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Here is a message and flyers for the Central Church Youth Fellowship Music Contest in Karachi - in the words of Michael Peter (sic):

Dear All,

Good Morning to you all in the name of Jesus Christ.

Our GOD is the GOD of Time all HE does is on HIS suggested & decided time, so is the time decided by HIM for our 28th Annual Musical Competition (Christmas Carol’s).

Venue: Central Brooks Memorial Church, 74-Garden Road Saddar Karachi -74400
Date: Saturday 07-11-09 07:00 pm Auditions and Grande Finale on Saturday 28-11-09
Registration fee for Auditions Rs 200/- for Solo & Rs 300/- for Groups/Choirs (Non-refundable)
See contact sheet and flyer at top of this post

Central Church Youth Fellowship (CCYF) is holding another program on the Birthday of our Jesus Christ to Praise HIM to thank HIM for coming in this SINFUL WORLD to save all of us.
Most of you know about the Christmas Carol Competition organize by CCYF every year those who don’t Please see the attached file & get to know the arrangements’ God has made for you all to come & JOIN HIM in the Birthday Celebration of HIS Beloved SON (JESUS CHRIST).
It’s an humble request to you to view the attached pamphlet & join us in this occasion with all the Enthusiasm & Spiritual preparation.

Regards

Michael Peter

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I am really glad that our readership involves people in Pakistan and the UK and wider countries as it shows that our endeavours are having a very profound affect.

You can learn more about the organisation arranging the competition "Central Brooks Memorial Church" by clicking (here)

Bind us together Lord - with cords that cannot be broken!

The BPCA is arranging a public meeting on the 14th November 2009 from 15:00 - 18:00. The venue is still to be confirmed.

The Aim of the meeting is to unite our people in one voice against the persecution of our brothers and sisters in Pakistan.

I list our aims inter alia;

• To unite our people under one banner and take the next steps in forming an overarching body that can co-ordinate and enhance the work of the plethora of organisations serving our community. This follows on from the excellent work of brother Pervaiz in Nottingham. Perhaps we could agree a group name and elect potential candidates for the steering group and agree to draft a constitution?


• To discuss what we aim to achieve from the protest march arranged for the 19th December and how others can help and be involved, whilst finalising the more intricate detail.


• To facilitate a platform for other groups to detail their own projects and how people can be involved - so please contact us if you would like to speak or present your project at our meeting.


• To explain the aims of the BPCA and create a best practice sharing vehicle amongst groups to espouse growth and opportunity for all.

I should add that the event will also be a time of fellowship and worship and if you would like to perform or share more spiritual learning with us, we would like to provide the platform. However, please do understand that any groups and preaching will be limited to 5- 10 minute slots as the priority will be set according to the objectives.

International Minorities Conference 2009.

I have been sent details of a forthcoming conference in Pakistan:

International Minorities Conference 2009

Loyola Hall,28 Waris Road Lahore Date(s): Dec 12, 2009 - Dec 13, 2009

The slogan “first of all Pakistan” employs that all the people living in the country are Pakistanis without any consideration of color, race or religion and that all of them have equal human rights and are entitled to substantive citizenship as per the vision of country’s founding fathers. The events of the last 63 years in Pakistan with reference to religious minorities have been very discouraging Unfortunately the minorities have not been given full political and civil rights in Pakistan and there are a number of basic issues and fundamental concerns that still need to be addressed.

In Pakistan, the minorities have been reduced to the level of second rate citizens, discriminatory laws, selective criteria, social biases and prejudiced ideologies have made the existence of the minority communities most miserable ,there is great urge for democratic ,just,pluralist and tolerant society. To discuss and deliberate the future of minorities in Pakistan, International Minorities Alliance(IMA)is organizing a first Three days International Minorities Conference on December 12,13 2009.

We are Expecting a whole Galaxy, of political leaders ,social ,human rights activists and prominent Minorities especially Christians leaders all over the globe, to descend on Lahore for the conference.We will be honored if you will attend the conference and participate in it’s deliberation.Join this noble cause, our demand is simple, Equal Citizenship….Equal Rights…..Venue:Loyola Hall,28 Waris Road Lahore.

For further Information please contact:
Mr Nazir Qaiser, Chairman(IMA)
Fr Ayub Francies (USA)
Mr Jeem Phey Ghuri(Italy)
Mr Kaleem Sadiqe
Mr Yasar Barkat Khokhar
Mr Tamoor Sandhu(RSA)

New Appeal to support Iranian Christians

Urgent action: Speak out for two Iranian women in prison for their faith

Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad have been in prison since March this year because of their faith. They are both believers from a Muslim background who now find themselves in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, under severe pressure to deny their Christian faith.They have gone through interrogations, solitary confinement and sleep deprivation, and continue to struggle with their health, receiving inadequate medical attention.They face charges of 'propagation of the Christian faith' and 'apostasy', for which they could face life imprisonment.

Please take action on behalf of our two Christian sisters and send an email now to the Iranian Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

It need take only two minutes of your time. Seize the opportunity to use your freedom to help those who are being persecuted for their faith.Thank you... please pray for the swift release of Maryam and Marzieh and that God will protect, strengthen and sustain them in prison.

Alice J

Advocacy Officer

Open Doors UK & Ireland

Korian Attack missed the radar...?

Here in the UK Pakistani Christians have really only focused on the act of persecution to Christians in Gojra on the 1st of September. Yet a larger scale act of aggression form hardline Muslims occurred on the 31st of July at Korian - in which over 500 Christians were made homeless and in excess of 100 houses and 3 churches were razed to the ground. Moreover cattle and other items were stolen from the beleagured and destitute community.

The two incidents were seperate and although the first incident did not induce any deaths I am rather surprised that our British Pakistani Community has not highlighted both incidents as discrete and equally despicable?

I am hoping someone reading this blog will provide a comment as it is flabbergasting that in our focus we have manged to merge the two incidents into one. In the same way the very unprofessional media in Pakistan with its varying facts and figures has done.

It is rather disappointing that we have managed to marginalise the impact of the attacks in Korian, much due to the deaths and the more recent nature of the Gojra attack. Both these cases need to be used in future campaigns as it evidences the immensity of the terror our people in Pakistan face on a daily basis.

Please do share your thoughts, perhaps the image below will help stir some emotion....

Arabic Conversion to Christianity!

I received this email from brother Asif Mall (sic):

Dear Friends,

Very recently a Muslim man accepted Jesus on Aramiac Bible Channel. Even though it is in Arabic and without subtitles, but from his sobbing and tears one can still tell the profund nature of his experience accepting Jesus as his Lord & Saviour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh2szJeioA4

Some of you didn't receive this the testimony of sister Amina who in his effort to convert Christians to Islam ended up accepting Christ as her Lord & Saviour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PE99CqimQM&feature=fvw

A prominent Muslim Sheikh is regretting on the famous Arabic TV channel 'Al-Jazeera' that 6 million Muslims in Africa are converting to Christianity every year.

I personally think he might be exaggerating the > figures to alarm Muslims, but his claims are quite damaging to Muslim propaganda of Islam being the fastest growing religion on planet earth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdVnILalpeo&feature=related

Shalom,

Asif Mall

Asian Music Event!

Here is an email I received from Gerald Sunny in Alperton (sic):

Hi Wilson,

My name is Gerald and we meet in front of the Pakistani High Commission on 11 Aug at 09:20.

Just to let u know that we are organising a Christian musical concert on 21 Nov 2009.
to highlight Christian needs in Pakistan.

Venue: St James Church
Stanley Avenue
Alperton
HAO 4JB

Nearest Station: Alperton

The Event is free entry and more details can be sourced by calling Tel: 07984315491

Thanks

Gerald

Tut tut, brother Gerald forgot to put a time on his email - I have requested further info!

UPDATE:

The time of the event is 17:30 and Hamed Bailey will be performing.....