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Books from WHCM The Ecumenical Pilgrimage by Paul Rowntree Clifford (code BKEP)RRP: £9.95 Paul Clifford's book covers sixty years of remarkable social change and ecumenical development. He reflects on his own life and the people and events that shaped his work. The story begins with ministry at the West Ham Central Mission to the desperately poor in London's Docklands between the two wars, and then under the blitz. It goes on to speak of his life at McMaster University in Canada as Professor of Religion, where he established the first department open to Roman Catholics. Returning to England in 1965, as President of Selly Oak Colleges in Birmingham until the late 19070s he was responsible for its expansion to train students from all over teh world of every religious persuasion for mission and service to the community. Retirement has included involvement in establishing the International Association for Mission Studies and the Foundation for the Study of Christianity and Society and, in the late 19080s, the chairmanship of the Reform Club. ISBN: 0 9524521 0 3. 184 pages. Published by The West Ham Central Mission, 1994. Support WHCM: This month all proceeds from the sale of this book will go towards the Reconnect project; supporting young people in Essex who are at risk of disengaging from education, training or employment.  The Greenwood Years by Ronald Messenger (code BKGW)Price £6.00 each Too much of the worst suffering in our society is bypassed, ignored or misunderstood and therefore untreated. Christian compassion has often inspired a response to these unmet needs. This is the factual account of a remarkable story that began in a large psychiatric hospital in 1953 where Ron Messenger was plunged into the hazards of an untrained, part time chaplaincy. That experience as a member of the hospital team, inspired his vision of a Christian therapeutic community when he was called to take charge of Greenwoods, the Country Centre of West Ham Central Mission in 1965. Greenwoods developed as a safe environment in which an extraordinarily diverse community of people could work together finding their own value and a new path for the future. We meet many of these people in this amazing story. This book will appeal to all confcerned enough to listen to the unheeded pain of others and especially to those in the service of healing, who stand at the crossroads of psychiatry, social work, counselling and Christian ministry. ISBN: 0 906522994. 106 pages. Published by WHCM, 2005. Support WHCM: This month all proceeds from the sale of this book will go towards the Reconnect project; supporting young people in Essex who are at risk of disengaging from education, training or employment. |
