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AT YOUR SERVICE - 17 MAY 2020

At Your Service

Monday, 18 May 2020 - 29 minutes

This week, Reverend Andy Fishburne (Methodist Minister in the west of the Island) finds that some words from St John's Gospel have a strong message for us today, as we take some more steps out of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Reverend Dawn Mather (leader of the United Reformed Church on the Island) draws on her extensive experience as a hospital chaplain, to share a story that shows how helpful it is to have the conversation we all dread - the one about end of life.
But when someone we love is seriously ill, and wants to talk about how they wish their death to be, we need to be willing to be 'the other half' of that conversation. Rev'd Dawn's story shows how having that conversation is not as difficult as we might imagine, and does, in the end, help everyone involved.
This is Dying Matters Awareness Week, and you'll find lots of helpful resources on line - their website is dyingmatters.org
When Reverend Ian Faulds was a member of the ministry team at the Cathedral in Peel, he gave many talks on the lives of the Celtic Saints. Saturday 16 May was the Feast of St Brendan - the Navigator - so this is a good moment to listen again as Rev'd Ian tells some stories of this remarkable 5th century Irishman who was both a skilled deep sea sailor and a man of great holiness.
We cannot be sure whether or not he visited the Isle of Man, but we do have a link through the Parish Church of St Brendan which, for many years, was the Parish Church of Douglas. It's the church we now know as Old Kirk Braddan.
Fifteen centuries later, Brendan the Navigator remains a remarkable and inspirational Celtic Saint.
And we have the hymns YOU have chosen - today's music includes a very special blessing, and a lovely recording of All Things Bright and Beautiful by choirgirl Isabel Suckling who, at the age of 12, was mentored by Aled Jones.
If you would like to choose a favourite hymn, chorus or sacred song, email me - judithley@manxradio.com and I'll do my very best to find it and include it in a forthcoming programme.

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