Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveils Lake Ontario sign !

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MAPLEVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH, BARRIE, ONTARIO, CANADA – Sunday Service August 30, 2026
Live streaming commences JUST BEFORE 10.30am - actual schedule is 10:23am EASTERN STANDARD TIME ZONE.
( this is the church which Robin Stephen Aldrich attends )

Larry Norman singing ' Why should the devil have all the good music'
in Hyde Park , London, September 1972

Here are photos of my maternal Grandmother Constance Mary Harrison who was a student at a ladies college in Manchester, England in the early 1900's and of her wedding photo to John Mould ( known as Jack ) in the English Lake District in 1916.

Here are some of my Ancestors from my Maternal Grandfather's side.
Grandfather's name was John Mould ( commonly-called Jack ) and the family latterly moved from Lancashire, England . His father was Thomas Mould had owned a clothing store in Lancashire but took the family to County Durham in the late 19th century. My grandfather (a cobbler's apprentice ) and his younger brother Robert eventually moved with their then widowed mother Mary ( nee Dowson ) to North Yorkshire and took up farming.
WHAT IS YOUR ANCESTRAL STORY ?

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Christian festival 'devastated' after man's death

praise the living God and good morning from eastern Kenya

Anyone remember Sooty and Sweep with Harry Corbett on tv ?

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English Church dismantles a huge pipe organ and finds an older history

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Eyes of Love - Original Worship Song by Aneel Aranha

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Sing To The Lord A New Song - I AM

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1897: first tuberculosis sanatorium in Canada, the Muskoka Cottage Hospital, opened in Gravenhurst, Ontario.
Gravenhurst also produced surgeon and activist Norman Bethune: proposed a universal health care system for Canada in 1936. AND, is highly revered as a national hero in China
(1938–1939): China. Operating in primitive, rural conditions near the front lines, he acted as a battlefield surgeon and medical educator. He regularly gave his own blood for transfusions to Chinese soldiers.
born in 1890, lived in this house. Parks Canada photo.

Happy birthday to Ethel Caterham, who today turns 117, making her the world's oldest verified living person and the oldest British person in recorded history.
Born on 21 August 1909 in Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire, Ethel spent her early years in Tidworth before travelling to British India at just 18 to work as an au pair. She married Norman Caterham at Salisbury Cathedral in 1933, the same cathedral where he had once sung as a choirboy, and the couple went on to live in Hong Kong and Gibraltar during his military postings, raising two daughters along the way.
Ethel drove until she was 97 and enjoyed playing contract bridge well into her hundreds, even surviving a bout of Covid-19 at the age of 110. She became the last surviving subject of King Edward VII in 2022, and last September met King Charles III, recalling his investiture back in 1969.
She became the world's oldest living person in April 2025 and the last known person alive born in the 1900s decade, credentials that made this year's milestone all the more remarkable.
Happy 117th birthday, Ethel!

What if the Church’s answer to a changing nation is not louder arguments, but deeper prayer?
From August 20 to 22, Christians from across Britain and beyond are expected to gather at Manchester Central for Battle for Britain, a three-day gathering organized by Prayer Storm and centered on prayer, worship, fasting, and spiritual renewal. The event is returning for its second year.
Led by James Aladiran, Prayer Storm describes the gathering as a call to contend in prayer for the spiritual destiny of Britain. Recent Prayer Storm messages have urged believers toward consecration, intercession, and a renewed hunger for God.
The language of “battle” may sound confrontational, but the heart of the gathering is different.
The battle Christians are called to fight is not against people.
Paul wrote, “Our struggle is not against flesh and blood” (Ephesians 6:12).
That changes everything.
We do not pray against our neighbors. We pray for them. We do not ask God to destroy those who disagree with us. We ask Him to reveal Christ to them. We do not respond to cultural darkness with hatred. We respond with truth, holiness, love, and prayer.
This is especially important when Christians feel increasingly uncertain about faith, public witness, and the direction of society.
Prayer Storm’s message is that spiritual renewal cannot be manufactured through politics, outrage, or human strategy. It begins with dependence upon God. Their 2026 gathering is explicitly framed around prayer, worship, teaching, and intercession.
And perhaps Britain needs more than another debate.
Perhaps it needs a Church on its knees.
A generation that knows how to post needs to rediscover how to pray.
A Church that knows how to speak must also learn how to seek God.
A nation facing uncertainty needs believers who will stand in the gap.
So whether you are in Manchester or thousands of miles away, the invitation is bigger than an event.
Pray for Britain.
Pray for its leaders.
Pray for families.
Pray for churches.
Pray for young people.
Pray for those who have never heard the Gospel.
Pray for Christians proclaiming Jesus publicly.
Pray for awakening.
Because spiritual warfare is not permission to hate people.
It is a summons to love people enough to pray.
May Britain discover again what happens when the Church stops merely talking about revival and begins crying out to God for it.
Lord, awaken Your Church. Revive Your people. Draw Britain to Jesus.
Credits: CBN News/Alisa Latty-Alleyne

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Meteorological Office could name storm after Shaun the Sheep

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A bit of fun to finish off the day ....
ECCLESIASTICAL ERGONOMICS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Mjui_2s9g
George Whitefield: England's Greatest Actor Was a Preacher | Cody Crouch on TBN

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MAPLEVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH, BARRIE, ONTARIO, CANADA – Sunday Service August 16, 2026
Live streaming commences JUST BEFORE 10.30am - actual schedule is 10:23am EASTERN STANDARD TIME ZONE.
( this is the church which Robin Stephen Aldrich attends )

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First 100% British chocolate bar made since 1932