Sword & Trowel 2018: Issue 1
with the arrival of the latest emission control legislation in London. Only brand-new buses now satisfy the regula- tions, and the replacing of our entire fl eet is prohibitively expensive. In the short to medium term the Tabernacle will have to pay the penalties, adding considerable ex- pense to our substantial Sunday School and Bible Class work. It will take several years for second-hand prices to fall within a practical range, and we will need to build up funds for that time. To this end a Bus Fund is being opened. It may be that viable commercial conversion kits may appear, to en- able older vehicles to achieve the new
standards, but that remains to be seen.
The success of bussing for large- scale Sunday School work has been proved over nearly fi ve decades at the Tabernacle, and we pray that we will be enabled to continue to operate our many vehicles.
VISIT TO VOICE OF HOPE MISSION, GERMANY I
N JANUARY Mr and Mrs Chris Cooper visited the Voice of Hope Mission premises in Reichshof-Mitte- lagger, an hour’s drive from Cologne, Germany, to present the Lessons for Life Sunday school materials. A main meeting held on a Satur- day was well attended by people from churches across Germany and some from Holland. The friends at Voice of Hope,
a Reformed and mission-minded fellowship who have previously published a number of Dr Mas- ters’ books in German and who support missions in a number of countries, are burdened to
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reach out to the children and young people of their locality. Based on the approach proposed to them they are launching a new Sunday School in May.
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