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What is The Salvation Army?

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The Salvation Army is a Christian church and registered charity providing services in the community, particularly to those who are vulnerable and marginalised. Motivated by our Christian faith, we offer practical support and services in more than 700 centres throughout the UK to all who need them, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation. To find your nearest centre visit salvationarmy.org.uk/find-a-church

From the editor’s desk MORE than 50,000 performers will be in the Scottish capital next month to take part in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which begins on Friday (2 August).

Big-name stars as well as unknown artists will be performing at hundreds of venues, following in the footsteps of the countless others who have appeared at the festival since it began in 1947.

As we discover in this week’s War Cry, among them will be members of the CTC New York Ensemble, who will be presenting the musical Henry Box Brown at the Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose.

The show’s writer, Mehr Mansuri, describes how the musical tells the true story of an American slave, Henry Brown, who escaped his plight by climbing into a wooden box and posting himself across the country.

The people behind Henry Box Brown hope it will do more than entertain. Co-director Najee Brown says he wants it to ‘stir the heart for change, educate the mind and motivate the will’. Mehr adds: ‘We’re not only looking at Henry’s life … we’re asking how we can turn our empathy into positive action.’

Some 200 years after Henry Brown’s experiences, it is sad to reflect that action is still needed in the fight against other forms of slavery.

Last week The Telegraph highlighted a report by the campaign group Walk Free Foundation, which warned that, across the globe, some 40.3 million people are being held as modern-day slaves.

The report identified that the United Kingdom has taken more action than any other country to combat modern slavery and human trafficking. Since 2011, The Salvation Army has been playing its part in this work after being awarded the government contract to support those who have been trafficked in England and Wales.

The fact that during those eight years more than 7,000 people have received this support is a sobering statistic. It should act as a spur for each one of us to have our hearts stirred for change and for us to be motivated to support the fight against this evil.

What is the War Cry? The Salvation Army first published a newspaper called the War Cry in London in December 1879, and we have continued to appear every week since then. Our name refers to our battle for people’s hearts and souls as we promote the positive impact of the Christian faith and The Salvation Army’s fight for greater social justice.

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Let there be light What lengths will inventor Thomas Edison go to in the race to electrify America? asks Linda McTurk

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ITH the flick of a switch, Thomas Edison knows that the world will never be the same again.

Electricity supplied by his company, Thomas Electric, will be everywhere in America – at least, that’s his plan. But his ideas for the future are short-circuited when wealthy industrialist George Westinghouse jolts ahead of him in the film The Current War, released in cinemas yesterday (Friday 26 July).

The genius of Thomas (Benedict Cumberbatch, above) is plain for all to see in his brave new world. At the White House, he shows the president his latest invention, the Edison Phonograph. But when the president asks him whether he would ever consider designing weapons of war, Thomas unequivocally refuses. He says: ‘The only device I shall never build is that which takes a human life.’

Later Thomas lights up a street in New York City in a fanfare of publicity. He muses how he can light

Thomas believes too stubbornly in his own genius up a city. But his rival George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon, left) has already successfully lit up a town in Massachusetts through his company, Westinghouse Electric. It soon becomes apparent that people prefer George’s cheaper and more efficient electric source. An assistant urges Thomas to switch to a different current, but he believes too stubbornly in his own genius to change course.

Aware of Thomas’s desperation to beat George, a capital punishment agent presents him with an opportunity to design the world’s first electric chair and to credit the idea to Westinghouse Electric. He assures Thomas that it would not be possible to trace the project back to him.

The offer is a tempting one. Thomas wants to win, but at what cost? He has to decide what is truly important to him.

His dilemma may spark the realisation that many of us want to feel we are winning in life. Often we want more than we have now. When others around us have a new job, a family that we want but do not have or prestige gained through their achievements, we may feel jealous. We may even engage in something out of character to get ahead, even if it’s at the expense of others.

But people from all walks of life have found that attaining certain goals does not always bring the satisfaction they expected.

Instead they have found fulfilment in discovering God’s love, as revealed in his Son, Jesus.

Jesus spent his time on Earth with all kinds of people, regardless of their accomplishments. He loved and valued them because of who they were, not what they had attained.

One of Jesus’ followers, Peter, knew this for himself. Peter tried his hardest to succeed, but time and time again he failed. Yet he had learnt from Jesus that, despite his faults, God would not give up on him. He encouraged people: ‘Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you’ (1 Peter 5:7 New International Version).

Whatever we may face, we can choose to switch our attention to God, who offers us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and guidance in turning our lives round for the better. By plugging into a relationship with him, we can discover his great love that never goes out.

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Hull church to say hello to Michelangelo

A reproduction of Michelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgment’ in Winchester, where the exhibition ‘A Different View’ is being staged before transferring to Hull Minster

Faith societies foster campus community RELIGIOUS societies ‘contribute enormously’ to the lives of university students, according to a new report.

Faith and Belief on Campus: Division and Cohesion says the societies can play an important role in the development of individuals’ faith identity, as well as fostering interfaith dialogue and educating the wider student body about their beliefs.

The report also highlighted that the societies can cultivate a sense of community, help to combat loneliness, and offer peer-to-peer pastoral support.

‘Faith and belief societies contribute SALVATION Army churches across London united enormously to to show their support for asylum seekers who are student life,’ the legally prevented from seeking work until their application report read. ‘For is processed.

Churches in Ilford, Romford, Raynes Park and Edmonton some, they are an held an event where they were joined by Asylum Matters essential source and members of the Church of England to raise awareness of community; and of the Lift the Ban campaign, which seeks to overturn the for others, they are hubs through restrictive legislation.

They invited an asylum seeker, who is awaiting a deci- which students can sion from the Home Office on her refugee status, to share generate positive her experience of the legislative system. change in society.’

The Salvation Army’s refugee response co-ordinator Published by Major Nick Coke said: ‘The Salvation Army believes religion and society that people who have risked everything to find safety think tank Theos, should have the best chance of contributing to society and the report was the integrating into communities, as well as having the oppor- result of a study tunity to better support their families financially.’ conducted by Coventry University research centre.

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MICHELANGELO’S Sistine Chapel frescoes are to be the subject of a free exhibition opening in Hull Minster in the autumn.

Visitors will be able to view reproductions of the Italian artist’s Renaissance masterpiece as part of Michelangelo – A Different View, which runs from 7 October to 18 November. Until 29 September the frescoes are being exhibited in three venues in Winchester.

The Sistine Chapel’s ceiling, which took four years for Michelangelo and his assistants to complete, contains more than 300 characters from the Bible.

Vatican Museums and German company Exhibition 4 You produced high-resolution versions of photographs taken of frescoes in the 1990s and transferred the images onto special fabric to create the display panels.

‘It’s wonderful that a building as ancient as the minster is able to host an exhibition of paintings which hold a timeless and universal appeal,’ said Hull Minster’s interim minister Bishop Frank White.

‘It represents a coming together of key expressions of the Christian faith through art.’

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DELEGATES from across the globe gathered at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to discuss religious violence and persecution.

In the wake of rising religious persecution, the panel met to discuss options to tackle the issue, which included introducing the role of a special representative for freedom of religion or belief.

Hosted by Poland, Brazil and Iraq, the event took place in co-operation with Greece, Japan, Nigeria, Senegal, the Holy See, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and faith-based advocacy organisation ADF International.

WELSH assembly member Eluned Morgan has n highlighted the work of a Salvation Army-run food bank in Powys, which is facing soaring demand from peo-

ple living on the poverty line.

The Powys County Times reported that the politician visited the food bank in Newtown and met its members of staff.

The politician heard how staff had given out 258 crisis packages so far this year – a 25 per cent increase on the same period in 2018.

‘It is scandalous and beyond concerning that here in the UK, the fifth richest country in the world, we are continuing to see a growing dependence on food banks,’ said the Welsh assembly member.

She also thanked ‘all of the brilliant volunteers at Newtown’s Salvation Army for their generosity and compassion in the face of such challenging circumstances’.

STUDENTS from three faith schools in Coventry volunteered n to cook for residents of a Salvation Army centre for people experiencing homelessness as part of a multifaith community service day.

The Salvation Army’s Harnall Lifehouse welcomed year 10 pupils from the Muslim Eden Girls’ School, the Sikh Seva School and the Church of England Blue Coat School and Music College, who worked together to make soup for its 80 residents.

The Salvation Army’s Lifehouse provides accommodation to people experiencing homelessness for up to six months, and helps residents seek employment and find a place to live.

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Paul Gee as Henry Box Brown

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NUSUAL and provocative performances are waiting in the wings of the Scottish capital. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which describes itself as having been ‘defying the norm since 1947’, officially begins on Friday (2 August).

In previous years, shows have included Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction re-enacted by marionettes; Cathy, a reflection on homelessness performed by a company that creates ‘theatre with and for homeless people’; and Come Look at the Baby, which simply featured a baby sitting on a granny’s lap for half an hour. But it is unlikely that anything in Edinburgh will be more dramatic or outlandish than the real-life events portrayed in the musical Henry Box Brown.

In the middle of the 19th century an American slave escaped to freedom by climbing into a wooden box and mailing himself across the country – an event that he later recreated when he

gave lectures in Scotland and other parts of the UK. ‘I like to joke,’ says the musical’s writer Mehr Mansuri, ‘that Henry was the original Fringe performer. He had a sort of escape act and he was telling people the truth about slavery.’

Mehr describes Henry Box Brown as ‘an after-school musical that became a professionally produced drama for

Their history is full of music and heroes adults’. Presented at the Fringe by CTC New York Ensemble, it grew out of Mehr’s work with the Children’s Theater Company.

‘It’s a company centred on moral and spiritual issues,’ explains Mehr. ‘We create musicals about ethical matters, such as human rights, the environment, disabilities and the status of women.’

As the Edinburgh Festival Fringe begins, Philip Halcrow talks with the team behind a musical that tells the inspiring true story of a slave who made a bid for freedom by packing himself in a box

Working with children – many of them African-American – and seeing them grow up, Mehr says she ‘found a bizarre disconnect of African-American history from American history’.

She says: ‘I wasn’t sure where to find a way to get the kids to connect to their own history. I looked for musicals that would tell their story, which is full of music and heroes. But I couldn’t find anything.

‘Then I went to a children’s book fair and found a story called Henry’s Freedom Box. I thought if it was good enough for a children’s book, then we could address the taboo of slavery.

‘It was important for us not to re-enact slavery. We were not interested in the graphics of it – not because we wanted to sugar-coat it, but because we wanted the children to see themselves as voices for positive change.’

So Mehr wrote the musical. But then

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From page 5 the appearance of two Tony awardwinners on the scene meant that the story went further.

‘When the singer and actor Hinton Battle heard the songs for Henry Box Brown he said: “This is not for kids – you should do this for everybody, and I’ll help you.” He brought in Ben Harney, who won a Best Actor Tony for his role in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls.

‘We spent two years workshopping the show at the Baha’i Unity Center and then when Mr Harney and Hinton Battle saw its potential in our 200-seat theatre, they said we were going to do it for thousands of people at the Christian Cultural Center.

‘This has been an interfaith programme,’ says Mehr, who left Iran, her country of birth, because of persecution of the Baha’i religious minority. ‘The Baha’i Unity Center aligns itself with the idea of looking at spirituality through theatre. And our link with the Christian Cultural Center brought the endorsement of AfricanAmerican communities, who could see that we weren’t sugar-coating the story and that we were keeping to the subject of faith.’

Faith plays a major role in the drama.

Henry was a member of his church choir and made his escape with the help of a white churchman.

Co-director Najee Brown

Co-director Najee Brown says: ‘The Bible describes faith as the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Henry had to believe in his freedom before he could experience it. He had to have faith in the possibility of freedom in order to make his journey.’

Paul Gee, who plays Henry, believes that ‘faith is the point of the show.

Henry had lost his mother and brother and sisters and then lost his wife and

One day all this suffering would be taken away children. Where else was he going to turn other than God? His faith pushes him to creativity. It pushes him to say that he’s going to get himself out of his situation by mailing himself in a box.

‘Henry’s faith in God helped him to persevere. We can see it in his prayers and in his songs to God.’ Writer Mehr Mansuri There are some newly composed songs in the show. ‘And they’re great,’ those songs so that when we’re going Mehr says, ‘but the show-stoppers are through tough times, we can get the spirituals.’ through too.’

The old spirituals naturally fitted into The song arrives as part of a medley the drama. at a pivotal part of the drama. It is an Mehr explains: ‘Henry’s life was important moment – and not only for music – not only his life, but the life of Henry. the entire slave population. The music, Paul says: ‘The reverend has come chanting and singing were part of their to accept that he is going to help culture – I did not have to contrive Henry and that he can no longer go on anything to include it. It’s another reason preaching in a way that could let people I’m amazed no one on Broadway has continue thinking slavery was right. His given homage to this rare collection of white congregation are in uproar and American music, which arguably is the the black slaves don’t know what to root of all kinds of expect. But music.’

Henry steps Najee highlights forward and one song. tells everyone ‘“Hold on Just to “hold on just a Little While a little while Longer” was longer”. written by people ‘At that who were going moment Henry through tough inspires the times,’ he says. room, he ‘The message inspires the they spread to other slaves, each other was he inspires the a message of reverend to help God, a message and he inspires of love, that himself to finish one day all this the work that he suffering would is supposed to be taken away. do – to get free.’

It’s the idea Mehr explains of Heaven. that when she Their message wrote the play, still speaks she wanted An 1852 ‘Fife Herald’ report on to us today. to ‘find what a lecture given by Henry Box Bro They wrote freedom meant wn

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to both races in the story’.

She says: ‘In the case of Henry, it was freedom from bondage and all the emotional torture that he and his family went through. But for the white characters who helped him and helped other fugitive slaves, it was freedom of conscience.

‘White folks who helped slaves paid a price. They had their homes burnt down. One did six years of jail time.

The reverend in the play faces losing his congregation and livelihood with the potential for having his family attacked.

‘When I was creating the script, I was struck by the power of sacrifice and the freedom of conscience that people found.’

Mehr, Paul and Najee insist that the play’s themes have something to say today. It’s why performances

We’re asking how we can turn our empathy into positive action are followed by discussions with the audiences, who are invited to take away a pledge card and commit themselves to a social action.

‘Art,’ says Najee, ‘should stir the heart for change, educate the mind and motivate the will. I’m hoping that through what we do, people will go out and try to make a difference. That’s why we give out the pledge card.

‘We want people to take action, even if it’s calling their mom and saying: “I love you, I’m sorry I didn’t appreciate you more.” Seeing Henry taken away from his family makes me appreciate my mother more. We take for granted the little things that Henry wasn’t allowed to take for granted.’

Mehr says: ‘Through the play we’re not only looking at Henry’s life and faith, but we’re asking how we can turn our empathy into positive action. We’re not just resurrecting the lives of people 200 years ago. We aim to reclaim the power of those lives and their struggles and to bring about healing today.’

l Henry Box Brown is at the Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose – Big Yin from 31 July to 26 August

Paul Gee says faith helped Henry to persevere

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Care in PETE PORTAL tells Emily Bright why he offers rehabilitation to South African gang members

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AUGHT in the crossfire of Cape Town gang warfare, ex-Londoner Pete Portal found his peaceful day with his friends shattered by gunfire. His community house, Cru62, designed to support former male gang members and drug addicts, was hit.

‘A bullet went through our office window, next door to where we were in the prayer room,’ he remembers. ‘We ran to see what had happened, which is probably the worst thing we could have done.’ Thankfully, no one was hurt.

While most expats would have packed their bags and boarded the first plane out of Cape Town, Pete responded to the experience differently.

‘It made me realise the subversive nature of a community celebrating Christ in the midst of a violent crossfire,’ he says.

Pete has shown that he is willing to endure the extraordinary to serve God and people.

His relationship with South Africa began in 2009 when he visited the township of Manenberg on a short mission trip with his university pal Andy. After six weeks’ serving communities ‘ravaged by gangs and drugs’, he was compelled to return.

He says: ‘I felt I had a responsibility to respond to it, and that I had to go back. I’ve been there ever since.’

As a young university graduate, he decided to buy a house in the heart of Cape Town’s gangland territory to support addicts. He shared a cup of tea with a ruthless gang leader and walked into a heroin den to improve his understanding of what the young addicts had experienced.

Pete’s Christian faith has proved pivotal to his decade of work. He follows the example he believes Jesus gave. ‘He was born in occupied territory, and championed the cause Pete Portal of the oppressed,’ he explains.

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the crossfire

The work of Cru62 takes place in Manenberg, South Africa ‘People say nothing good can come out of our community. That’s what they said about Nazareth. I’m convinced Jesus would live in Manenberg if he lived in Cape Town.

‘Elsewhere in the Bible, the prophet Isaiah talks about binding up the broken-hearted, releasing the prisoners, setting the captives free. We cannot remove justice from Scripture.’

There is fairly often a knife fight or threatening behaviour in the house Tackling the unjust legacy of apartheid, Cru62 provides hands-on support with drug rehabilitation and counselling for 18 to 25 yearolds, and provides spiritual guidance.

Pete explains: ‘We read Scripture together, we worship together and we have one-on-one mentoring. The guys do gardening, surfing, and boxing for anger management. It gets them out and about.

‘We also have a “burning issues” session

every week, as there is fairly often a knife fight or threatening behaviour in the house. We talk through their issues and the consequences they face for their actions.’

Pete says that the community house draws in more and more young people who are keen to escape gang life.

‘It’s evangelism through fascination,’ he says. ‘People say to our young people: “You were a nightmare, you were shooting at our gang, but now you say you’ve found Jesus and you aren’t doing that any more. You’re clean off drugs and looking good. I want what you’ve got. Where did you get that?”

‘The most gratifying experience in all of this is the slow and steady plod of those who are gradually coming alive as they heal from addiction and become nice people.’

In a book he has written about his experiences, No Neutral Ground, Pete cites the example of a young man called Maruwaan, who was a gang member with a heroin addiction.

When he joined Cru62, Maruwaan suffered from withdrawal symptoms, sweating profusely and shivering violently. But after undergoing rehab at the community house, he overcame his addiction. He became a Christian, and sought to make amends for his past mistakes.

Pete tells me: ‘After he came out of drugs and gangs, he went to his mother one weekend on a family visit. He ran the tap and filled a bowl of water, grabbed a towel and sat washing her feet, asking her forgiveness for everything he’d ever done. Unbelievable!’

The legacy of Pete’s ministry has expanded into a wider church community called the Tree of Life. The church network includes Basila, a home for teenage girls, Skatties, a preschool, and a media company designed to change the narrative around Manenberg.

Throughout his time in South Africa, Pete has experienced towering highs of seeing people break their addictions, and crippling lows of relapses and deaths of Cru62 members. But his faith remains resolute.

‘You can look back on when God has taken you through the traumas, tragedies and crises of the past,’ he reflects. ‘And you can see his thread of faithfulness in each one.’ l No Neutral Ground is published by Hodder & Stoughton

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As the Homeless World Cup kicks off in Cardiff, Sarah Olowofoyeku reports on the impact of the annual tournament IWAN ROBERTS

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Mark Atkinson and (top) at Street Football Wales with other players from The Salvation Army’s centres in Cardiff

EEP your eye on the ball! It’s time for another international football tournament. Although the final whistle has blown on the Fifa Women’s World Cup, the annual Homeless World Cup gives people another chance to cheer on their home country. The global competition kicks off in Cardiff today (Saturday 27 July).

The organisers of the tournament, the Homeless World Cup Foundation, believe that football is a way to bring people experiencing homelessness out of isolation and to help them build relationships and learn to trust others.

Since the first tournament in 2003, the Homeless World Cup Foundation has impacted one million people experiencing homelessness. This year, more than 500 players will be competing in 64 teams, representing 51 countries.

Among the nations aiming for success is the host country, Wales. One of the men’s team’s eight players is Mark Atkinson. Mark is a resident of a Salvation Army centre, Tŷ Gobaith in Cardiff, for people experiencing homelessness.

More than just providing a bed, staff at the centre help residents to rebuild their lives by equipping them with the skills and qualifications they need to find employment or to gain further qualifications through external education. Tŷ Gobaith also runs the Bridge programme, which offers specialist detox help for people who have problems with substance abuse.

Mark is on the Bridge programme and found that it has had a profound effect.

‘Making that commitment to stay sober really has been life-changing, and I was able to do that because of the Bridge,’ he says.

‘When I was drinking there was never a chance of me having a happy future – it couldn’t happen, but now life feels brilliant. I know how to deal with my emotions and I’m looking forward to the future.’

As well as helping him to deal with an addiction, Tŷ Gobaith kicked off his football playing – although it wasn’t intentional.

‘I got involved purely by accident,’ Mark

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football explains. ‘I happened to be sitting around in the day room and I was asked if I wanted to go along to a training session. I had nothing else to do. So, with a “nothing ventured, nothing gained” sort of attitude, I went along and I thoroughly enjoyed it.’

But it’s not just fun and games.

‘Football keeps me fit and, with my mental health issues, it’s doing me good,’ Mark says. ‘It’s building my confidence.

Football gave me a sense of belonging and purpose

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They’re a good bunch of people – those who play and the staff at Street Football Wales.’

Street Football Wales is an organisation that promotes social inclusion among people experiencing homelessness and provides them with opportunities to play, work and coach. It puts together the national team for the Homeless World Cup. This year, for the third tournament running, the team is being coached by Wayne Ellaway.

He says: ‘In February 2016, I got a call from Keri at Street Football Wales.

He asked whether I’d like to coach the Dragons for the Homeless World Cup in Glasgow’. He wondered whether I needed time to think but I said: “No, I don’t – thank you very much.”’

Wayne jumped straight in and found his

himself to playing football. feet in coaching. In the past three years ‘I went along to a selection day for the he has coached the men’s and women’s 2015 World Cup with no expectations Street Football Wales teams at various and thought I’d give it my best shot,’ he tournaments.

But he was a team player long before he remembers. ‘On the day before my 40th birthday, I got a phone call to say that I’d started coaching.

In 2015, Wayne played in the Homeless been selected to play for Wales. Within six weeks I was given the captain’s armband, World Cup in Amsterdam. ‘I got involved which was one of the proudest in football through playing for The moments of my life. Football gave Salvation Army at Tŷ Gobaith,’ me a sense of belonging and he says. ‘When I went to purpose.’ the centre I was isolated, Wayne is no longer a resident addicted and of the centre, but he credits it I had no hope, no future and for his progress. no purpose. I was financially ‘I wouldn’t be where I am and emotionally broken – I today without the support of was crippled.’

Tŷ Gobaith,’ he says. ‘Football While Wayne was physically doesn’t mean everything, but and emotionally unwell in the it is a massive part of my early days of his recovery, he recovery. I don’t still went to a few matches depend on it, but at Street Football it’s enjoyable Wales, where and it’s like he loved the family. atmosphere and It’s more the people. than just ‘I enjoyed it, football.’ and got on well with everyone,’ he says. A little more than a year after he moved into Tŷ Gobaith, he decided that he wanted to commit Wayne Ellaway coaches the Wales team

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Prayerlink THE War Cry invites readers to send in requests for prayer, including the first names of individuals and details of their ­circumstances. Send your requests to Prayerlink, War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, Lon­don SE1 6BN. Mark your envelope ‘Confidential’.

Becoming a Christian There is no set formula to becoming a Christian, but many people have found saying this prayer to be a helpful first step to a relationship with God Lord Jesus Christ, I am truly sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Please forgive me. I now turn from everything that I know is wrong.

Thank you that you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free.

Thank you that you offer me forgiveness and the gift of your Holy Spirit.

Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me for ever.

Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Amen

Hosea

Nigel Bovey gives chapter and verse on each book in the Scriptures

ROPHESYING to the northern kingP dom of Israel before it was wiped out by the Assyrians in 722BC, Hosea

warned that, by worshipping other gods, Israel had been unfaithful to God. It had broken the covenant outlined in the Ten Commandments of having no other gods but him.

The book starts with God telling Hosea to marry a woman variously described in translations as ‘a wife of whoredoms’, ‘a prostitute’ and ‘a whore’. The woman, Gomer, already has children by other men when Hosea marries her and they have three children together.

Whether literal or figurative, the marriage is an object lesson in Israel’s fallen relationship with God, showing that the land is ‘guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord’ (1:2).

Unless ‘adulterous’ Israel leaves her other loves – the gods of the surrounding civilisations – God will punish her. Rains will cease (2:3). Harvests will fail (2:9). Fruit will wither (2:12).

The charge against Israel is that ‘there is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land’ (4:1).

This is evidenced through ‘lying and murder, stealing and adultery’ (4:2), consorting with cult prostitutes (4:14), deceit (10:2), alliances with heathen nations (12:1), dishonesty in commerce (12:7) and idolatry (13:2).

Like a cuckolded husband, God is angry and heartbroken, yet

still loves: ‘How can I give you up … How can I hand you over, Israel?’ (11:8).

Despite the enormity of her sin, Hosea urges Israel to repent: ‘Come, let us return to the Lord’ (6:1); ‘Let us acknowledge the

God is angry and heartbroken, yet still loves Lord’ (6:3); ‘Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously”’ (14:2).

Such repentance will lead to restoration.

God promises: ‘I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them’ (14:4).

Through Hosea, Israel is confronted with the reality of her sinfulness, the consequences of continuance and the possibility of gracious restoration.

Key verse crifice’ ‘I desire mercy, not sa tional (Hosea 6:6 New Interna Version)

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27 July 2019 • WAR CRY • EXPRESSIONS 13

NOW, THERE’S A THOUGHT!

by Jacqui Wright

QUICK QUIZ 1. Who plays the genie in the new film Aladdin?

2. In meteorology, stratus is a type of what?

3. Which Nobel laureate wrote the novel Beloved?

4. Which team won this year’s Uefa Women’s Champions League?

5. What band had a No 1 hit with the song ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’?

6. In what country is the city of Chiang Mai? ANSWERS 1. Will Smith. 2. Cloud. 3. Toni Morrison.

4. Lyon. 5. The Clash. 6. Thailand.

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We can all pitch in when there’s work to be done HIS summer, millions of us have enjoyed watching the Women’s T World Cup, a tournament which proved once and for all that it is not only men who love playing the beautiful game. Men are also not

the only ones who are fans of it.

I’m a Liverpool supporter and so last season I experienced many nail-biting moments. It was such a relief to end our season winning the Champions League final and having the sense that there will be more trophies to follow.

Although I am a Liverpool fan at heart, I have to admit that my all-time favourite footballer was a Manchester United player – none other than the late, great George Best. On the pitch he performed his own special magic and, at the peak of his career, no one could better him. Sheer genius.

The story goes that as a young apprentice at United, George detested having to clean the boots of the first-team players. When George himself turned professional, he vowed that one would ever have to clean his boots George vowed no – something he maintained throughout his playing career. no one would other people’s footwear or, worse clean his boots still,Cleaning their feet has never been a popular job.

The Bible tells of an occasion when Jesus washed the feet of his followers. It was a job that should have been undertaken by the household servant and not the invited guest, as Jesus was at the time. But, like everything else, Jesus gave honour and respect to this onerous task.

After he finished washing their feet, Jesus told his followers: ‘I have set an example for you, so that you will do just what I have done for you’ (John 13:15 Good News Bible).

Perhaps today we have a task to perform that realistically should be carried out by someone else. Sometimes we need to be humble in spirit and just get on with the job in hand. If Jesus was able to wash his followers’ feet, the least we can do, like George Best, is think of others and do those necessary jobs that nobody else wants to tackle.

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QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Aggravate (7) 5. Recess (5) 7. Isle of Man’s parliament (7) 8. Bay window (5) 10. Location (4) 11. Charms (8) 13. Abstain from (6) 14. Narrow channel (6) 17. Lack of cover (8) 19. Candid (4) 21. Mythological creature (5) 22. Canadian province (7)

HONEYCOMB Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number 1. Holiday on a ship 2. Long rubber band 3. Breed of dog 4. Floor of a room 5. Shakespearean female character 6. Takes without permission

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1 lime, grated zest and juice

100g canned red kidney beans, drained and rinsed

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1 small red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped

30g can anchovies in oil, drained and finely chopped

1 small handful fresh coriander, chopped

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Meanwhile, to make the sauce, heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and cook the tomatoes, spring onions, garlic and anchovies for 2 minutes. Add the water and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from the hob and set aside.

To make the salsa, combine all the ingredients in a bowl and season. Cook the steaks on a preheated grill for 6 minutes on each side (for well done).

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