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Revd Nigel Dawkins and Miss Catherine Lewis-Morris were married at St. Mary Caterham in Southwark diocese on 17th October. Nigel is chaplain of the Yemen at Christ Church, Tawahi, Aden, Catherine is a chartered accountant and has been a tax consultant. She has recently completed three years of training and formation for ordination at Ridley Hall Theological College, Cambridge. The bishop asks us to pray for Nigel and Catherine and for the wide-ranging and demanding work of the Yemen chaplaincy in all its variety.

Honour: the Reverend Peter Crooks

It is a pleasure to record that the Revd Peter Crooks, who served as chaplain in the Yemen at Christ Church Aden, has been made an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). The citation is for “services to seafarers and the community in the Yemen”. Those services, as many will know, were quite outstanding, involving the supervision and development of the general medical and eye clinics, outreach healthcare work in remote locations, and ministry with refugees and the destitute, as well as hospitality, sustaining the life of the church and worshipping groups and individuals, and maintaining a diligent port chaplaincy.

In a varied ministry covering both the UK and the Middle East, Peter, with Nancy, served in the Lebanon and Syria as well as Palestine/Israel, where he was Dean of St George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem, and Iran. Peter’s chaplaincy in the Yemen was from 2004 to 2009.

He is currently parish priest of Arthog with Fairbourne with Llangelynnin (Llwyngwril) with Rhosfelain in Wales.

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

The seventh annual Christianity in Iraq Seminar Day will be held at the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, London on Saturday 24th April 2010.

The theme will be the Churches of Iraq, with academic speakers including Dr. Robert Carter (London), Prof. Amir Harrak (Toronto. Canada), Dr. Alain Desremaux (Paris). In addition to the academic speakers, members of the Iraqi communities and clergy are encouraged to present papers. This affords a most valuable insight into the real state of affairs, and the situation of the Christians both in Iraq and in the diaspora (England and Syria) These papers often provide insights not covered by the media.

Details from Erica C.D. Hunter Lecturer in Eastern Christianity, SOAS, University of London, Thomhaugh Street, Russell Square, London. WC1H 0XG.