News About Malawi. Our donation to the Living Bread Organisation was sent off in November and arrived in good time for Father Joel and his helpers to buy the food (maize, beans and salt) before Christmas and distribute it to the orphans on December 23rd. Accounts will be sent to us shortly. Father Joel says,…
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11th December 2012. Message from Father Joel.
Message from Father Joel on 3rd December 2012 We haven’t received the money (St. Chad’s Church donation) yet and when we get it we will inform you. Our request is that they should send us urgently because maize now here is scarce because of dry spell. Indeed your grand-children the orphans will be paid fees…
The Kingdom of God. Sermon for 25th November 2012.
The Kingdom of God. Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14. Revelation 1:4b-8. John 18:33-37. It’s been a difficult week in the Church of England so I hope you will excuse me if I begin with a joke. What did the inflatable teacher at the inflatable school say to the inflatable child caught holding a pin? You let me…
All Saints’ Day. The Sermon for Sunday 4th November 2012
Sunday 4th November 2012. All Saints’ Day. Isaiah 25:6-9. Revelation 21:1-6a. Gospel: John 11:32-44. Oh, you can’t get to heaven in a limousine, cos heaven aint got no gasoline. Oh, you can’t get to heaven in dirty jeans cos heaven aint got no washing machines. Oh, you can’t get to heaven with an old girl…
Monday 1st October 2012.
The PCC meeting on Wednesday agreed to carry on supporting Father Joel and the Living Bread Organisation that looks after the orphans in the Zoma area of Malawi. Great news. Also Father Joel has indicated that two of the secondary school-aged orphans are expected to go to the University of Malawi. Brilliant news. ***
26 September 2012. An email from Father Joel in Malawi.
I have just received an email from Father Joel Malanda. I thought you might like to see what happens to the donations St. Chad’s makes to Father Joel and the Living Bread Organisation. It gives the accounts for the last donation sent to him. See in church on the Malawi board. EXPENDITURE…
The Power of Words. The Sermon for Sunday 16th September 2012.
The Power of Words. 16th September 2012. 15th Sunday after Trinity. Readings: Isaiah 50:4-9a; James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38. ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never harm me.’ I wonder how many of us grew up with that saying ringing in our ears. I wonder how many of us believe it is…
Tuesday 4th September 2012. Birmingham Skyride Event.
Many thanks to all the people who sponsored Gary, Julia and his children on the Birmingham Skyride event in August. £190 was raised for the Malawi orphans cared for by Father Joel and the Living Bread Organisation in Zomba Malawi. Thank you again. ***
Living by the Letter or the Spirit of God’s Law.
Readings: Deut. 4:1-2, 6-9; James 1:17-end; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Two weeks ago my parents came to visit, and as there wasn’t much on television we thought we’d try and play a board game that I’d been given for Christmas. The game turned out to be quite complicated with lots of fiddly pieces and complex…
Saturday 1st September 2012. Latest News from Malawi.
Father Joel in Zomba Malawi has emailed to say that he has received the donation from St. Chad’s of £950 which pays for food for the orphans and the education fees for those attending secondary school. The orphans are fostered for free by many good hearted families in the surrounding villages. So any food provided…
Healing Division.
Healing Division. Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: graft in our hearts the love of your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of your great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is…
The Lord and Giver of Life.
Sunday 1st July 2012. Mark 5 v 21. It is somewhat odd having this passage of scripture to teach and preach from when both Janet and myself over the past weeks have had our difficulties health-wise. Janet has suffered a complicated painful hernia and for myself it was a blocked artery and high blood pressure…
Wednesday 13th June 2012 Deanery Synod Meeting.
It was whilst at the Deanery Synod Meeting on 13-06-2012 that I met Canon Paul Wilson who is the retired accountant for the Birmingham Diocese Malawi Fund. Edwina introduced him to me as someone who knows Father Joel Malanda personally. Straightaway Paul said that St. Chad’s was sending a lot of money to Malawi just to…
Maize Mill Research from Google.
Following Father Joel’s idea of setting up a maize mill in order to generate finance for the orphans to improve their self-sufficiency, the following research was undertaken. Summary. Below are four stories about communities in Malawi acquiring a maize mill. They are really inspiring as poor communities overcome adversity and frustration with patience and dignity. …
July 2012 issue of Lodge & Common Magazine. Malawi Team meets Rev’d Richard Tucker.
As some of you might be aware The Malawi Team met Rev’d Richard Tucker, vicar of St. Columba’s and leader of the Diocesan Team who plan links with Malawi(malawiofficer@birmingham.anglican.org) on Wednesday 30th May. Also present were our two church wardens, Alf and Brian Scotcher, Brian Pitkin plus Lyn Tribe, secretary of the PCC and of…
June 2012 News from Malawi. From June issue of Lodge & Common Magazine.
We have had a lovely email from Father Joel thanking us for our recent donation and telling us how it has been spent. He said, “We are very thankful to you at St. Chad’s for your untiring effort to assist orphaned children and poor people here……You are really saving the lives of people here and…
7th May 2012 Accounts from Father Joel Malanda
07-05-2012 ITEMS PURCHASED IN POUNDS amended
History of Malawi Orphan Project September 2008 till May 2012
History of St. Chad’s Malawi Project to May 2012.
200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade
25th March 1807 was a truly momentous day in human history, for on it Parliament received the Royal Assent to the bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. It had been a long and difficult struggle for the bill’s supporters, and it would be another 26 years before those who were already slaves would…