Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

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The Anointing
1987-88
Church Week 1987 came round in July and Jesus Army banners
spanned the Golden Marquee in Coventry. Below, a thousand
people praised God, hands raised and scarves waving.
There in the crowd stood Zion’s veterans: Dave Lants, Kelly
and Norma, Val, Rufus and Jess, Ralph, Victor and Sheila,
and many others. Verna was still going strong, her fingers
now skimming over a synthesiser. Miss Campion had passed
away peacefully at the Hall at the age of ninety-three. Some
had left us; those who remained were weather-worn and wiser.
From the first charismatic discoveries in the manse to the
vision of community at Malhamdale, from the hilarious hippy
days of Argyle Street, through to the rubble and chaos of the
Hall and the first wintry days at the Farm, God had urged us
on. Almost hallowed now were memories of the summer days
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