Did you know that there are 67 countries in the world where peace does not reign? Most do not make it on to the news, yet the suffering there is just as real. To highlight this, one of the bells at St Mary’s Redbourn is going to be rung 67 times just before 11am each day from today, Monday 7th November until Saturday 12th November: each chime representing one such country.
Each chime is a prayer to end all wars. We invite you all to join us either online or at the church at this time – a video of the 67 chimes will be posted on our Facebook page each day.
On Remembrance Sunday 13th November 2016, at 11am the bells will fall silent in tribute not just to our own fallen, but also to all the fallen in these countries.
We pray for:
Algeria
Burundi
Angola
Central African republic
Chad
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Libya
Mali
Mauritania
Nigeria
Mozambique
Puntland
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Senegal
Somalia
Somaliland
South Sudan
Sudan
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Burma
China
India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
North and South Korea
Peru
Kyrgyzstan
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Thailand
Uzbekistan
France
Georgia
Greece
Italy
Nagorno-Karabakh
Northern Ireland
Russia
Spain
Turkey
Ukraine
Iran
Iraq
Israel / Palestine
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Mexico
Claire Gibbs, mum of two girls and a local primary school teacher in Luton, is married to Will – the Vicar of St Mary’s Church. She has always been a keen swimmer and dreamed of swimming the Channel. Now she has her chance. Without the uncertainties of tides and the dangers of shipping she will swim the equivalent distance in her local pool where she swims and trains daily.
Sessions will run as follows:
St Mary's Church, Redbourn 