St Thomas' Brampton and St Peter's Holymoorside, Chesterfield
Spearhead February 1978-January 1979
Our vision statement: Sharing the love of Jesus

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February/March 1978
  • God with Us
  • Question Time at St Thomas' with Eric Varley MP
  • Pivate Baptism -a Contradiction?
  • UFO Sighting -by a local man
  • Roundabout -a summary of news
  • Church's Giving Trebled
  • Ron's Good Luck -local man becomes a mine owner
  • Family Doctor
  • In the Garden
  • Evening Service Breaks New Ground
  • Church Members Discuss Unity Scheme
  • Churches' Hostel for the Homeless Opens

April/May 1978
  • Our Curate, Geoff Hall, is moving on
  • The Church Provides a Home for the Homeless
  • Christian Aid Week -a call for practical compassion
  • India, Reconstruction Begins -after a cyclone and tidal wave
  • In the Garden
  • EMJOTS -means ministry for men and women
  • Roundabout -a summary of news
  • Birds in the Garden
  • Modernising an Old Hymn
  • Dereck Twigg Becomes a Reader
  • Small Congregations -TV to blame?
  • Chesterfield Origin of an Aircraft Firm

June/July 1978
  • Simon Lockley -Doctor of Divinity and Bus Driver
  • NSPPC report on child abuse
  • Begin to Live -don't get stuck in a groove
  • Finest Job in the World -Canon Stanley Branson on his life as a clergyman
  • Mission at St Thomas'
  • Roma Hughes Becomes a Reader
  • Birds in the Garden
  • Easter Monday Hike
  • Roundabout -a summary of news
  • John Sadler Becomes the New Curate at St Thomas'
  • Brampton Ladies Club

August/September 1978
  • St John's 60th Anniversary Open Day
  • A Transforming Experience -The Bishop of Derby discusses the current interest in meditation
  • The Unholy Struggle for the Holy Land
  • Hymn Writers Find Difficulty -a hymn writing competition
  • A Visit to the Holy Land
  • A New Look at St Peter's -Re-ordering the Sanctuary
  • Roundabout -a summary of news
  • Discovering Beauty in Painting
  • In the Garden
  • Local Bookseller -Short histories of Derbyshire by a member of St Thomas'

October/November 1978
  • Children's Week at St Thomas'
  • Keeping the Hungry Poor -the greed of the West
  • Transcendental medication and Doctors
  • Religion and the British
  • Family Doctor -colourblindness
  • Visit to Poland
  • What is the Real cause of World Hunger?
  • In the Garden
  • Retirement: Joy or Fear?
  • Thoughts at Family Communion -a poem
  • 1914 and All That -from the old magazine
  • The Early 8am Service at St Thomas' -will be a 'prayer book' service

December 1978/January 1979
  • Roundabout -a summary of news
  • Cradle of British Christianity -a visit to Iona
  • News and Views
  • The Peacemakers -praying practically for peace in Northern Ireland
  • Christian Victim of Soviet Persecution -Alexander Ginzburg
  • A Brampton Scouter Going to Iran -for the World Scout Jamboree
  • 1979 Year of the Child Cub Project
  • Nurse Carter, Angel of Brampton
  • In the Garden

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