George Musgrave: Journeys of St Paul

St Paul Comes to Ilford is an exhibition and events based around 25 paintings of the life and journeys of St Paul, painted by the artist George Musgrave. They will be on display at Vine Church from Tuesday 20th February until Sunday 18th March. A special preview day will be held on Wednesday 21st February from 9 am to 3.00pm with guided tours of the paintings at 11.00 am and 1.30 pm. Stay for light lunch, refreshments and informal discussions and reflective activities from 12.-1.30. Open for anyone interested to attend. 

On 5 Tuesday evenings at 7.30 pm during Lent, starting Tuesday 20th February, there will also be a bible study series based on the life of St Paul, making use of the paintings. You are also welcome to attend any of these bible studies. It may be helpful to let the organisers know if you are coming. For more information you can contact: Petermusgrave1950@gmail.com; tel: 079986988 /02070417194. The venue will be Vine URC, Riches Road entrance, Ilford IG1 1JH There is limited car parking (available in special cases) – contact Dulcie on 0208 514 2478. 

This selection of paintings are about the life and journeys of St Paul. They show aspects of Paul’s life from his birth in Tarsus, his persecution of Christians in Jerusalem, his conversion on the road to Damascus and his subsequent life experiences as a missionary in Asia and Europe, including imprisonments , floggings, preaching, appearing before governors, baptising people, being shipwrecked and his final execution in Rome. 

The artist George Musgrave (1915 - 2012) painted these pictures over a 20 year period from the 1980’s onwards and displayed them in his museum in Eastbourne until his death. He researched the paintings thoroughly through his travels in the Mediterranean. He trained in an art school in the 1930s, became a congregational minister and missionary before becoming a toy manufacturer. Now two of his sons have decided it’s time that St Paul comes to London for a visit. You can see a preview of the paintings on this link, which also show how they were used in Eastbourne last October - https://petermusgrave.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/the-journeys-of-st-paul. 

Then the paintings will be displayed in Central London, at the Meditatio Centre, St Marks, Middleton Square, which is 15 minutes walk from Kings Cross and near Angel Islington from about 22nd March until end of April. There will be a special preview of the paintings there on Saturday 24th March in Islington. If you look at the Link to the 2018 Meditatio Programme, you will see that page 4 advertises the preview event on Saturday 24th March from 5-7 pm -  http://meditatiocentrelondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/The-Meditatio-Centre-Programme-2018.pdf.

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Pierce Pettis - St Paul's Song.

Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

'Hi there, quite a lot of news this week:

Enterprise club this week is Wednesday evening with Ola Asgill on 'dont take business premises and other ways to keep costs down!' Click here for info

Guest blog by Mr Kinder a new children's entertainer start-up - read all about it! Can you find him opportunties?

The long awaited launch of the Redbridge Business Hub is 7th October. Read about it here

Advance notice of the enterprise club on Tuesday 6th October in the evening and review of last session with Kalpna Patel. A practical and lively workshop. Click here for info

On Tuesday 12.30-2.30 it's a co-working space at St Johns Church

Funding info for young entrepreneurs and a guest blog by Ola Kanu of Redbridge CVS on funding opportunities for not for profit businesses and community groups click here

Advance notice of the Chamber networking breakfast on 29th September - worth attending, open to start-ups. click here

Timebank swap of the week - Peter builds Theo's flat pack click here for info

We had a fabulous enteprise club this week with Fiona Flaherty - write up will be next week.

Oh and if you are thinking of employing someone and want to go on tele, read Geoff Hill's blog.

Next week, news of a gardening business looking to expand.

Have a good weekend,

Ros Southern

Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Seven Kings'

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Paul Simon - Something So Right.

Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

'Hi there, here's news from this week and what's coming up...

On Tuesday lunch time we have a dynamic business woman as speaker with 30 ways to grow your business. She left NHS to set up business in health field. Click here for info



On Saturday it's the next fabulous Timebank skills swap - its inter-generational and we are finalising the programme. What can you offer? What do you want? Click here for info.

There's a Redbridge business hub opening soon! Click here for info, and East London business school have already started workshops - info here

We are keen to identify and support co-working spaces in the borough starting with our base at St Johns church click here for info

We are proud of the projects coming out of the Sophia course - here's the latest guest blog from Peter Musgrave about his climate change project.

Don't forget the East London Radio business programme, well worth a listen and you can see how Wanstead is getting on with its pop up shop, arts trail and community experiment.

Calling all start-up businesses - please send in news of your successes and development - very happy to promote you on this blog!

Ros Southern
Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Seven Kings
M: 07707 460309 T: 0208 590 2568 (answer phone)'

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Maria McKee and The Jayhawks - Precious Time.

Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

'To see about the new enterprise club programme and what's on this Tuesday lunchtime - click here for info. We're looking for speakers for the Autumn if you can help.

It was interesting to visit the hearing/deaf community cafe and this is a space open to ideas evenings and weekends. click here for info

See our Timebank swap of the week and the amazing list of offers from Claudia Ungereanu! click here for info

We've two guest bloggers this week! Boris Johnson to invite you to join the energy business challenge open to small business... and Ruth Musgrave on an interesting course she attended on sacred economics and it's relevance to Redbridge.

There's an ECHO Timebank business panel and social at the Google campus in Stratford which is free - it doesn't even cost you Timebank hours! Very interesting. Click here for info.

Also I am delighted that Peter Musgrave is able to co-facilitate a Sophia Course in October - please register your interest!

Ros Southern
Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Seven Kings'

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Lifehouse - Whatever It Takes.

Redbridge One World Week events

Redbridge's One World Week events have been organised by the One World Week subcommittee, comprising representatives from the following community and faith organisations: Vine URC, Redbridge Faith Forum, Awaaz, St Luke’s Church, League of British Muslims, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FairCare, St Mary’s Church.

The group aims to raise awareness about what’s going on in the world – both on our doorsteps and far away, to take action to overcome poverty, promote justice and work towards sustainability and to celebrate the good things about being part of one diverse yet inter-connected world.

* Monday 19th October, 7:30pm - Hungry to Live and Work Together: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2-4 Audrey Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 2DY.
* Tuesday 20th October, 6.00pm - Visit to Synagogue, South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue, Oaks Lane, Newbury Park, IG2 7PL.
* Tuesday 20th October, 6:30pm - One World Confronting Poverty – Faith Perspectives, community conversations: South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue, Oaks Lane, Newbury Park, IG2 7PL.
* Wednesday 21st October, 4.00pm - Inter-faith Reflection – Faith: Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha, Sikh Gudwara, 400 High Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1TW. 5.15pm - Visit to Gudwara.
* Saturday 24th October, 6:00pm Humanity Café – Multi cultural social event. Storytelling and food from many cultures. Vine Church Halls, Holstock Road, Ilford, IG1 1LG.
* Sunday 25th October, 6:30pm - One World Week Service of Worship: Seven Kings Methodist Church, Seven Kings Road, Ilford, IG3 8DQ.
* Sunday 1st November, 12:30pm onwards - Music & Multi Cultural Event, Ilford Community Centre, Eton Road, Ilford IG1 2UE.

For further information contact: Peter Musgrave Tel: 020 8708 2478 / Email: peter.musgrave@redbridge.gov.uk. Please share this information with your friends and colleagues. Further information about this and our other programmes can be found on
http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/community__life_events/faith_communities/redbridge_faith_forum/faith_forum_events.aspx.
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Gordon Gano & The Ryans - Man in the Sand.