Author: MMR
Forty Years of Fellowship!
1979 was the year that
- Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister.
- McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal
- Sony launched the Walkman
- Philips demonstrated their new “Compact Disk” or CD
- Elton John was the first westerner to perform in the USSR
- Mother Theresa won the Nobel Peace Prize
- The Dukes of Hazard were topping the TV shows and
- Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep starred in Kramer vs Kramer
It was also the year that the Fellowship of Saint John the Baptist was founded to bring together English speaking Orthodox in the UK.
Next year, 2019, the Fellowship Celebrates Forty Years!
As well as holding a fun, fortieth, family festival in the Summer- we’d also like to produce a special 40 years anniversary edition of Forerunner.
So if you have photos, memories or anecdotes of the Fellowship in the last 40, 30 or even 10 years, please share them with us!
Also, for those of us who weren’t even born 40 years ago – what is your vision for the next 40 years?
Drop us a line at ofsjb.web@gmail.com
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Summer Conference 2018
Summer Conference
Prayer: Lift up your Hearts
13 – 15 July 2018
The Hayes, Swanwick
Speakers to include
Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia
Fr John Hookway
Gladys Bland
Mother Seraphima (Konstantinovsky)
Details and Application forms: Fr Dionysios Higgs; jghiggs@hotmail.co.uk
Weekend cost £190.00 Concessions and Day Places are available
Download Application Form , Poster (B+W), Poster (enhanced colour)
Youth Festival 4 – 7 May 2018
“Cast the Net” (John 21:6)
Join us again for another year of amazing festivities, fellowship, prayer, and talks. We have an international selection of speakers from many different backgrounds visiting us throughout the weekend including our beloved Metropolitan Kallistos, clergy from Orthodox parishes all over the UK and abroad, youth workers, old friends, and Anna Wedlock a multi award winning storyteller. All here to help us explore this year’s theme and to answer our many burning questions.
This year will also see the return of our ever popular ‘hot potato’ sessions, along with walks in the surrounding countryside, singing, games, bonfires, and much more. We hope to welcome participants from the UK, Europe, and beyond.
Make sure to visit our website to familiarise yourself with what to expect and how to prepare. Apply now, as places are limited.
http://www.orthodoxyouth.co.uk/youth-festival-2018.html
Contact us with any questions at: ofsjbyouthuk@gmail.com
Study Weekend 2018 Photos
See photos of our highly successful Study Weekend on Salvation in the Writings of Father Sophrony here
