We are delighted to announce that Spirit of Peace has become the adopted charity of Blue, a very beautiful medieval candlelit restaurant in the heart of Coventry. We warmly invite you to ‘Peace-Meal’ on Thursday 1st December at 7.30pm, a fund-raising evening of international cuisine and live music, introducing the work of Spirit of Peace.

A raffle will be held during the evening, with some wonderful prizes. Boxes of chocolates, hand-made by Blue, will also be on sale.

Booking will be essential, please contact Blue, 21 Spon Street, Coventry CV1 3BA or telephone 02476 229274. Tickets £ 24.95 (£12.95 will be generously donated to Spirit of Peace). When booking, please indicate any special dietary requirements and whether you might like to join one of our communal ‘Peace-Meal’ tables!

Local Spirit of Peace contact Barbara Payman at barbara.payman@yahoo.co.uk  or 01926 859924. For any further information please contact info@spiritofpeace.co.uk  .

We would like to thank Blue for their hospitality to Spirit of Peace and we look forward to working with Peter Dunkley and his team.

In the wake of violent and tragic events which occur around the world on a frequent basis, there is an event of hope and peace that anyone can take part in.

Rev Noel Lockyer-Stevens, Administrator for Spirit of Peace and Interfaith Minister is undertaking a venture on 28th October 2011 to Nepal. He will be walking as close to the top of the world as he can; to the Mount Everest Base Camp and the trip will take 14 days. On arrival at the camp on 7th November he plans to say words for world peace to promote nonviolence in the world.

Spirit of Peace invites you to send your Words for Peace that you wish to have read when Noel reaches Everest Base Camp. These can be written onto a handkerchief or other piece of cloth and will be made into a prayer flag and left at the base camp. Or you can send words via email. For a postal address to send your flag to please contact Noel at admin@spiritofpeace.co.uk

Noel and CEO Jane Ozanne agree “The more loving thoughts and words we can put into the world, the more peace we can create”.

This is a great opportunity for you or for your school, workplace, group or place of worship to create unique words to be read aloud with the intention of creating more peace in the world.

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We also invite you to sponsor Noel on his trip as he plans to raise £5,000 for Spirit of Peace to continue its daily activities.

This can be done via the Spirit of Peace website http://spiritofpeace.co.uk/support/donations

Or you can donate via your mobile phone by text.

eg for a £10 donation send a message saying “SOFP35 £10” to this number 70070. The donation will be paid to Spirit of Peace and taken from your mobile phone account.

You can donate as much or as little as you feel you can afford, all donations are received with our thanks and blessings.

Your donations make a real difference to Spirit of Peace, we would not exist without you.

Spirit of Peace is very excited about Noel’s trip and grateful to him for carrying the heartfelt intention of so many with him. We wish Noel well on his trip and look forward to hearing from you with your words or dedication to world peace.

At the end of May there was a gathering in The Old City to commemorate the first anniversary of the passing of Jerusalem Peacemakers co-director, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari. Please click here to visit our tribute to the Sheikh. We miss him greatly, but remember him with fondness and gratitude and feel his warmth in our hearts.

We are delighted to inform you that the Sheikh’s son, Izzeldin, is making plans to continue the legacy of Sheikh Bukhari and we will bring you more news of this in future newsletters and on our website, as it becomes clearer how we can best support this work. In the meantime Izzeldin warmly invites anyone who would be interested to find out more to get in touch with him at sheikhbukharilegacy@gmail.com

Jane has been delighted to work with two film producers who are releasing films which feature interviews with Sheikh Bukhari and we will bring you news of these when they are released.