British Isles Mission Centre Reunion

2nd - 9th August, 2008 at Dunfield House

Guest Minister Paul Davis
(member of the Presiding Bishopric)

Please book as soon as possible.

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David Tucker (Bournemouth)

David wishes to thank everyone for their
prayers, phone calls, cards, e-mails etc.. Yes, his professor was against the odds able to save his leg without need to amputate it.

However, this has not solved the
fundamental problem. David is still unable to sit for greater than 20/30 minutes hence his life is limited to a radius of 20/30 minutes from Salisbury.

They have however identified this as a rare
condition known as ‘reflex sympathetic
dystrophy/algodystrophy’ in simple terms
known as Sudek's atrophy.

This is caused by trauma and what David has been through - 9 operations, 3 knees and two infections is apparently more than enough to trigger it, particularly when one of the operations went badly wrong. It means in layman’s language the brain is no longer able to send messages/instructions to the knee that the knee understands, and in turn the knee is no longer able to send responses to the brain that it understands.

As there is no great or obvious cure for this
David asks for a continued interest in your
prayers that the day may yet come that he is able to leave Salisbury and minister again.

Prayers For Peace

As a community challenged to pursue peace, we continue to explore ways to engage in tangible actions. We would like to suggest that one way to do this is through the daily discipline of prayer.
We have appreciated world church leaders’ attendance at the Daily Prayer for Peace in the Temple. What we propose now is that this dedication to praying for peace becomes a part of our field ministry. As we schedule ministry at field meetings, mission centre conferences, retreats, workshops, reunions and other gatherings, we would request that event planners include a prayer for peace as a part of each service or meeting. In this way we model a very important spiritual discipline
and our pursuit of peace.
First Presidency

5* Rating For Dunfield House

Following an unannounced visit by
environmental health we are pleased to say we have been awarded 5 stars for the
kitchens and food preparation areas at
Dunfield (previous rating was 4 star). The
rating means that we have been judged to
have very high standards of food safety
management and are fully compliant with
food safety in all areas.

We were in the middle of a change over in
both the house and the mews when they
arrived, with 63 guests leaving and shortly
afterwards 58 guests arriving. All credit to our staff! We were particularly pleased with Jude who was able to answer with confidence all questions that were asked.

We are particularly pleased as local
restaurants & hotels which boast more
upmarket facilities have scored relatively low ratings, some as low as 1 star.

Naturally we are really pleased and have
expressed our thanks to the staff who have
worked well together in order to achieve this rating. They are also very pleased. It is good to see the pride they have in Dunfield.

Sue & Paul Norton

Dunfield Charity Executive Committee

The role of a member of the Dunfield Charity Executive Committee is to work within the terms of the Constitution of the Dunfield Charity adopted by the British Isles Region on the 21st February 1999.

Members of the Committee fulfil the role of
Trustees of the Charity. For information on
what it means to be a trustee of a charity visit the Charity Commission website at:
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/publications/ccpubstg.asp
and download their publication CC3 - The
Essential Trustee: What You Need to Know
(Feb 2008).

There will be a vacancy on this committee
from the 1st January 2009. Anyone interested in being considered to serve in this role please contact David Waring, Chair of the Dunfield Charity Executive Committee, who will be pleased to discuss the role of member and trustee, to supply a copy of the Constitution of the Dunfield Charity and the Charity Commission publication CC3.