John Bell, of the Iona Comminity, song-writer, song leader, delightful human being, will be at St John the Divine Anglican Church, 611 Quadra St. on September 25, 2pm, leading a session, Ancient Gifts for These Times with singing of course! Admission is $20 by Sept 22; $30 at the door. Lunch is available to preorder for $5.
Call the church office: 250 383-7169.
JOHN L.BELL is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and a Member of the Iona Community. After a period in the Netherlands and two posts in church youth work, he became employed full time in the areas of music and worship with the Wild Goose Resource Group. He is a past convenor of the Church of Scotland’s Panel on Worship and presently convenes the Committee revising the Church Hymnary
In 1999 he was honoured by the Presbyterian Church of Canada and the Royal School of Church Music which bestowed a Fellowship on him, and in 2002 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Glasgow
John has produced (some in collaboration with Graham Maule), many collections of original hymns and songs and two collections of songs of the World Church. These are published by the Iona Community in Scotland and by G.I.A. Publications (Chicago) in N. America. He is an occasional broadcaster, lectures in theological colleges in Britain and U.S., but is primarily concerned with the renewal of congregational worship at grass roots level