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Sunday 11 July 2010

Praise in the Park (4)


Captain John Smith with the Salvation Army Band of the Ilford Corp

Monica Abdala of Redbridge Street Pastors

Fr. Benjamin Rutt-Field leading the event


Churches in Redbridge joined together today for Praise on the Green at St Peter's Aldborough Hatch. The event, which in the past has been held in Seven Kings Park, was moved this year because of new Council charges and regulations but still attracted 70 people from churches including Holy Trinity Barkingside, Ilford Corps Salvation Army, Seven Kings Methodist Church, Seven Kings United Free Church, St John's Seven Kings, St Paul's Goodmayes, St Peter's Aldborough Hatch and St Teresa's Newbury Park.

The Salvation Army band of the Ilford Corps led by Captain John Smith played a wide selection of popular hymns including: Kum Ba Yah, Lord of the Dance, Sing Hosanna, Thine Be The Glory, and To God Be The Glory, among others. A selection of local ministers led prayers and Monica Abdala spoke about the concern of Redbridge Street Pastors to engage on the streets with young people who feel themselves to be excluded and marginalised.

The Salvation Army is an international Christian church working in 118 countries worldwide. As a registered charity, The Salvation Army demonstrates its Christian principles through social action and is one of the largest, most diverse providers of social welfare in the world.

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