Hi Fighter, We are back from Syria. We’ve been back for a a couple of weeks now, in fact, and I apologise for not publishing much about our journey until now. In truth, I’m still trying to process it all. It was a magnificent trip. We saw some amazing things and met many amazing people. As […]
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photos by John Clutterbuck Hi Fighter, Yes, we’re heading back to Syria, and we’ve got a kick-butt crew, ready to touch gloves with the Syrian Olympic boxing team. More important than any competition though, we are ready to bring some joy to Syrian kids, and hopefully leave them with some extra cash and sports equipment.
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Hi Fighter, I have had an adventurous time since last we communicated. Our fight club has moved into its new gym, located in our new church hall We’ve restarted our Youth Drop-In program in the same hall. And some even bigger adventures lie just around the corner! Another Warrior’s Weekend bush-training camp has is coming up. Boxers
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Hi Fighter, It’s been an intense time for me of late. I turned 54 a week ago. Two days later I made my return to professional boxing, scoring a TKO over Glen Aristides in the 3rd round. The timing of this was significant in a number of ways. For one thing, it meant that I
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Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave, back with you and ready to punch-on for another year! 🙂 The holidays are far behind us now and Christmas is but a fading memory. What I hope is fresher in your mind is the list of goals you’ve set for 2016. As you probably know, I am a great
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. Hi Fighter, I want to extend a quick invitation to you to join us in celebrating Christmas this year, but first I must thank everyone who so graciously helped us celebrate on December 6th. You will remember that December 6th was the date of three celebrations for us here: our church building turned 100 i
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Hi Fighter, In case you didn’t know, tomorrow – Sunday December 6th – is a the big day for us at Holy Trinity Dulwich Hill: it’s the 100-year anniversary of our church building It’s my 25th anniversary as priest of the parish it’s the opening of our new Youth and Community Centre If you’re in
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Hi Fighter, It’s been a month since we last communicated and the world seems to have been turned upside-down since then! When I last wrote there were still fears that Russia was going to sell out Syria for the sake of gaining time before the inevitable showdown with NATO over the Ukraine. Instead Russia went
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Hi Fighter, I apologise for the increasing gaps in communication. In truth, I simply have more to do than I can handle. There will be an appeal for help in the latter half of this missive. If you want to avoid hearing me grovel just quit after the sermon. 😉 This is the first chance
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