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	<title>St Columba Church Helensburgh, Scotland &#187; Thought for the week</title>
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		<title>Thought for the week &#8211; Nigel Mansfield</title>
		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2010/03/07/thought-for-the-week-nigel-mansfield-2/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many families invariably have some rift or other which has never been properly addressed. It can go on for years.
As Christians it offends the name of Christ, that we bear, if we cannot forgive.
A helpful book on the subject is the ‘Language of Apology’ which flags up 5 things that need to be said and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought for the Week &#8211; Trafalgar</title>
		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2009/10/25/thought-for-the-week-trafalgar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s special about the battle of Trafalgar and Scotland ? 
 Trafalgar Day on 21st October celebrated the Battle of Trafalgar when Admiral Nelson was victorious in 1805.
Last year, with this in mind, the Herald newspaper published a short letter on 23 0ctober 2008 from Bruce Lindsay Lt Cmndr RN (rtd). Here is an extract:
 “It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought for the week &#8211; God Loves You</title>
		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2009/10/14/thought-for-the-week-god-loves-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story is told about the Mum visiting her young son after a tonsil operation.  She was surprised to find him sitting up, all smiles.
When asked how he was, he replied that having spoken to God, who performed the operation, all was well and he felt good.
When his Mum said that God wouldn’t have done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought for the week &#8211; Golden Weddings</title>
		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2009/10/03/thought-for-the-week-golden-weddings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>douglasbailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our wellbeing is very much influenced by the quality of love and friendship that surrounds us, and this is so evident at celebrations of weddings and their anniversaries, of birthdays, and of course at Christmas.
This is particularly so at 21st, 50th and other “big O” birthdays and perhaps even more so at the “big” wedding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought for the Week &#8211; This Thing Called Love ……</title>
		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2009/09/13/815/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>douglasbailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My niece has just asked me to read 1 Corinthian 13: 4 -7 at her wedding later this month.  I never tire of hearing its simple wisdom on love.  But, there are many signs of our complicated struggles with ‘love’. In Scotland each year nearly 13,000 couples divorce, affecting about 50,000 children.  That’s 35 everyday [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2009/08/23/807/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>douglasbailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK &#8211; 23rd. August 2009 &#8211; Helen Caldwell
Ecclesiastes Ch. 3 v1
“Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses.”
A few weeks ago I was watching “Songs of Praise” on the BBC and one of the guests was Chris de Burg, singing “There is a Season”. This song brought to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought for the Week &#8211; Homecoming</title>
		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2009/08/16/thought-for-the-week-homecoming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby  Caldwell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WORDS FROM JEREMIAH CHAPTER 31 VERSE 8.
 “I will bring them from the north, and gather them from the ends of the Earth. They will come back a great nation”.
These words from Jeremiah come from a time when the people of Israel had been scattered and is God’s promise that He will bring them back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought for the Week &#8211; Welcome</title>
		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2009/08/09/thought-for-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>douglasbailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing we enjoy about a holiday away is to go to another church !. Things are always done differently and there is usually something new to learn. In July we went to church in Edmonton, and enjoyed the service benefiting from what was said and the hymns that were sung, several of them new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought for the week &#8211; Beauty surrounds us -Sheila Penny</title>
		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2009/08/04/thought-for-the-week-sheila-penny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>douglasbailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love my garden and often thank God for the beauty that surrounds us every day. ]]></description>
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		<title>Thought for the week &#8211; God uses all sorts of means to teach us!</title>
		<link>http://www.stcolumbahelensburgh.org/2009/07/05/727/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>douglasbailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I’ve had some time on my hands and have been doing a bit of crocheting. It struck me how all these old-fashioned skills which are dying out (like darning, turning collars, dressmaking, knitting) could be so useful in our ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ society. If only we had learnt them from our elders!]]></description>
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