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Branch Snippets And there was a surprise in store for Corinne Hagan,
Acting Chair of CANTERBURY BRANCH! “There
is a young girl who comes into our school to do a
placement for her college course. We got chatting at
HENRY AND CAROLINE OF THE POOLE lunch time recently and she told me that around five

BRANCH had prayerfully prepared 100 clear years ago, when she was about eleven years old, her
parents took her on a cruise. There was a Bible in the
bags containing a packet of seeds and a Testament.
Throughout the day, they interacted with people and cabin, and she began to read it, so much so that her
parents bought her a Bible when they returned home
standing outside the Vodafone shop, the manager came
out and asked what they were doing. They explained (thinking that she just thought it was an interesting
book).
that it was Easter and they were giving this gift, which
included a Testament that told the story of Jesus and A few months ago, she started to attend a church in Deal
what happened at Easter. To their surprise, he asked on her own and was baptised at the end of June! Her
for 5 packs for each of his team. In total 62 packs were parents are not believers and were surprised when she
given out, and a few days later, the remaining 36 were told them about her baptism.
distributed locally. Isn’t it amazing how God works to bring people into His
kingdom?”
CHESHIRE MID BRANCH members Bill and
Marion Landy presented 10 Fire & Rescue Badged It was a team effort at Angus Show in Brechin when
Testaments to Lee Shears - Deputy Chief at Winsford ANGUS BRANCH members gave away 53 Farmers
HQ (pictured below). The Testaments will be placed in Testaments. HOPE, Explore and Discover magazines
the multi faith room. were also distributed along with some other Testaments.
There were also some good conversations with visitors.
All active branch members took part, which shared the
workload and gave everybody some time off to enjoy the
rest of the show. There was heavy rain in the afternoon
but the chairman’s new gazebo with sides kept members
and the Scriptures dry!
“In the last couple of years REACH (Scripture Union
outreach in Reading) and READING BRANCH
members (pictured below) have worked together,
enabling hundreds of Youth Testaments being accepted
by students in the area for which we thank the Lord”,
writes Branch Chair Marilyn Legg.
“This year REACH was given the opportunity to take
some Year 7 RE lessons on ‘What is the Bible?’ With the
school’s permission, branch members have helped in
these lessons by each leading one of the four groups
in the classroom and then answering questions from
REACH staff, such as ‘Why is the Bible relevant to
Christians', ‘What is your favourite verse and why?’
PETERBOROUGH BRANCH has a new member, The groups in the classroom had school Bibles and
Mark Nicholls, who works in the local hospitals. Mark is Youth Testaments on the tables and we were given the
pictured in the centre of the photo, after he helped the opportunity to explain how the Testaments can be used
branch gain access to the local hospital in Stamford to before offering them to take their copy at the end of the
place Bibles on the wards. lesson.

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