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>> Calendar of Events:
Autumn/Winter
2007...
| Event: |
Meeting for Boaz
Hosts: past, present and future |
| Date: |
Monday
1 October 2007 |
| Venue: |
Boaz Office,
c/o Harpurhey Community Church, Carisbrook Road, Manchester M9 5UX |
| Details: |
Find out more about providing
accommodation for destitute asylum seekers. Download a flyer here.
Click
here for directions to Harpurhey Community Church.
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| Event: |
Housing the Homeless:
meet Pete Cunningham (Green Pastures) |
| Date: |
Saturday
13 October 2007 |
| Venue: |
Kingsburn Hall,
814 Burnage Lane, Burnage |
| Details: |
'Housing the Homeless' - a
public meeting with Pastor Pete Cunningham of Green Pastures. Download
a flyer here.
The amazing
Green Pastures story can be found at www.greenpastureshousing.co.uk
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| Event: |
Independent Asylum
Commission on Destitution |
| Date: |
Wednesday
17th October 2007 |
| Venue: |
To be confirmed |
| Details: |
Public Hearing 2.30pm - 4.30pm
& Evening Meeting 7.00pm - 9.00pm
email info@boaztrust.org.uk
for details and confirmation of venues
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| Event: |
Asylum: A Biblical
Perspective |
| Date: |
starts
Monday 29 October 2007 |
| Venue: |
Nazarene Theological
College, Dene Road, Didsbury |
| Details: |
This autumn Jo Garbutt, the
boazChair, is leading a series of Lectures:
ALIENS IN EGYPT (The issue
of 'asylum' from a Biblical perspective)
1. Old Testament background
2. Old Testament continued
3. i. Jesus & the stranger;
ii. A Church full of aliens!
4. Aliens in Britain
5. The Church's response
The course will be hosted by
the Nazarene Theological College, Dene Road, Didsbury on Monday
evenings at 7.30 & will run from 29th October to 26th November
- cost £15 for the five evenings
Contact details:
The Registrar, Manchester Bible
School, 53 Lord Derby Rd., Gee Cross, Hyde, Tameside SK14 5EN
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| Event: |
Boaz Trust Prayer
Meetings 2007 |
| Date: |
Monday
5 November 2007 |
| Venue: |
Kingsburn Hall,
814 Burnage Lane, Burnage |
| Details: |
Boaz Trust prayer meetings
are held bi-monthly, usually on the first Monday of the month, at
Kingsburn Hall, 814 Burnage Lane, Burnage.
We pray for the needs of our residents and other destitute asylum
seekers, the staff, volunteers and needs of Boaz, the government
and Home Office, and some of the countries from which asylum seekers
come.
Each meeting focuses on a particular country, and we pray in a variety
of ways - individually, in small groups, and corporately.
The remaining date for 2007 is:
November 5th
All meetings start at 7.30pm.
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| Event: |
NACCOM Accommodation
Conference |
| Date: |
Saturday
17 November 2007 |
| Venue: |
Brunswick Parish
Church, Brunswick Street M13 9TP |
| Details: |
Conference exploring best practice
& working models for providing accommodation for destitute Asylum
Seekers.
Cost: £15 including lunch
& conference pack.
Download a conference flyer
here.
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