecture back in 1836. Tune in to take the tour!

Pastor Ted teaches from the book of James, the book that brought about the forming of St James Church. Website https://www.saintjameschurch.com/ Blog https://www.tedhaggardblog.com/ Zoom Meetings: Weekdays @10am (Mountain) Click "Join Meeting" Use code 7193380079 For the Bible Highlights Booklet, write to: Saint James Church 4615 Northpark Dr Ste 203 Colorado Springs CO 80918

Today Lisa speaks with Malcolm Stern, co-director and co-founder of Alternatives at St James’ Church in London. Malcolm has worked as a group and individual psychotherapist for more than 30 years. His new book Slay Your Dragons with Compassion describes 10 practices for thriving in an unstable world, all distilled from his decades of intense group work. The book is filled with practical exercises and compelling stories from the therapy room. For more info,visit www.malcolmstern.com

One of South Africa's most sacrilegious violations of human rights was the July 1993 rifle and grenade attack on the St James Church in Cape Town. Eleven parishioners were killed and about 60 others seriously injured or maimed for life. Three of the men responsible for the Sunday massacre were Apla cadres: Khaya Makoma, Bassie Mkhumbuzi and Thobela Mlambisa. In July 1997, they publicly told the Amnesty Committee that they had simply been following orders. Their attack was meant to shock and force the white government into returning the land to the Africans. After the Amnesty Committee reconciled their side of the story with the law, they were granted amnesty in June 1998. But a rare and unforgettable moment in that story was written by an unlikely protagonist, who decided to make reconciliation a public reality. Zola Ntutu, Darren Taylor and Angie Kapelianis report. Transcript: http://www.sabctruth.co.za/sabctruth/worldsright.htm#in worlds of licence - self-confessed violators of human rights from across south africa's political landscape © SABC 2020. No unauthorised use, copying, adaptation or reproduction permitted without prior written consent of the SABC. Additional music: Dark Walk by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100468 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

The next Truth Commission hearing into gross human rights abuses at Athlone in Cape Town was also filled with protracted pain. But it was a week flavoured and characterised by the undertones of the Western Cape, where tensions were still entrenched within communities. The victims of the 1993 St James Church massacre echoed the forgiveness of the Cradock Four widows in East London. But the Lubowskis, whose son and brother Anton was assassinated in Windhoek in September 1989, mirrored the lust for justice of Steve Biko's family. Angie Kapelianis and Darren Taylor look back at that mind-blowing week. Transcript: http://www.sabctruth.co.za/sabctruth/bonesright.htm#crystal The bones of memory - Gcina Mhlophe Transcript: http://www.sabctruth.co.za/sabctruth/bonesright.htm#bones bones of memory - experiences and memories lay bare the pain and bravery of apartheid's victims © SABC 2020. No unauthorised use, copying, adaptation or reproduction permitted without prior written consent of the SABC. Additional music - Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100208 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Francis Greenway was an English-born architect who was transported to New South Wales  as a convict for the crime of forgery. He was the colony’s first Government architect. Greenway is admired for his buildings such as St Matthew’s Church in Windsor and St James’ Church and the Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney. He was an extremely talented, but deeply flawed man. Email me at jamesdampier.awp@gmail.com. I answer every email.

We start Season 4 with Chris Brown, a long-time member of St James Church and someone who has painstakingly gone through the meeting minutes of the lay leadership and the records of the births, deaths, marriages and ceremonies that made the St James community from the 1840's until today. Chris's story of the early church and the transition through the Civil War years is remarkable. For example, could slaves marry in the church? Could they be buried in the cemetery? Where did the church spend their money? Chris Brown has the whole story.  https://www.stjamesmarietta.com Also checkout: https://www.archiveatlantapodcast.com https://www.mariettahistory.org https://www.cobblandmarks.com  

This time on Alfred, the podcast for Shaftesbury, The Vale and Chase areas of North Dorset and West Wiltshire: Radio 2’s Johnnie Walker talks about his life in radio and life after death. We chat with the Shaftesbury-based star ahead of his talk to raise funds for the St James Church window. (00:27) Shaftesbury Town Council turns to residents to find a better way to tackle the Mampitts Lane bus gate issue. We hear why Cllr John Lewer wants to recruit a working group to address the proposed through-traffic restriction. (16:24) Shaftesbury’s popular hand car wash has reopened in a new location. Alfred was there for the opening day. (27:00) One of Britain’s best rural writers will speak in Shaftesbury. Alfred chats with Tim Pears, who has been compared to Thomas Hardy. We preview his Grosvenor Arms Hotel talk. (32:31)

Chloe Goodchild in conversation with author and psychotherapist Malcolm Stern, discussing eldership, fierce initiation, grief, pilgrimage, human evolution and more.The VOCE Dialogues offer a simple, accessible in-depth ground for poets, authors, musicians, visual artists, and visionary teachers to share and disseminate their insights about the transformative practice of contemplative, creative and compassionate communication. Malcolm Stern has worked as a group and individual psychotherapist for more than 30 years. He is Co-Director and Co-founder of Alternatives at St James’ Church in London and runs groups internationally.His approach involves finding where the heart is and helping individuals access their truth. His London One Year Group is the centrepiece of his work and has been successfully operating since 1990. In it he creates an environment of trust, integrity and community, where participants can become skilled in relationships, communication and managing difficult conversations. The ultimate learning is to Slay your dragons with compassion, which is also the title of his new book to be published by Watkins in September 2020.His book on relationships Falling in Love, Staying In Love, published in 2004, is available through Little, Brown Book Group and, as an e-book, through Amazon. Together with Vanessa Lloyd Platt, Malcolm co-presented the Channel 4 series on relationships Made for Each Other in 2003 and 2004.https://malcolmstern.com/Malcolm and Chloe are both speakers at the Compassionate Mental Health conference, taking place in South Wales on 25-26 September 2019.http://compassionatementalhealth.co.uk/Chloe Goodchild is an international singer, innovatory educator, author and founder of The Naked Voice (1990) and its UK Charitable Foundation (2004), dedicated to the realization of compassionate communication in all realms of human life. Deafness in childhood catalysed Chloë’s deep encounter with her inner self, and began a lifetime’s experiential research into the voice as a catalyst for personal evolution and global transformation.https://www.chloegoodchild.com/

This time on Alfred, the podcast for Shaftesbury, The Vale and Chase areas of North Dorset and West Wiltshire: A plastic-free town initiative launches in Shaftesbury. Alfred talks with Planet Shaftesbury’s Maude Chappell about the goals the environmental action group must meet to gain accreditation from assessing body, Surfers Against Sewage. And you’ll hear what businesses will be encouraged to do. (00:20) The miracle-working nuns of Minsk are planning a Shaftesbury choral concert at St James Church. Alfred talks with Rev Mary Ridgewell, who visited the sisters in their convent. She says that the women undertake social service duties in Belarus. And we meet one of the visiting nuns ahead of their performance of Gregorian chants on 31st May. (05:08) Loudspeakers could address declining bird numbers in Fontmell Magna. Alfred visits Dick Stainer, who has wired his house to play the sounds of swifts to encourage them to nest there. (13:31) Abbey School reaches new heights with their fundraising. Parents, children and staff have been scaling three Dorset ‘peaks’ to pay for a sensory garden. Headteacher Michael Salisbury is impressed with his pupils’ efforts. (21:08) The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £1.7m to the Cranborne Chase AONB to create cycleway routes to link Shaftesbury with Salisbury. And a new virtual reality tourism app will bring our heritage to life. Roger Goulding from the AONB shares their plans. (24:17) Shaftesbury estate agent Matt Boatwright is preparing to get his boots on to support service personnel. Matt talks with Alfred about the marathon fundraising walk he’s undertaking for the SSAFA. And you can help! (31:14)

St Francis DeSales Seminarian Fund vs St James Church

The Fertile Ground of Bewilderment was the title of a speech I gave at St. James Church in London. I'm sharing it with you all because it was such a high-energy event and I ventured into territory I haven't brought into public speaking before.

Theme: Father’s Day Edition 2016 Hour #1 Guests: - Charl Van Wyk – Dad & is an African missionary, survivor of the 1993 terrorist attack on St James Church, and the author of ‘Shooting Back – The Right and Duty of Self-Defense’. - Jerry “Ace” Luciano – Dad & Author of Guns The Right Way: Introducing Kids To Firearms Safety And Shooting

This week's guest is Christine Best, Musical Director of the Treble Clef Ladies Choir and the Weybridge Male Voice Choir. She also directs the St James Church choir in Weybridge where she is also the organist. Presented by Celia Jones.