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Bertrand Russell, Herbert Samuel and C.E.M. Joad, who could provide formidable MORE THAN A MOVIE
opposition. Asked what gift he would bestow on a newborn child, to ensure a full
and happy life, Malcolm Sargent, while acknowledging the benefits of health
and a sense of humour, had no hesitation in commending a Christian faith. Given
that faith, life could be an exciting adventure, and death would lose its sting. WEST SIDE STORY (2021)
Friday 8th April 2022 at 7.30pm
He continued to be active into his seventies. Then doctors broke the news to him
that he was terminally ill with cancer of the pancreas. His faith was a great Village Hall, The Causeway, Milborne St Andrew
strength to him. He told visitors that it was a privilege and advantage to have DT11 0JX
good notice of impending death! Without tears, self-pity or regrets he passed Doors and bar open 7.00
from life to life.
Tickets cost £5, which includes a drink or an ice-
May the good news of Easter, and the truth of what Jesus gave us by His death cream.
and resurrection , that is new life in and through Him, become real to each one of
us at this special time. This months movie is Steven Spielberg's adaptation of
the 1957 classic West Side Story.
In recent weeks we have been overwhelmed by the horror of war that has been
inflicted on the people of Ukraine by an evil dictator. As a church, and Manhattan, Upper West Side, 1957 - against the backdrop of the decaying
individually, our prayers and thoughts have been constantly with them. I trust that tenements in the San Juan Hill neighbourhood two warring gangs - The Jets
by the time you read this a solution will have been found, and although it will not and The Sharks are fighting for supremacy when an unexpected romance
be possible for things to return to normal, that the fighting will have ceased. sets the stage for an all out turf war.
Prayer does make a difference, and God can use a terrible situation, turning it to CRITICS CONSENSUS
good in people’s individual circumstances.
Steven Spielberg's West Side Story presents a new look at the classic musical that
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and lives up to its beloved forebear -- and in some respects might even surpass it.
be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”
AUDIENCE SAYS

Just a smile The acting, singing, and dancing are terrific, and Steven Spielberg's West Side
Story updates the original without losing its heart.
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