Abbots Langley Methodist Church
Magazine
May 2008

Gideons International

Elizabeth Manning

from Elizabeth Manning

Contents

Letter from the Manse.

BBQ

Bereavement visitors

Bible study

Finance and property notes

Free Church service at St. Alban’s Abbey

Gideons international

Network news

Pastoral caring

Pentecost – Whit Sunday

So what is messy church????

The Hospice of St. Francis

Revised: 2-may-08

Some of our readers may be aware that Tony and Elizabeth were fortunate to have travelled in Japan for a couple of weeks in April. It was busy, we changed hotels frequently as we went from city to city, by air, boat, coach and – yes! – the Bullet train. At every hotel in the bedside table was a copy of the Gideons’ New Testament in English and Japanese, alongside a copy of “The Teaching of Buddha” (again in both languages). I was able to buy one to bring home and it makes very interesting reading. Nonetheless I still call myself an “unorthodox Methodist”.