We wrote to you in January to let you know the sad news that Monica had passed away on Christmas Eve, we now write to give you a brief update of our ongoing plans.
In this Newsletter
Monica’s Memorial Plans
A small family funeral for Monica was held on 20th January. We will be holding a much larger Service of Thanksgiving for Monica’s life on Friday 7th March at 1.30pm to which you would all be most welcome. The service will be held in Bunyan Meeting Church, Mill Street, Bedford, MK40 3EU and light refreshments will be served in the church hall afterward. It would be lovely to see anyone who remembers Monica there, but for those unable to attend in person the service will be live streamed on the Bunyan Meeting YouTube channel. For more details including travel options please see PDF below.
We have been overwhelmed with the messages received and it is of great encouragement to know how many of you remember Monica with such fondness. We have also been very grateful for the gifts we’ve received for Monica’s legacy fund. The trustees will be meeting at the end of April to discuss how best to use this fund to create a permanent legacy for Monica and we will give you more details of our plans in our next newsletter.
New Publications
Clifford’s latest book, ‘Today with Amos, Hosea and Micah’ is due to be published on 17th March. This is another in the ‘Today with the Prophets’ series and is a book of daily readings on three Old Testament prophets. The first half of the eighth century BC was a time of international peace and security for Israel. But by the middle of the century the whole scene was about to erupt.
God sent four of the most fearless prophets to warn his people. Clifford Hill has already covered Isaiah in three volumes. Here he completes the study of the eighth century prophets with Amos, Hosea and Micah – each with a powerful message that speaks into our world today. ‘Today with Amos, Hosea and Micah’ will be available to buy for £10 from our publishers, Handsel Press.
A further publication, ‘Seeing the Hand of God’ is due to be published by Wilberforce Publications at Easter. This is a book of short stories about Clifford and Monica’s worldwide ministry and the amazing things that they have seen God doing in their long ministry together. We hope to be able to give full purchase details in our next newsletter.
Clifford is also writing 3 more books which we hope to publish in the coming year; again, we will give further updates in our next newsletter.
Other news
Details of all our new books and activities will be added to our website as they become available. In addition, Angela has added a number of new contributions to the Memories and Testimonies page.
Angela is also planning to add a special section onto the Memories and Testimonies page dedicated to Monica. She would love to hear of from you if you have any special memories about Monica that you would like to add to this collection, please use the contact form.
And finally
And finally, please hold the ministry in your prayers as we plan for the future. We will be in touch with you again in May with more news of our on-going work and future plans.
Clifford, Jenny, Alison, Stephen, Angela, Kathryn and the rest of the team.