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In August the Nurses' Christian Fellowship International (NCFI) held its seventh European regional Conference in Ede, The Netherlands. Around eighty nurses from eleven European nations, plus delegates and speakers from South Africa, North America, the Philippines and Japan gathered together to explore the theme of 'Ethics and Spirituality' in modern...
Organisation Review Mee Yan-Judge of Quality and Equality has now completed our CMF organisational review and presented her report to the CMF Executive on 16 September. The report identifies major strengths and significant weaknesses, as a result of rapid growth in CMF's external ministry outstripping growth in internal administrative structures.We...
Do you wake up in the morning and ask the Lord: 'What is it that you have prepared in advance for me to do today?'Or, like me, do you often wonder how you will complete all the tasks that lie before you? Competing time demands are an inevitable part of...
In the last twelve months we have seen wonderful answers to prayer in the battle to prevent euthanasia and physician assisted suicide being legalised in the UK. When we consider that last summer we were staring down the barrel of Lord Joffe's third bill in the House of Lords in...
Whoever acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. (Matthew 10:32-33) Tough words from Jesus: and so many of us feel caught in the dilemma of longing to...
Autumn conferences Autumn is traditionally the time when CMF holds most of its regional conferences for graduate members; and again this autumn our conferences reflect the wide range of activities in which members are involved. This year's Psychiatry Day Conference is on the theme 'Christianity and serious mental illness'. It...
ICMDA The ICMDA XIII World 'Health and Hope'Congress was an incredible time encompassing a number of gatherings of God's people which culminated in being together at the Convention Centre in Sydney, Australia. Regional Secretaries met each other for the first time to talk about their expectations for the Regions. The...
As I write this, the Junior Doctors are eagerly looking forward to the annual Juniors' National Conference over the weekend 13- 15 October. With the help of Andrew Nicholls, we're going to be exploring the story of Daniel. Although hopefully we'll rarely be threatened with a lion's den, nevertheless, the...
The next basic media training days will be held in London on 9 and 10 November. Our experts will give tuition in handling TV and radio interviews and how best to get your message across – potentially to an audience of millions. This very worthwhile training is subsidised by CMF...
Congratulations Keith Waddell – Honorary Fellow of the College of Ophthalmology Wesley Finegan – Awarded 'Graduate of the Year'by Queen's, Belfast If you have recently received an award, a new appointment or postgraduate qualification please let us know for the next CMF News. Obituaries Sabry Gabriel (q Egypt 1960;...
ICMDA Global Conference in Sydney It was a privilege, joy and challenge to attend this conference in July and to meet medical students and graduates from around the globe, sharing experiences, vision, problems, opportunities and learning from one another. The overseas section of CMF was well represented and involved in...
PRIME has been greatly encouraged by the endorsement at the ICMDA World Congress. The education pre-conference and the seminars run by PRIME throughout the main conference in Sydney were well attended and well received. Several Australian doctors signed up as potential tutors and hope to start an Australasian branch to...
There is some very good news regarding new books. Mad, Bad or Sad The editing of Mad, Bad and Sad is complete and this important book is expected to be published in October 2006. Cure for Life A reprint of Bernard Palmer's book Cure for Life is being undertaken with...
As the new academic year kicks off there are plenty of freshers' events going on in CMF groups around the country. This is an excellent time for putting on evangelistic events and recruiting new members to CMF. Sandra Hartley has sent out over a thousand freshers' packs to help spread...
