The Christmas schedule of meetings and Carol services for London are as follows:

Carol Services

• Saturday 10th – 11am at Ridley – Successful
• Monday 12th – 7.30pm at Stratford - Successful
• Thursday 15th – 7.30pm Stratford - Successful
• Friday 16th – 6.30pm Mare Street, Hackney - Successful
• Wednesday 21st – 7.30pm at Stratford – still to come!
• Thursday 22nd 7.30pm at Stratford – still to come!
• Friday 23rd 6.30pm at Mare Street, Hackney – still to come!

Christmas carols are a great way to witness and keep the true reason for Christmas present in people’s minds, why not join us and warm the street with our singing?

Other Services

• Christmas Dinner at Paragon – Saturday 17th at 7.30pm
• Christmas Day Service – Sunday 25th at 10am, Paragon

Why not join us for fellowship, food and to enjoy praising the Lord on Christmas Day?

Second part of the classic message, “Attitudes” from Dr. Albert Chambers.

Podcast number nine in this series sees another archive message from Dr. Albert Chambers. We hope you enjoy “Attitudes” part 1.

In this Video Interview Dr. Chambers talks about some of the basics that a Christian needs to develop their life with the Lord.

The words above come from the Holy Bible from 2 Timothy chapter 3 verses 2-4.

Are you searching for answers? Confused? Who wouldn’t be?

There is a solution. It starts with you. Because God so loved YOU – that He sent His only begotten Son (Jesus) for YOU. The touch of God in a person’s life is the thing that will make the difference. Communities, Neighbourhoods, Cities are changed by the actions of individuals.

Do you want to know more? Please join Dr. Albert Chambers at Paragon Chapel to hear how God is willing and able to make that difference, in people’s lives.

The first Open-Air witness was in Drogheda just north of Dublin. Further Open-Airs and tract distributions were held in:

• Lisburn
• Belfast
• Omagh
• Newcastle
• Portadown
• Cookstown
• and back to Drogheda

The team were able to sing and testify live over Radio for approximately 20 minutes and opportunity was given in the Bible Pattern Church, Portadown, to take the “Open-Air” into the church. We were able to speak of this ministry of World Vision for Christ.

We thank God for almost 10,000 Gospel tracts distributed as well as New Testaments and children’s tracts. We thank God for safe travelling (we clocked up 2,270 miles in the minibus.) We thank God for all those we were able to talk with, pray for and minister to and for the privilege of taking people’s burdens to Him in prayer. We thank God for the nights of fellowship and ministry with the saints whilst in Ireland, and for all who have prayed and contributed in making our visit possible. And we thank Him for enabling us to print and purchase the literature that we brought with us.

We feel that this was an effective witness as was proven by the amount of people that came to speak with us.

The end is not yet!

On Saturday 2nd July at 2pm, we will celebrate the graduation of this year’s students from our Christian day-school, Paragon Christian Academy.

We are drawing near to the end of this academic year, and we take this opportunity to send our graduating older students to further education with our prayers and blessings.

There will also be an awards ceremony for the other student achievements throughout the year, including the graduation of younger students into their next academic stage classes.

Please join us at Paragon Chapel at 2pm to enjoy this great event!

“But  to do good and to communicate forget  not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”

Thanks again for those of you who did communicate; your letters, cards and ‘phone calls are always an encouragement.  May we appeal to those of you who have not yet “been in touch” to do so;  let us hear from you too.

So very  much has happened since our last communique and we can certainly see things escalating on the world scene; troubles in the Middle East, and talks of dividing the City of Jerusalem, heading the list of current events.  We are living in troublous times and must heed the scripture “Now learn a parable of the fig tree;  When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see these things, know that **it is near, even at the doors” Matt.24:32  **James 5:9b.  I don’t want this letter to be all doom and gloom, but rather to be a stimulant for a greater awareness of the times in which we are living, and to see the need for ‘unity among the brethren’ that the Lord may pour out His Spirit upon us, enabling us to carry out the tasks that He has set.

Since we last wrote another great man of God has gone on to his reward; David Wilkerson of Times Square Church, New York. His memorial service was very moving and his labours and outreaches extended far beyond Times Square.

News here  on the home front;  we will be holding another P.C.A..Student Graduation on Saturday 2nd July and we thank God for the continued growth and development of Paragon Christian Academy.

From the 15th July a team of World Vision folk will be going over to Ireland for a fortnight of Open Air Outreach on the streets; both in the North and the South. We are really looking forward to it and trust  you will support us with your prayers and your presence if we are in your area.

In August we shall be holding a Salvation and Deliverance Crusade in Paragon Chapel and would ask that all of you within travelling distance of the Chapel will join us then.  Further details will be given in our next Keeping in Touch.

Once again we invite you to tune in to our weekend services, which are broadcast over the internet every Saturday and Sunday the 11th June service carried much blessing as Brother Chambers expounded on “being conscious of the Presence of God” experientially. By way of encouragement we give a brief extract from it, below.

“Being Conscious of the Presence of God”

“In my travels over the years, both at home and abroad, always the greatest burden of my heart has been to have the awareness of the Presence of God.  Friends, if we are believers, if we are Christians, we need to know that God is there because we are there. Now that’s a profound statement, because it is not generally ‘taken onboard.’ We know the Master’s statement I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee;  lo I am with you alway, even unto  the end of the world.”  So in a technical sense we know Jesus is here.  But there is a practical, experiential witness that the Lord is with us.

I read the story of a great man of God, who was to be the Speaker at a series of Meetings, and all were assembled, but he did not come. The Convener of the Meetings sent someone to the man’s lodgings, to check his room.  The messenger returned with the news that it appeared there was someone in the room with the Speaker, as  he kept saying “I am not going unless you come with me.”  The Convener, being a wise man, understood the situation and said, “We are in for a great Meeting!”  In due time the Speaker arrived;  he would not leave his room until he had an experiential witness that the Lord was with him.

I remember  a Meeting in Norwood, South London, where I preached about  being ‘God-conscious’ and the necessity  of having the witness of the Presence of God with us. But we are in good company when we take this attitude. The good man Moses spoke with God, and the Lord said:  I will send an angel.” But Moses said: “No, Lord send me not up hence except thy Presence growth me.”  You see, Moses knew he needed to know the Presence of the Lord –  to have the actual experiential knowledge of the very Presence of God.”

We shall be looking out for your ‘communication’ and we wish you every blessing in the Lord, until then.

Your for the Master,

Sister Ann

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; Does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

1st Corinthians chapter 13 verses 1-8. The Holy Bible. NKJV

The words of a famous song says, “All we need is love, love is all we need…”

But what really is love? These words above give a perfect picture of of love and a practical way of showing it. How many people can honestly say that they tick all of these boxes? Always patient? Always kind? Not easily provoked? Thinks no evil? Most of us fail miserably in many of these areas. The truth is, there is only One Who is totally and completely loving. There is only One Who is always patient and is always kind. There is only One Who is not easily provoked and never thinks evil.

There is only One Who will never fail.

The ultimate display of love was shown through the Lord Jesus Christ. He sacrificed His life because of His love for humanity, because of His love for you. He made a way for you to have a real relationship with your Creator, the One Who understands you, Who knows you and loves you. God IS love.

If you would like to know more, please contact us.

Our regular services: Sat 7.30pm & Sun 6.30pm at Paragon Chapel, 233-241 Glyn Rd, Hackney, E5 0JP

You can now watch our services LIVE on the web. We promise no gloss, only what people need to hear to make a new start in their lives.

“Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” Psalm 16: 11 KJV

Dear Friends,

We trust it’s not too late to wish you a very blessed New Year and a healthy one, although we have just entered February! Thank you for your letters and cards, following the December issue.

World Vision for Christ entered the year at the Annual Watch Night Service in Paragon Chapel and shortly after midnight we celebrated Communion and committed our lives afresh into His Hands and into His service. It was a special time. As Christians, this year we may have some unique opportunities to share God’s Word, as folk become aware that this is the 400th Anniversary of the printing the King James Version of Bible in 1611. Although there had been part-translations into English by Wycliffe, in the main the common folk did no have access to a Bible and only heard it read in Latin. What a tremendous break through – it began to shape our nation on more godly lines, and certainly altered the course of our history.

As one who has been involved in children’s work for over fifty years, I have never deviated from sharing the KJV Bible with children, (and many-a-time have been criticised by others for being old-fashioned and out of step with the times) However, just last weekend, at our Annual Sunday School Prize-giving, at least eleven children were awarded KJV Bibles for good attendance – and to my joy, one mother present asked if they were KJV. She was very glad to hear the affirmative. To me copies are like gold-dust, you may not find one in a state school from Lands End to John O Groats, and sadly you may not find one in a church either. Why should we deny our children access to the unadulterated word of God, especially as they are growing up in an increasingly hedonistic society, where “every man is a law unto himself.”

On Saturday 29th January the Annual Meeting of Presenters and D.J.s of Radio Star Country was held in Mountain Lodge Church in N. Ireland and Bob and May Ford were our World Vision representatives. Brother Chambers broadcasts regularly, ministering the Word, and Bob has a regular Tuesday morning slot. We have received a good and very positive report from those who attended. The gospel is going out over the airwaves seven days a week from our transmitters, and reaches Ireland, Scotland and parts of the Isle of Man, though not to England – at present.

However, you can tune in: wvfc.co.uk/tv on this website and see and hear Brother Chambers’ preaching, first hand. The good thing is that once captured on internet you can tune in any time. It’s accessible when you come home from your own church service, or anytime during the week. Feedback thus far has been very good.

To maximise our ability to Keep in Touch, beside this monthly letter, we would like to send you emails, with up to the minute news; when you get this communication would you email me at ann@wvfc.co.uk. It is appreciated that not everyone has internet facility, but those of you who have let’s keep in touch this way as well.

Before closing may I share some thoughts on the power of corporate (communal) prayer. The scriptures lay great emphasis on the importance of prayer and many of us have experienced the tremendous difference prayer has made in our own lives. We are exhorted to “pray without ceasing” to “pray for those in authority” to “pray for the saints and the household of faith” and right now we are thinking of the effectiveness of corporate prayer too.

For over forty years, we have held church prayer meetings every Tuesday evening and, as a result, we have grown closer in affection one for another. As one has put it; it does not mean that we pressure God to do something He doesn’t want to do! Oh no! It is rather the essence of what the psalmist wrote – “Where the brethren dwell together in unity, there the Lord commanded the blessing.” When folk in a prayer meeting are of one heart and one mind (for the glory of God) something is accomplished that otherwise would not be. May God receive all the glory for the many answers to prayer over those forty years and for the increasing number of folk that know we hold it still. Prayer requests come in from different parts of Britain and indeed of the world. Every request if precious to our prayer warriors and treated as such. They are placed in a private envelope and names are noted and the needs mentioned, where wise to do so. Everyone is created in the image of God and the salvation of their souls is of paramount importance to God.

We just want you to know that any prayer requests you may wish to send in, will be brought before the Throne of Grace week by week by people that love and serve the Lord with all their hearts.

They share a deep yearning for our nation to turn back to God in a time when Christianity is being sidelined, politically, socially, and even religiously, where compromise with worldly ways are encouraged. It is possible to see the world inside the church and Jesus knocking to come in. Brethren, may we be among those who are “sighing and crying for the abominations in our land.” May God bless your church and prayer meeting too, and together may we pray fervently for a divine visitation in our time.

Take care, and keep well and warm, in spite of winter winds! Wishing you every blessing and looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours for the Master,

Sister Ann