You, yes you, can see and hear Philip Chhetri in the next week - wherever you are.
Firstly, Philip will be on Bolton FM just after 7:30am BST on the week beginning the 21st of June!! This is available to everyone on the internet, or in the Bolton area simply tune into 96.4FM.
Secondly, Philip will be at Harwood Methodist Church on Sunday the 20th of June at 6:00pm. See you there!!
15th June 2010
Two more BIG items of news.
Firstly a major congratulations to Karen and Eleanor for completing the Coast to Coast cycle ride. This has so far raised over £1500 for UNCLE and there is still more to come in - final total soon!!
Secondly, Philip Chhetri, having preached at churches in the Cambridge Circuit last weekend, will be in Bolton this weekend. He is preaching at Harwood Methodist Church in Longsight, Bolton on Sunday the 20th of June at 6:00pm - everyone is welcome. See the Harwood Methodist Website for more details.
30th May 2010
Two BIG items of news.
Firstly, to flag up the Great UNCLE Coast to Coast bicycle ride by Karen and Eleanor, with Ken and Will their excellent support team. We will be posting progress updates on this web site from Tuesday the 1st of June!!! If you would like to support them, then please go to C2C
Secondly, Philip Chhetri is in the UK!!!!
Philip and Alu will be at Royston / Foxton and Orwell Methodist Churches on the 13th of June, and then they will be at Harwood and St. Andrews Methodist Churches in Bolton on Sunday the 20th of June. See Local Church notices for more details.
15th April 2010
Well after some hiccups, some last minute panics, and much goodness, the launch of UNCLE in the North West of England is ready to go. The launch event takes place at Harwood Methodist Church on Friday the 16th of April at 7:00pm, and it is completely sold out!!!!
However, the men from UNCLE will also be appearing at the following locations:
Thursday the 15th April - St. Mary's Church in Halewood, Liverpool at 7:30pm
Friday the 16th April - Harwood Meadows Primary School, in Harwood Bolton. Working with the young people, and being recorded for future transmission by Bolton FM.
Friday the 16th April - Harwood Methodist Church in Harwood Bolton. The launch of UNCLE in the North West. Special Guests will include Michael and Maureen Hawksworth. This is SOLD OUT!!!
Saturday the 17th April - St. Helen's Road in Bolton at 7:30pm.
Sunday the 18th April - Harwood Methodist Church at 9:45am
25th January 2010 - Updates and watch this space
We are in the process of putting together some dates for the "Men from UNCLE" around Easter time. Currently these are:
Thursday 15th April - Liverpool Friday 16th April - Bolton (This is to be the launch event for UNCLE in the North of England - more details, including the identity of special guests to follow) Saturday 17th April - tbc
If you know of other venues of orgainsations who would like to hear the story of UNCLE and about our work supporting the children and church of Nepal please contact us.
The UNCLE AGM is being held in Birmingham on Tuesday the 9th of February - details available on request.
20th December 2009 - Philip's Wedding
Our congratulations to our friend Philip on marrying Alu on the 11th of December. Our prayers and congratulations go with them as they begin their married life together. Please find photos of the event at the church in Milan where the Men from UNCLE spoke in June 2009.
6th December 2009 - Weddings and Babies
Firstly, we are delighted to be able to share that our great friend Philip is marrying Alu on the 11th of December. Our prayers and congratulations go with them as they begin their married life together.
Then we also delighted to announce two new arrivals in Nepal. Firstly congratulations to Dev and Maya on the birth of their daughter.
And then congratulations to David and Mariya on the arrival of Demisha, whose dedication services was last Saturday (the 5th). Our prayers and best wishes are with you all at this happy time.
1st November 2009 (updated on the 7th December) - HHC move into new orphanage, Philip announces his betrothal, and new version of the website is launched.
Firstly, many thanks for your patience - due to moves and events not connected with UNCLE - it has taken a long time to update the website. Sorry. There are more updates to follow as and when we get more info on the following exciting news.
The Himalayan Hope Church, who are totally funded by UNCLE and local donations, have moved into a new and much larger home. This will provide them with much more space for the children, who we discovered were sleeping 7 and 6 to a room, and also space for David and Mariya who care for them. To see what the orphanage looks like see below:
Comgratulations to our dear friends Philip on his betrothal to Alu, which occured at the Milan Church in Southern Nepal. You may remember that this was the first church in Nepal (in fact the only church in Nepal) where we have performed the Men from UNCLE show. Our congratulations and prayers go to Philip and Alu.
The launch date for the work of UNCLE in Bolton has been set for Friday the 16th of April, when the Men from UNCLE will be doing the latest version of their show. Watch this space for more details. We are hoping to announce some other dates in other parts of the country very soon.
29th May 2009 - Itinerary for the opening of the Hetauda Church announced (Updated 9th of June)
The group of nine UNCLE members and supporters are on their way to Kathmandu for the first part of their visit to Nepal which will include the dedication of the new church in Hetauda.
The itinerary is:
10th - The team arrive in Kathmandu, having flown in from Delhi
11th - Visiting the Himalayan Holy Church and spending time with the orphans that UNCLE supports. Also buying goods for sale to raise funds for UNCLE. Also, hopefully making contact with UK based schools.
12th - UNCLE meeting with the leaders of the Glorious Ministry and the Himalayan Holy Church to discuss long term funding. This will be followed by time spent at the Glorious Ministry Orphanage that UNCLE supports.
13th - Worship day in Nepal. We will be joining in the worship at the Glorious Ministry church in Kathmandu, and spending the day with the members of the church.
14th - Journey to Hetauda. Plus live update (we hope) into the worship at Royston Methodist Church.
15th - Meeting with church members in Hetauda, pastoral visits, visiting the refugee community, etc, and teaching Baptism classes.
16th and 17th Youth Conference and work on getting the church ready for Thursday
18th - Dedication of the New Church in Hetauda
19th - Meetings with church leaders in Hetauda
20th - Worship at the New Hetauda Church
21st - Visiting the Himalayan Holy Church in Chitwan and back to Hetauda. Plus the second of our live updates into the worship at Royston Methodist Church
22nd - 24th in Pokhara
24th - Wrap up in Kathmandu
25th - travel home
The final paymant on the church building was £3500 and the Youth Conference is costing over £700. If you are able to make a donation to help with these costs it would be greatly appreciated. Please go to donations.
Note: the individual costs of those visiting Nepal are all being bourne by those who are attending. No UNCLE money is being used to fund this visit. All the money donated to UNCLE goes to support the work of the church in Nepal.
18th April 2009 - First UNCLE Newsletter published, and Credit Cards Donations are available (AT LAST!!)
Yes, the first UNCLE Newsletter is now available for download in pdf format. Please download a copy to read when you have a minute or five. At long last we have got the ability to donate via credit cards and PayPal on the website. We hope that you will find this helpful. Thank you again for all your generous donations.
16th April 2009 - New Photos added to the Website and new activities
There are new photos showing the almost complete building in Hetauda. We are also really excited to announce that we have set a date for the dedication of the building and we are going to be there. We will put the details on the Website when everything is confirmed, but the exciting things is that the building is almost there, enabling us to concentrate on supporting the children. There are also some pictures of David and Mariya's wedding on the renamed Wedding and Betrothal page.
27th February 2009 - New Photos added to the Website, and new activities
The walls are up and the window frames are in!!! The new church building in Hetauda is taking shape. Please have a look at the new pictures under the Photos section (the menu bar is on the right hand side of the page). We have also added/changed some of the other pictures around the site to keep it all up to date.
The Men from UNCLE have some new speaking dates coming up. Firstly, thank you to everyone who saw us in Haslingfield the other Sunday evening and who gave so generously, we are now able to tell you that we will be at:
Monday 2nd March - Royston Methodist Church hosts the Cambridge Local Preachers Meeting, to include a talk on "Worship in Nepal" by Rev'd Ian Smart Thursday 2nd April - Watton Methodist Church - The Men from UNCLE Sunday 5th July - Newmarket Methodist Church - The Men from UNCLE
2nd January 2009 - New Photos added to the Website
Our dear friend David Prasai has got betrothed prior to getting married at the end of January. This all occurred on Christmas Day!! If you would like to see pictures of this, and some pictures of Christmas Day at the Glorious Ministry Orphanage in Kathmandu, then please go to the Photo button above and select the folder on the Right Hand Menu.
25th December 2008 - Ethical Christmas Presents are still available - and THANK YOU!
We are pleased to announce that our range of Ethical Gifts are going to still be available. These are available directly from "the men from UNCLE" and details are on the Purchases/Donations button above. Our attempts to accept Credit and Debit cards are proving harder than we thought - but we should soon have this sorted out.
Also, we would wish to put on record a HUGE vote of thanks to all of you who bought UNCLE Gifts for Christmas Presents. We don't have a total yet, but I hear that it is way beyond anything that we had hoped for.
25th December 2008 - Happy Christmas to all our friends in Nepal
As you are probably aware, this year is the first time EVER that Christmas Day has been a public holiday in Nepal. We understand that the churches have set themselves a target of 5,000 new members this Christmas time. Our prayers are with them, and if you want to know more abouut this, please go to Christmas in Nepal for more information.
2nd December 2008 - Ethical Christmas Presents are now available
We are pleased to announce that our range of Ethical Christmas Gifts are now available. These are available directly from "the men from UNCLE" and details are on the Purchases/Donations button above. Currently we are still not able to accept Debit/Credit Cards, but we hope that this will soon be rectified.
27th November 2008 - General Update
Firstly, a huge Thank You to everyone who came to support the UNCLE Presentation at Wesley Methodist Church in Cambridge on Tuesday evening. As yet we do not know how much was raised but Thank You to you all for your generosity and your interest. Paul, Graham and I (the "men from UNCLE") all commented on how this was the "best yet" in terms of how the presentation went.
Secondly, to share with you the promises that Paul, Graham, Geoff and I made in front of the Circuit on Sunday Evening. It was important that this venture was launched with prayer, and with promises made to God in the context of worship. Michael Hawksworth asked us the following questions:
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Paul, Graham, Geoff and Ian, do you believe that God has called you to support the church in Nepal, and in particular the work of the Glorious Ministry?
Answer: I do.
Will you, relying on the Holy Spirit, continue to equip yourselves for this ministry?
Answer: I will.
Will you bear witness to Christ as you promote the charity UNCLE, and carry out this ministry in his name?
Answer: With God’s help, I will.
Michael then said:
Let us pray.
Faithful God, we thank you that these your servants have responded to your call and offered themselves to be servants of the church in Nepal.
Uphold them by your love and enable them by your Spirit, that through their ministry others may know your love for all people around the world and your people here at home may be strengthened. In all things may your purposes be fulfilled and your name be glorified; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. Through your lives, words and actions announce the Good News, proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, declare God's salvation for all people in every time and place, and encourage others to be faithful witnesses to Christ.
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord look on you with kindness and give you peace.Amen.
24th November 2008 - UNCLE is Launched
At a wonderful service of praise to God, we launched the charity UNCLE on Sunday evening (23rd). We wish we could show you photographs, but we were all so busy talking and taking in the moment that we forgot to take any!! We were saddened that our attempts at contacting Philip and the children of the Glorious Ministry Orphanage did not come to fruition, but it appears that there was a problem with the phone lines that lasted many hours - it reminded us of all that we take for granted in the West. It was wonderful to have Michael and Maureen Hawksworth with us, sharing stories of Nepal in general, and the Glorious Ministry and the Himalayan Holy Church in particular.
The "Men from UNCLE" will be appearing tomorrow evening (the 25th) at Wesley Methodist Church in Cambridge. The show starts at 7:30pm and everyone is welcome.
God Bless,
Ian
23rd November 2008 - UNCLE is launched, and the website is live
The Men from UNCLE (that is Paul, Geoff, Graham and Ian) are delighted to announce that UNCLE is launched today, the 23rd of November, in an Act of Worship at Queen's Road Methodist Church in Royston. A copy of the promises that they are making will be being posted early next week, along with photos from the event. In addition to their special guests, Michael and Maureen Hawksworth, there will be some other surprises at the service this evening, and everyone will be welcome.
As of today, our range of Christmas presents are not quite ready to go, and we are waiting for CAF to provide us with some information that we need, but once this is done we will be accepting Credit Card donations online.
More details to follow.
17th November 2008 - UNCLE is getting ready to go
We are entering our final week of preparation for the launch of UNCLE. If you are close to the Methodist Church in Queen's Road, Royston, please be sure to join us on the evening of the 23rd of November for what promises to be a wonderful time of praising God for his goodness to us and of deep commitment as we look to take this work forward in God's name. We will also be launching our range of Ethical Christmas presents which will be appearing in this web site after Sunday's launch.
In the meantime, the UNCLE mailing list is now up and running on Facebook. So whilst you are waiting for more details head on over to FACEBOOK to sign up for regular updates on what we are doing.
More news to follow later in the week!!
Good Bless,
Ian
1st November 2008 - UNCLE is a Registered Charity in England and Wales
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On Thursday, we received our registered status as an England and Wales based Charity. The whole registration process took TWO DAYS from start to being registered and we are just praising God for this - as we had been led to believe that it would take many months. This means that we should now have full IR registration for the launch of the charity on the 23rd of November. It is a fantastic tribute to Paul Harris for the work that he has done to get this to the required status, and it is also a huge cause for praising and thanking God, as it shows the Holy Spirit at work and that we are doing the right thing. We have agreed that we really ought to share this with you all as it is so encouraging.
If you would like to see our status please go to the link www.charitycommission.gov.uk and click 'View the Register'. You can search for the charity's entry by registered number or name. We are:
1126515 UPLIFTING NEPAL'S CHILDREN WITH LOVE AND EDUCATION
We are praising God for his goodness to us.
God Bless,
The Men from UNCLE
15th September 2008 - The Men from UNCLE appear in "It all began on a hill in Devon".
The "Men from UNCLE", known as Paul, Graham and Ian to their friends, are out and about telling whoever will listen about the work of UNCLE and the people in Nepal that they support. In a story that begins with Philip and Ian meeting whilst walking on a hill near Lee Abbey, they will talk about the amazing things that they experienced in Nepal as they saw God at work in wonderful ways, and met some wonderful people who have put their trust in Him. The Men from UNCLE will be appearing at:
18th September - Guilden Morden WI 19th September - Tannery Drift Primary School 21st October - Venue to be confirmed 23rd October - Haslingfield Wednesday Fellowship - UNCLE Update (Ian only) 16th November - Ipswich all day!! (Paul and Graham only) 23rd November - Royston all day (Launch of UNCLE) with Michael and Maureen Hawksworth from Kathmandu 25th November - Wesley Fireside Club 8th February 2009 - Haslingfield Faith to live by
You will always be welcome at any of these events to hear about the work of UNCLE and to see how we can support the Church in Nepal as they care for the Children in their care.
13th September 2008 - Domain Name is purchased and the Web Site is up and running
Today, the new charity UNCLE, announced that the first draft version of their website http://www.uncleuk.com is up and running. This is a major milestone in the establishing of this new charity that has been set up to support the work of the Church in Nepal. "We hope that once the charity is properly launched in November, this will be a constant source of Good News about the Church in Nepal" said Rev'd Ian Smart, one of the charities founders.
The Charities founders, known as "The Men from UNCLE" are looking forward to further news soon regarding this exciting venture. Stay tuned . . .
