VE Day 80 - Planning a Service

We are holding a special Choral Evensong at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Thursday 8th May at 6.30pm to mark the eightieth anniversary of Victory in Europe Day – the end of WW2 in Europe. Those looking for a summary of what VE Day is might find the preface of this booklet useful, prepared by the Ministry of Defence for the VE Day 70 celebrations. The text may be a useful guide for an introduction to your own order of service - and the resources below may also be of use.

Start:Stop-Start your day the Salesian way

The Sun, Edvard Munch, 1910-1911

Good morning and welcome to Start Stop. This time of year is one of new beginnings for many - back to school or university, or back to work after the holidays. For some this is an exciting time, but for others it can be daunting. It is all to easy to become distracted from the present moment and spend time worrying about the future - to wince at the number of unopened emails or feel anxious about the size of our seemingly never-shrinking to-do lists - and Christmas is only around the corner! How! are we going to fit it all in? How! will we cope?