Jeremy Brooks Bücher

Focusing on the delicate balance between the Christian gospel and the needs of grieving families, the book explores the evolution of funeral practices over the past two decades. It addresses complex issues such as cremation versus burial and the unique challenges posed by tragic deaths, including suicide or the loss of a child. Additionally, it offers insights into pastoral care for the bereaved and includes practical resources like service orders, hymns, and prayers, making it a valuable tool for ministers and those involved in funeral services.

Sensitive and practical reflections on funeral practiceAt the heart of this book is the importance of balancing the Christian gospel with the hopes and wishes of a grieving family, even if these wishes do not entirely fit with the minister's personal theology.In Heaven's Morning Breaks, Jeremy Brooks examines the changes in funeral practice over the last 20 years before looking at issues such as cremation versus burial, life after death and difficult funeral services - where suicide or the death of a child may be a factor, or where mourners are few.With a chapter on pastoral care for the bereaved as well as resource sections containing suggested orders of service, hymns, songs, prayers and readings, this is a helpful addition to literature on funerals for those involved in ministry.

Airfix acquired the first plastic injection moulding machine in the U.K. in the mid 1940's and was soon manufacturing vast numbers of plastic toys. By 1981, when Airfix's financial woes led to takeover and the end of all production save for plastic model kits, it had made a wide variety of toys, games, arts, crafts, building sets, racing sets, model trains and even Meccano and Dinky toys. Profusely illustrated with over three hundred photographs, Forty Years of Airfix Toys gives the full history of the Airfix toy range including year-by-year listings of all the toys sold by Airfix; logs and packaging; Airfix's magazines and a full listing of Airfix pattern numbers. Year-by-year listings of all the toys sold by Airfix. Betta Bilda building sets. Car racing and train sets. Arts and crafts. Meccano and Dinky Toys. Logos and packaging.

A story of a group of friends as they edge towards adulthood in the sunshine and shadow of Llandudno during the years of the Second World War.

Airfix has been at the forefront of the industry since 1955, when the first Airfix aircraft kit appeared in UK branches of Woolworth's. This book is published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the first Airfix aircraft kit, and tells the full story, year by year, of the company and its products.