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A breton funeral

There was a funeral in town yesterday. A well-known local figure was being buried. I was in town when the procession came out of the basilica. Since the roads had been closed for the occasion, I watched the procession walk passed. It was impressive and sobering. The bagad (pipe band) was leading the way, followed by flag bearers, the hearse before the rest of the crowed. The man wasn’t vey old. He was in his sixties I would say. I had seen him around the music school a few times. He was well known for having started the local Bagad as well as the St-loup festival, a well known breton dance competition. There’s an article in Ouest-France: Les adieux au président de la Saint-Loup

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Is anybody out there? Mez McConnell

[amazon_link id=”1845502051″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?: A Journey from Despair to Hope[/amazon_link]Is anybody out there is the inspiring autobiography of Mez McConnell. Abandoned by his mother at the age of two, brought up by his dad and his partner who beat him up on a daily basis, Mez met Christ after a spell in prison for stabbing some people in a bar fight.

He is a former UFM missionary to Brasil, and now the Pastor of a church on a difficult estate near Edinburgh. I couldn’t let this book down. It is moving ad thought-provoking. It will make you praise God for the Gospel which is the power of God unto salvation for whoever believers. As a taster, you can listen to Mez’s testimony in the video below.

 

Mez McConnell’s Testimony from 20 Schemes on Vimeo.

An evangelistic evening: Most

Last night, we had a public projection of the short fim “MOST”. It is the story of a father who need to make a choice between saving his son from certain death, or saving a train full of people. He chooses to let his son die so that the many people in the train can live. It’s a powerful tale, inspired from John 3:16. It needs a bit of explaining, but is quite well made.

About 20 people turned up, with at least 8 unbelievers. I think that most of these had come to the church for the first time. We started with a light buffet, followed by the film and more time to chat and enjoy a drink. People stayed on after the film to chat for a while.

One reason for this event was to invite people to a 6 weeks series of evangelistic meetings starting on 9th November. You can watch the trailer below: